Services for Georgian Staff & Faculty

Encourage students to use Library resources!

Include links within your Blackboard shell to

To Google or not to Google?

To Google or not to Google?Want your students to use more than Google?

Connect them to a Program Research Guide that highlights:

  • Subject Specific Databases
  • Credible Web Resources
  • Current e-Books
  • Contact info for subject-area specialist

Collaborate with a Librarian

The Library offers a variety of information literacy and library instruction services, such as:

  • Library research workshops tailored to program assignments, research process, tools, evaluation of sources and more
  • Academic Integrity
  • Lifelong learning

Book a session with a Librarian  to collaborate on assignment ideas, plan an instructional session, or discuss new program resources.

Library & Academic Success Workshops

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.

What is information literacy? Why does it matter? How can we help?

Source: "How College Students Seek Information Infographic" by lindsayontherun, licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Image Description: How college students seek information

Everyday life research:

  • Google (non-Wikipedia) 99%
  • Wikipedia 92%
  • Friends 85%
  • Personal Collection 75%
  • Government sites 73%
For course work: Google is not # 1

Course related research:

  • Course-related readings 97%
  • Google (non-Wikipedia) 95%
  • Library databases 93%
  • Library books 90%
  • Instructors 87%

When Searching, students value:

  • currency
  • consensus
  • brevity
  • But not scholarly authority
Source: "How College Students Seek Information Infographic" by lindsayontherun, licensed under CC BY 2.0., a derivative of Projectinfolit.org "Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age"

Information Literacy = Critical Thinking & Lifelong Learning

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).

References

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). (2016, January 11). Framework for information literacy for higher education. https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework

 

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