One tool vastly underutilized in the classroom is the library guide. With a library guide tailored for your course, you can coach students through research assignments.
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With my new position as an academic library director, I have been closely studying how libraries can assist in education. While I have always appreciated the role of the library, I now have a better understanding of libguides and how they can serve you and your students.
I was probably typical of most college students. I used Google and the general library database search engine to find information. Before, I didn’t know what libguides were or how they could assist me.
Instructors are in the best position to guide students to these tools. Libguides can help reduce cognitive load as well as teach students about resources used in a discipline.
This episode will examine libguides. Specifically, we will discuss the reasons to use a libguide for your course and methods to create a libguide that engages users.
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Additional Reading
- ITC: 41 – Using Backward Design to Build Better Courses
- ITC: 102 – Teaching Information Literacy in Your Classroom
- Connecting with Faculty and Students through Course-Related LibGuides
- LibGuides by Design: Using Instructional Design Principles and User-Centered Studies to Develop Best Practices
- LibGuides to the rescue: The cure for the same old boring papers
- Designing LibGuides as Instructional Tools for Critical Thinking and Effective Online Learning
- LibGuides in Political Science: Improving Student Access, Research, and Information Literacy
- Reaching Out with LibGuides: Establishing a Working Set of Best Practices
- LibGuides: Customizing Subject Guides for Individual Courses
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