To directly support your students' research needs, an embedded librarian is integrated into your online course as a teaching assistant.
How can they help my students?
Deliver customized research instruction to your entire class synchronously or asynchronously via WebEx.
Use an Ask a Librarian/Research Questions discussion board to Faculty Librarians can answer your students’ research questions.
Assist with your students’ research needs via chat, email, telephone, and WebEx.
Reach out to any Faculty Librarian
Once a Faculty Librarian’s availability has been confirmed, please add them to your course by doing the following:
Open a course
Select Course Admin
Click Classlist
Add participants
Add existing user
Select role “Teaching Assistant”
Click the box to send an enrollment email to the Faculty Librarian
Enter Faculty Librarian name and click search
Select the name you want
Reconfirm their role in the class
Enroll them
That's it! Your embedded librarian will now be able to access the Ask a Librarian/Research Questions discussion board.
NOTE: The librarian will not access grades nor add content without your approval.
Embedded Librarian (Blackboard)
Meet with librarian and provide Bb discussion board access for course duration. Virtual library instruction optional.
1 service credit
Service Credit Activity ID: 5.050
