Library Educational Services

This guide contains information in the following areas to help you, the liaison librarian, in many aspects of your daily work.

Content suggestions are welcome, please send them to Sara. And, feel free to upload information you think would be relevant for other liaisons.

There is a listserv for librarians with subject liaison responsibilities. Please use it however it works best for you, including asking colleagues for assignment or class suggestions/thoughts.

The listserv is: IN-ULIB-Ed Services.

Checklist | University Library Resources for Liaison Librarians

Library Instruction, Research Consultation, & Liaison Outreach Reporting

• LibInsight (https://iu.libapps.com/)
  • Where we enter our statistics for any instruction, research consultations, or liaison outreach we do.
  • FMI: http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/LibInsight

Instructional Materials & Resources

In Class (Synchronous & Asynchronous)

• UL IL Learning Outcomes (http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/IL)
  • Your course and program-level learning outcomes should map back to these.
• Assessment of Teaching
  • Formative (https://iu.libguides.com/edservices/formative)
  • Summative (https://iu.libguides.com/edservices/summative)
  • Direct & Indirect (https://iu.libguides.com/edservices/directindirect)
  • FMI: (http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/assessment)
  • Examples and information.
• Assignments (http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/assignments)
  • Examples available for use. Many map back to the Framework for IL.
• Teaching Online
  • FMI: https://iu.libguides.com/edservices/teachingonline
  • Best practices. Icons. Short videos to incorporate.
• UL Kaltura Channel
  • See: https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/channelid/195801493
  • Upload your videos here for easy reuse by colleagues and findability for students.
• Self-Guided Tutorials
  • Assign to class to have them do outside of class time; use with the Canvas quizzes in a flipped classroom approach to gauge student proficiency.
  • Start Your Research (http://iu.libguides.com/startyourresearch)
  • Exploring Academic Integrity (http://iu.libguides.com/academicintegrity)
  • Literature Review (http://iu.libguides.com/literaturereview)
• Canvas Quizzes for Self-Guided Tutorials
  • Embed in Canvas Course Sites.
  • Start Your Research
  • Exploring Academic Integrity
  • FMI: Canvas Site – Ed Services Sandbox (https://iu.instructure.com/courses/2112351)
• Canvas Commons Group “IU-University Library”
  • Share any materials you use in Canvas with your fellow UL librarians + Find materials to use in your own teaching.
• UL Information Literacy Rubric (http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/summative)
  • Use for authentic assessment. Share with disciplinary faculty!

Programmatic

• Programmatic Assessment
  • FMI: https://iu.libguides.com/edservices/programmatic
• Curriculum Mapping
  • FMI: http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/curriculum

Research Guides

• LibGuides Best Practices (http://iu.libguides.com/design)
  • Overview of how to design your course and subject guides.
• Canvas LTI (http://iu.libguides.com/design/libguideslti)
  • How we embed LibGuides into Canvas Course Sites.
• Guide Templates
  • Subject Guide Template (http://iu.libguides.com/ulsubjectguidetemplate)
  • Course Guide Template (http://iu.libguides.com/ulcourseguidetemplate)
• AAA Shared Resource Guide (http://iu.libguides.com/aaaguide)
  • Link to common resources in your LibGuides so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
• Library DIY (http://iu.libguides.com/librarydiy)
  • Point of need, just in time help. Useful for answering common chat questions.

Outreach Materials & Resources

• Faculty Relations
  • FMI: http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/faculty

Professional Development

• Teaching Librarians Peer Observation Program
  • Every Fall and Spring, look for calls for participation from Sara.
  • FMI: http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/peer
• Teaching Librarian Workshops
  • Occur regularly throughout the year. Look for Outlook invites from Sara.
  • FMI: http://iu.libguides.com/edservices/profdev

Outreach emails

• Welcome back library resource email to department faculty (Fall only)
  • Update email to faculty in departments (if necessary in Spring)
• E-mail faculty I have historically taught classes for and inquire if they want to schedule a session asking for dates and changes in curriculum.
• Reach out to new faculty

Calendar & Consultations

• Determine projects & goals I want to work on during term.
• Review Outlook calendar against current projects and goals. Block out time as necessary for project / goal management.
• Update LibCal with availability for research consultations.

Libguides

• Map subject and course guides to current terms courses.
• Mark course LibGuides that aren’t in session private.
• Publish publicly course guides for currently in session.
• Review LibGuides for dead links.

Instruction

• Review worksheets and other materials used in current terms courses and update database titles as appropriate.

(Checklist created by Katharine Macy.)