English 112 Fall 08

The onslaught of Eng 112 classes has begun and will continue over the next month. All sessions will be taught by TO's, following the same model as last year.

Emily A. has sent two links that may be useful for reference staff:
1. For students, there is a college writing LibGuide which is linked to the course guides page, or searchable from the LibGuides site:
http://guides.library.umass.edu/collegewriting
2. For TO's, there is an Undergraduate Services library blog, which has the handouts that TO's may need for their sessions:
http://blogs.umass.edu/ugradlib/college-writing/

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English 112 this semester

As I mentioned at the RIS meeting today, we will be handling English 112 this semester pretty much the same as last semester, except that I will be the contact person while Emily Alling is on maternity leave.

Teaching Associates (TOs) will be responsible for teaching their students.
TOs are expected to have attended a training session conducted by librarians last semester. If they are new or would like a refresher, there will be a training session for TOs on March 3, from 4- 5 pm in Calipari.

Most English 112 sessions will occur after Spring break. If you look in the Calipari and 1620 calendars, you will see many classes are already scheduled! Yay! TOs should email our instruction account to request a classroom: instruction@library.umass.edu

Emily has documented all this very well on a blog for the TOs:

http://blogs.umass.edu/ugradlib/2008/01/18/college-writing-spring-2008-reser
ve-a-library-classroom-now/

http://blogs.umass.edu/ugradlib/college-writing/

She is also working on a "LibGuides" for the undergrads themselves to use in their research: http://umass.libguides.com/content.php?pid=4123

-posted by Isabel