LibGuides: Poinciana Campus Library Information: Faculty Support

Library Instruction

Library Instruction - Face to Face
Library instruction sessions can be a general overview of resources available to students or targeted instruction based on an assignment. Librarians work with each faculty member to design an instruction session to meet the information literacy needs of the class. Sessions are interactive and designed with your specific assignment in mind. In most cases, library instructions are held in the classroom using laptops. Instructors are required to attend library instructions with the class.

Please submit your request at least one week in advance and with at least two date choices. This will ensure the availability of the librarian, access to a laptop cart, and adequate preparation of materials. A customized presentation will require a copy or description of the assignment at the time of your request. If you would like a specific database covered, please include this and any other specific topics you would like covered. The librarian may contact you to discuss your assignment in more detail.
Library Instruction - Zoom
Like face-to-face instruction, Zoom library instruction sessions can be general or tailored to an assignment or topic.

The sessions can be live or recorded. The librarian can work with faculty on various ways to make the live sessions interactive with options such as the use of breakout rooms.

Embedded Librarian Services

Faculty and librarians can collaborate to support students by embedding a librarian in their Canvas Course. Faculty can add the Librarian to the course using the Librarian role. The librarian's presence creates an opportunity for students to interact with them. Here are some ideas of how an embedded librarian can work in your course.

Faculty can create an “Ask a Librarian” discussion board to provide students with a forum for asking research and library-related questions.
The librarian can join you during targeted virtual office hours and answer research-related questions.
Students can contact the librarian directly through Canvas with their questions.

For more information and ideas on how you can utilize an Embedded Librarian in your course, please see the information provided by the librarians at Georgia Highlands College.

Contact the librarian if you have any questions.

Research Guides & Interactive Tutorials

Research Guides, also known as LibGuides.

Course-specific research guides provide students with resources from a library instruction session that they can refer to afterward. The guides can also serve as a repository for concepts that cause students difficulty each semester.

Research guides are easily accessible via a URL, or they can be embedded into Canvas. For instructions on embedding a research guide into your course, click on the following link.

Interactive Tutorials

The librarian creates interactive tutorials for students. These tutorials demonstrate the steps in the research process based on an assignment. The tutorials contain videos, short answer or multiple-choice questions, and other assessment options. Faculty can assign students the tutorial and request the results of the tutorial from the librarian.

Some examples of tutorials created are

Career research for NSE
Finding an empirical article for Biology
Fake News for Sociology

OER Course Materials & Streaming Videos

The links below will provide information on enhancing your courses with OER and streaming videos.

For additional information on adding OER or streaming videos to your course, don't hesitate to contact the librarian.

OER at Valencia
Faculty can find information about adding OER to their courses. This link provides general and subject-specific information. If you cannot find what you are looking for or would like more information, contact the PNC librarian.
Film Streaming Library (Swank)
Swank's Film Streaming Library provides streaming access to licensed feature films, documentaries, foreign films, and TV shows. Movies can be added to Canvas for easy access.
Films on Demand
Films on Demands provides access to streaming video from large and small production companies covering many subjects to enhance college courses.
Kanopy Streaming Video
Kanopy Streaming Video provides movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos that inspire, enrich, and entertain.

One-on-One Consultations

Faculty can schedule a time to meet with the librarian using this link. During this time, the librarian can do one-on-one consultations via Zoom, phone, or face-to-face. We can discuss the creation of practical research assignments, library instruction options, OER, etc.

Students who need additional one-on-one assistance can also schedule consultation time with me. Please pass this information and link along to your students.

Poinciana Campus Librarian

Karene Best

Email Me

Contact:

Poinciana Campus Library - Room 331B

407-582-6025