Library Passport Missions - General Works | St. Cloud Technical and Community College

Week One

A: General Works - The Library as a Universe of Knowledge

Class A contains resources that cover broad knowledge rather than one specific field. It includes encyclopedias, reference works, general periodicals, and information about libraries and scholarship itself.

Main Mission: Library Explorer Scavenger Hunt

Explore the Reference collection of the library, and find some of the big variety of resources available to you in the library. Find one of each of these items:

One encyclopedia entry
One database
One librarian recommendation
One library service
One book published in the last three years

Submit: Create one document with the information someone else needs to find the same resources you found (call numbers, citations) You can submit this either in person or online, given to Mary or Elizabeth.

Side Quest

Discover a library service you've never used before and explain in one sentence how it could help a student. (Either verbally or written; submit to Mary or Elizabeth)

Badge:

🏆 Knowledge Navigator

You already know about bad information.

You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read.

Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information!

We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport.

Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp.

Milestone Awards

5 Stamps = Library Scout
15 Stamps = Research Ranger
10 Stamps = Information Explorer
20+ Stamps = Library Legend

Final Achievement

Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate

Add to Calendar 2026-08-24 00:00:00 2026-08-28 23:59:59 Library Passport Missions - General Works Week One A: General Works - The Library as a Universe of Knowledge Class A contains resources that cover broad knowledge rather than one specific field. It includes encyclopedias, reference works, general periodicals, and information about libraries and scholarship itself. Main Mission: Library Explorer Scavenger Hunt Explore the Reference collection of the library, and find some of the big variety of resources available to you in the library. Find one of each of these items: One encyclopedia entry One database One librarian recommendation One library service One book published in the last three years Submit: Create one document with the information someone else needs to find the same resources you found (call numbers, citations) You can submit this either in person or online, given to Mary or Elizabeth. Side Quest Discover a library service you've never used before and explain in one sentence how it could help a student. (Either verbally or written; submit to Mary or Elizabeth) Badge: 🏆 Knowledge Navigator You already know about bad information. You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read. Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information! We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport. Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp. Milestone Awards 5 Stamps = Library Scout 15 Stamps = Research Ranger 10 Stamps = Information Explorer 20+ Stamps = Library Legend Final Achievement Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate Location Library - Heartland Building noreply@sctcc.edu America/Chicago public

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