Experts can help you navigate Library resources and get things done through by offering in-class instruction, subject expertise, reference support, grants, and more.
Course planning
- Open Educational Resources - Overview | In-depth guide
- OER are educational materials that are freely available for teachers and students to use, adapt, and share. The Library can provide guidance on finding, creating, and publishing OER for use in the classroom.
- Accessibility services - Get help creating an inclusive learning environment.
- Library support in Canvas
Apply for grants and specialty support
- Library Sprints - A program supporting research and teaching that pairs participants with teams of experts to advance a defined research project or pedagogical challenge. Designed to remove distractions, concentrate expertise, and generate tangible outcomes in a short, focused period of time.
- Affordability and Equity grant program - Provides support to faculty who want to adopt, adapt, or create open educational resources (OER). Rolling application deadlines.
Classroom instruction
- Course-related Library class instruction - Teaching & Learning staff and Subject Liaisons will arrange instruction for individual classes.
- Special Collections class visits and instruction - Instructional sessions using the wealth of materials in our Special Collections Library.
Course material
- Place course reserves
- Chapters, articles, and full films can be requested directly in Virgo.
- For video, full films can be requested in Virgo, or the Library can digitize short clips for a learning management system like Canvas or Collab.
- Purchase recommendation - Recommend materials for the Library's collection, or request items for use in course reserves.
- "How do I...?" - General tutorials, tips, and tricks about all the Library has to offer. Use for yourself or share with your students. For instance, see:
Subject expertise
Subject liaisons offer topic expertise in a wide array of topics, and can refer you to resources for teaching, classroom use, or research.
Scholars’ Lab provides consultation on digital humanities projects, including 3D data collection and printing, scholarly making, and geospatial analysis.
Robertson Media Center provides equipment and expertise in the use of audiovisual media and software to support instruction, research, and creativity.
Ask a Librarian web chat is available for more general questions.
See more ways to get Library help >