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Faculty Services

Personal assistance for your class

Partner with a Personal Librarian

We understand the unique challenges faculty and learners encounter when navigating online learning environments. That’s why we offer the Personal Librarian program to support Brightspace faculty and learners. This program provides targeted support to enhance both your teaching experience and your students’ learning outcomes.


Engage with Your Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian Program is customizable to fit your specific teaching and learning goals. Unsure of what you need or looking for guidance? Your personal librarian is ready to collaborate with you to explore effective strategies for enhancing student learning and success. To start, complete a 
Request for Personal Librarian Support,
providing information about the course and section(s), relevant assignments, and your preferred levels of support.


Select the Level of Support You Need

Level 1 Support

Targeted Support Options

 

Customized Research Guides

Embed guides tailored to your courses, featuring research guidance, resource recommendations, citation support, tutorials, and instructional materials for your students to utilize.


Research Tutorials

Provide your students with access to tutorials that clarify essential research and citation skills, crafted to reinforce academic integrity and proper use of AI tools.


Instructional Videos

Select from a suite of videos designed to aid students in locating, evaluating, utilizing, and accurately citing information.

Level 2 Support

Librarian Interaction
 

Includes All Level 1 Support

Incorporate all the offerings of Level 1 into your courses, enhanced with additional interactive elements.


Discussion Board Participation

Facilitate engagement between your personal librarian and students directly on Brightspace to provide guidance and answer questions.


Zoom Instruction Sessions

Arrange for librarian-led, live, synchronous research instruction sessions tailored to your course’s specific needs.


Personal Consultations

Enable your students to schedule targeted research consultations, available as a required component or an extra credit opportunity.