University of Guam

The University of Guam (UOG) library will create a comprehensive system of graduate student support through new bibliographic instruction (BI) classes, research services, and digital resources. The UOG library team will design services and instruction to support graduate programs and research using both traditional and digital resources. The project will address research needs at Micronesia’s only American institution of higher education offering graduate programs by creating advanced information literacy classes, a research assistance center for graduate students, and a faculty and graduate student research blog, and by digitizing the UOG Thesis and Special Projects Collection. UOG faculty-ranked librarians will teach the graduate BI classes and manage the project. The project will demonstrate and test methods of advanced academic research assistance and instructional tools that can serve as models for libraries seeking to respond to student research needs.