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Information Literacy Toolkit: Resource for Teaching Faculty

This guide is intended to support University of Maryland faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants in incorporating information literacy into their courses.

Focus Area

Support for Specific Courses and Learning Communities

Each year, the University of Maryland Libraries teach information literacy sessions for nearly 20,000 students. Teaching is integral to our mission and continues to be one of the most important services we offer our campus community. We offer options for learners of every level, from first-year students to doctoral students. We meet learners where they are by utilizing synchronous online and in-person instruction to asynchronous learning modules and resources.

Faculty should coordinate with their subject librarian to design the best instructional experience for their course and students. To work with a librarian, please visit the Subject Specialist Directory and contact the librarian assigned to your school or college

In addition to our subject area instruction, we also offer specialized programs for:

We are also building out a series of curated resources for specialized courses and learning communities where traditional library instruction does not fit the needs of the course (see left-hand menu). If you have recommendations or requests for additional courses/communities, please email us at libues@umd.edu.