Vassar librarians are your pedagogical partners. We welcome collaboration to design research experiences for your classes, advisees or other projects and initiatives that will:

• teach search skills and research strategies across disciplines
• foster interest in exploring our collections
• encourage critical inquiry and self-reflection
• cultivate open minded and inclusive practice and dialog within our scholarly community

Contact your librarian liaison to discuss instruction options. We can design instruction experiences that include:

• In class - We can meet in the library computer classroom or in your regular meeting space, for a flexible amount of time ranging from a 10 minute introduction to a full period or multiple class meetings
• Workshops outside class time can be for a specific course, a particular skill (eg. digital mapping), a discipline (eg.. for all majors) or an experience (eg. thesis or oral history)
• Encourage or require your Research Assistants and students to schedule Individual and Small Group Consultations with the librarian liaison for your department or program
• We can create a customized Research Guide highlighting particular resources or methodologies for a specific assignment, course or any topic, or a module to embed in your Moodle page
• We can consult on designing effective research assignments and library experiences