To what extent are librarians embedded in and available
through course management systems and online course portals? Should we?
What are we already doing related to the question?
If we wanted to consider starting this initiative or expanding what we are already doing, what do we want to learn about it from our future speakers? What questions do we want to ask during our upcoming speaker series?
I receive a number of reference questions through the My Librarian links we currently have in D2L, and believe we'd get more traffic if we could have a more prominent spot on the page/menu, though we'd have to negotiate some since D2L real estate is a precious commodity. LibGuides have also helped us offer more course-specific content that can be added as a link to D2L by the professor/instructor. We might want to have speakers talk about other ways to be embedded in courses (virtually and face-to-face).
ReplyDeleteI agree that this has been a valuable tool. I would love to hear how other libraries have utilized online learning portals to share their knowledge and resources with departments and how use has varied depending on the departmental focus---what works well for reaching engineering students may not be the same as for those in theatre.
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