The University of Iowa Libraries

Instructional Resources for Librarians

Instructional Services Reporting enables you to track and report instructional activities. Please complete an Instructional Services Report after each session (course-related instruction, seminar, orientation, etc.) that you teach.

You may enter new reports and query previously filed reports via the link above. For instructions: "Keeping and Reporting Instruction Statistics".

UI Libraries Instructional Facilities: The Main Library

CLASSROOMS

Arcade Classroom 1: 

• Classroom one (1015A) - a networked, 24-station computer classroom where faculty and staff teach courses that take advantage of interactive learning materials and techniques.
• Check room availability on Outlook (Open the Shared Calendar RES-LIB1015-Arcade)
• To reserve Arcade Classroom 1, complete the online request form

Room 4037:

• There are 15 Windows student workstations. The instructor's station has one PC and a projector. Guidelines for using 4037
• RLI staff are able to access and reserve room 4037 on Outlook (Open the Shared Calendar RES-LIB4037-Training)
• Non-RLI staff are asked to contact Carolyn Simon, RLI, to request a reservation

Arcade Classroom 2 is currently not available for reservation.

Conference Rooms East and West
These can be used separately or as one large room. To check their availability and to schedule the rooms, use Outlook (Open the Shared Calendar RES-LIB2032-ConfRmE and RES-LIB2032-ConfRmW) . The East Conference Room has a computer and projector.  Be sure to reserve both rooms when needed.

Other Libraries on Campus

• Information Commons Classrooms, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
  Two computer classrooms are available, each with access to 25+ workstations and the space to easily accommodate 50 students. The West classroom dual boots Windows and Red Hat Linux. 
• Information Commons Group Study, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
  The group study has seating for 12 people.  Laptops and a projector may be checked out at the Information Commons service desk.
• Robert C. Hardin Conference Room (401), Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
  The conference room has seating for 30+ with a ceiling mounted projector. The schedule can be viewed in Outlook as LIB-HLHS401.  For reservations, contact Deanna Redlinger, Secretary, at 319-335-9871.

Campus Instructional Facilities

The Facilities Services Group's Space Planning and Utilization Department schedules classrooms on campus.

Some Instructional Technology Centers (ITCs) can be reserved for instruction.

Library Instruction Links

For more information about information literacy, consult the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and the Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians.

Links to More Instructional Services Pages

• LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction
• Library Instruction Round Table
• ACRL Instruction Section

Tips and Techniques for Instruction. An excellent site developed by librarians at the University of Texas, Austin.

For more information, please contact:
Kathy Magarrell, Head, Reference and Library Instruction
Main Library, The University of Iowa Libraries
Tel. (319) 335-5093