A New Opportunity and the Agnes Scott College Library

August has now mostly come and gone, and so has the beginning of a volunteering experience I believe will be my most valuable yet.  I've been given the outrageously amazing opportunity to volunteer at the Agnes Scott College library, assisting the highly respected librarian, Casey Long.  Our current plan of action is that I will assist in teaching the First Year Seminar classes in the library.  The objectives of these classes is to help enable students to locate information they need efficiently; develop users' critical ability to select, evaluate, and analyze appropriate information sources; increase the use of the library and its resources by faculty, students, and staff; decrease anxieties about using the library and technology in the library; and to support the academic program especially in encouraging individual responsibility for learning.  In the beginning, I will be mostly observing and assisting students as they go through activities.  The end goal is to possibly teach one of these classes, or a portion of these classes, myself.  There are other opportunities later in the fall, but I am currently truly enjoying this experience and the absolutely wonderful and kind people at the McCain library..