Teaching FYI: A learning experience

Abstract

In the fall of 2016, faced with a record number of incoming first-year students, the Franklin Pierce University administration asked two members of the library faculty to teach sections of First Year Inquiry (FYI). As instruction librarians, we both had experience standing in front of a room and delivering interactive one-shot instruction sessions. We were now faced with the challenging task of designing and implementing a semester-long class, as well as becoming advisors to the roughly 20 students who had signed up to take it.