Include links within your Blackboard shell to
Want your students to use more than Google?
Connect them to a Program Research Guide that highlights:
The Library offers a variety of information literacy and library instruction services, such as:
Book a session with a Librarian to collaborate on assignment ideas, plan an instructional session, or discuss new program resources.
Many Georgian college students will receive a library orientation in one of their Communications Essentials course. Library & academic success staff also conduct research or assignment related workshops. Workshops can be customized to your assignment at any level of study. Workshops may be booked for computer labs or in your classroom.
Source: "How College Students Seek Information Infographic" by lindsayontherun, licensed under CC BY 2.0.
The Library is dedicated to ensuring that graduates of Georgian College achieve an appropriate level of information literacy (IL) following the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning" (ACRL, 2016, para. 6).
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). (2016, January 11). Framework for information literacy for higher education. https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework