Quarantined: The Fletcher Library Game Project

The Lower Division Program at Fletcher Library was created in February 2004 to design and deliver library instruction to first year students. Sequenced curriculum, based on local and national competencies and skills, is delivered through an existing structure, primarily the freshmen English classes. Program contact with freshmen takes place through these outlets: Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) 101, English 101, English 102, English 105, and Learning Communities comprised of two linked content courses. Instruction and services offered must be sustainable and scalable. Team members, recruited from existing staff, work independently and collaboratively but consult and communicate with other instruction librarians to ensure the overall instruction program is cohesive and compatible. Lower Division Team members include the program coordinator who is charged with leading and building the program, two library staff in the process of earning MLS degrees, a technology librarian, and a new library graduate hired in a split reference/instruction position. Each team member, except the coordinator, has other responsibilities that often take priority over the lower division commitment.