Information literacy has become an increasingly important skill to master in the Information Age. In academia there is an emphasis on strengthening students' information literacy skills to adequately prepare them to deal with "information overload", and the constant changes of information format and retrieval methods in their disciplines.
Information literacy is more than retrieving information; it includes how information is organized, identifying the best sources for a given need, finding those sources, evaluating, and using information ethically.
The UTEP Library believes that information literacy is a vital skill for our student population and takes an active role in providing information literacy sessions to equip UTEP students with skills to be competitive academics or professionals. 
Research Guides
Personalize guides can be created to serve a number of purposes, but are commonly used to provide suggested resources for class themes, particular assignments, or links to class readings.
Breakthrough tutorials
Our online tutorials have been developed by our librarians to provide quick and simple guidance for students and faculty.
Embedded Librarians
An embedded librarian may be just what your online or hybrid course needs. Though they can be involved in your course in many ways, offering live instruction services and research assistance within your Blackboard course, or creating customized content for your class to use as needed are two popular tasks of embedded librarians.
Information literacy sessions
These sessions are offered by librarians throughout the academic year. Librarians can tailor one or more library instruction sessions to a class theme or assignment. Face-to-face sessions can be held one of the library's computer classrooms, in an on-campus computer classroom or lab, or at a remote (off-campus) classroom. Schedule an instruction session or contact the UTEP Library's Information Literacy team at infoliteracy@utep.edu
To request any of these services, contact the UTEP Library's Information Literacy team at infoliteracy@utep.edu to get started
Research Guides can be created to serve a number of purposes, but are commonly used to provide suggested resources for class themes, particular assignments, or links to class readings.
To request a tailored Research Guide, contact Harvey Castellano, at hcastell@utep.edu, or at 915-747-6734.
Librarians developed a set of online tutorials (Breakthrough Tutorials) to provide guidance and practical strategies to increase information literacy. The focus of the breakthrough tutorials is to offer quick and simple guidance for students and faculty. Breakthrough Tutorials are available at: http://libguides.utep.edu/research
Librarians can be involved in your course in many ways, including offering live instruction services and research assistance within your Blackboard course, or creating customized content for your class to use as needed.
Example of embedded librarianship:
To request that a librarian be embedded in your Blackboard course, contact Harvey Castellano, at hcastell@utep.edu, or at 915-747-6734.
In-class library instruction has traditionally been at the core of the UTEP Library's Instruction and Information Literacy Services. These “one-shot” classes are delivered by librarians in-person or using video conferencing tools for online classes. Teaching faculty or instructors initiate these classes with the goal of meeting the course-level learning competencies.
There are three Library Instruction and Information Literacy classrooms located on the second and third floors of the Library. Reservations for these rooms and instruction sessions, contact Jacob Galindo at jrgalindo@utep.edu.
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