As you create your English 110 syllabus for Fall 2019, use the Library Workshops Schedule to include your assigned workshop date and location into your course schedule. This is a change from how this has typically been managed but we expect that it will become standard practice going forward. This new approach will reduce the administrative workload that typically happens in the thick of the semester and also will allow instructors and librarians to know their workshop dates well in advance and plan accordingly. Therefore, we ask that you try your best to work with your assigned date. If you absolutely need to change your assignment, please contact Mary Santora at [email protected] or 718-997-3747. 

You will also see in the spreadsheet that librarians have not (yet) been assigned to sections. Rosenthal Library has recently hired a dedicated English 110 instruction team who will co-facilitate the majority of these classes — you will be informed of your assigned librarian in the first few weeks of the Fall semester. Furthermore, this team will work closely with the Library’s Instruction Coordinator (Digital Scholarship and Emerging Technologies Librarian, Dr. Leila Walker) and FYW to continue reviewing and revising the pedagogy of these workshops to make sure that they are student-centered, interactive, and memorable. Ideally, students’ introduction to the Library should not only inform them about the value of the library as a resource but also inspire them to continue using the library throughout their academic careers. If you have any ideas or sample lesson outlines for the 110 library workshop, email FYW ([email protected]). Our goal is to share model lesson plans and interactive classroom activities for the library workshop in the Fall.

Thanks for your continued hard work at QC. See you all in the Fall!