In your classes, do students write research papers, prepare speeches or presentations, or find books and journal articles on a topic? Now that you’re teaching online, are you unsure about how to incorporate valuable library resources into your online courses? This session will offer practical tips, including best practices for online information literacy instruction and a guide on collaborating with your local librarian. This session will be presented by an academic librarian with ten years of experience embedding library services and resources into the online environment. To hear the presentation, go to http://otcportal.org/mod/url/view.php?id=1049 (log in as guest)

1. A Wealth of Information:
Online Learning & The Library
Gretchen Keer

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About Me

3. Information Literacy
Librarians have identified information literacy as
“the ability to know when there is a need for
information, to be able to identify, locate,
evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use
and share that information for the problem at
hand” (AAC&U).

4. Embedded Librarianship
“Embedded librarians are librarians who work
closely with teaching faculty in their courses,
providing a library resource to students
throughout the course of the entire semester.”
http://dept.harpercollege.edu/library/instructse
rvices/embeddedlibrarian.html

5. The Access Entitlement Principle
“Every student, faculty member, administrator, staff
member, or any other member of an institution of higher
education, is entitled to the library services and resources
of that institution, including direct communication with
the appropriate library personnel, regardless of where
enrolled or where located in affiliation with the
institution. Academic libraries must, therefore, meet the
information and research needs of all these constituents,
wherever they may be.” -- Association of College &
Research Libraries, Standards for Distance Learning
Library Services
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/guidelinesdistancelear
ning

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Explore…

7. The Library Website
Common Elements:
• Resources (books, articles, etc.)
• Research guides
• Contact information
• Policies
• Copyright
• Targeted FAQs

8. Services for Faculty

9. Library Services for Faculty, PSU

10. Library Services for Faculty, NYU

11. Services for Online Learners

12. Online & Distance Ed. Students, ASU

13. Services for Online Learners, Drexel

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Get Comfortable…

15. Using Library Resources
• Subject guides
• Online databases
• Embed links to articles
• Chat reference
• Embedded librarians
• Ebooks
• ILL
• Online catalog
• Video tutorials

16. Psychology Subject Guide

17. Embed article in Blackboard

18. Chat Reference

19. Librarians, A Resource
• Who is your subject librarian?
• Is there a place on the website that describes
how librarians can help you?
• What about chat & phone reference?
• Need a refresher on a resource? Not sure
what’s available? Ask for a consultation
• Librarians love collaboration

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Invite a Librarian…

21. Into Your Online Class
• Video introductions
• Tutorials
• Links
• Guest lectures
• Discussion boards
• Email or chat consultations
• But if you’re going to include a librarian…let us
know!

22. Consider Your Assignments
• Students don’t know everything about online
research (in fact, they often struggle)
– Plagiarism & copyright, yes
– Also, what’s a journal article? Is this a book or a
magazine?
• Build in some information literacy instruction
– Do it yourself, or
– Ask a librarian to consult or
– Ask a librarian to be embedded

23. Be a Super User!
• Ask Questions
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24. Be a Super User!
• Give Feedback
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If you find it useful…

26. Say So!
• Share what you learn about the library with
– Your students
– Your dean
– Your colleagues
– Your provost
– Your president
– Even the local media

27. Gretchen Keer
Online Learning and Outreach Librarian
California State University East Bay
510-885-2968
gretchen.keer@csueastbay.edu

28. Evaluations
Please remember to evaluate this session as well as the
overall conference at:
http://www.onlineteachingconference.org/Evaluations.html
Thank you!