open links in new windows Mission Statement Strategic Plan Operating Plan Annual Report

Director's Welcome

Executive Summary

Institutional Capacity

Collaboration

· Introduction

· Library Instruction

· Information Literacy

· The Case for Collaboration

· Challenges

· Meeting the Challenges

· Conclusion

· Printable Version (PDF)

Collections

Digital Library

Library Spaces

Exhibits & Web Links

Selective Comparisons

  Last updated: September 15, 2003

COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING

The Libraries play a vital role in the educational mission of The Claremont Colleges. We are committed to fostering intellectual discovery, critical thinking, and life-long learning. We recognize that our contribution to student learning is most effective when we work together with faculty. This is apparent from the Strategic Plan, which has as Goal 2, "Improve faculty understanding of how the Libraries and librarians can enhance student learning throughout the curriculum." Although librarians in the United States have been involved in teaching the use of library resources since the early 1900s, the traditional role of the academic library has been to provide materials in support of faculty teaching and research. Real collaboration between faculty and librarians to enhance student learning is a relatively new phenomenon--and one that hasn't reached its full potential at The Claremont Colleges.