{"id":461,"date":"2012-08-06T14:12:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/?page_id=461"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:21:06","slug":"ladd-library-instructional-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/ladd-library-instructional-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladd Library \u2014 Instructional Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Postulates for Library Instruction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research is a complex, non-linear, and recursive process.<\/li>\n<li>Research skills, like writing skills, are developmental.<\/li>\n<li>The need for critical evaluation of information sources is even more essential today as the number and ease of access of such sources increase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Library involvement is especially important for:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>First-Year Seminars<\/li>\n<li>Research Methods Courses<\/li>\n<li>Junior\/Senior Seminars<\/li>\n<li>Independent Study<\/li>\n<li>Theses, Regular and Honors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Our service offerings include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Consulting in advance about resources for or approaches to the assignment(s) you&#8217;re considering. For some advice on designing assignments, you might want to look at sites from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/info\/20391\/library\/2583\/the_library_and_first-year_seminars\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dickinson College<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uw.edu\/research\/teachingandlearning\/teachingportal\/assignmentdesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Washington<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gustavus.edu\/library\/effectiveassignment.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gustavus Adolphus College<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Preparing a course-specific research guide.<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with groups or individual students by appointment to work on their projects.<\/li>\n<li>Tailoring session(s) around your course-specific needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>For a Library instructional session, we:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Need at least a week&#8217;s lead time.<\/li>\n<li>Appreciate your attending with your class.<\/li>\n<li>Know that timing is critical and needs to be contextual.<\/li>\n<li>Emphasize actively involving students in learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Contact your librarian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Find the contact information for our <a href=\"http:\/\/libanswers.bates.edu\">librarians by specialization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postulates for Library Instruction: Research is a complex, non-linear, and recursive process.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-461","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10707,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}