Faculty Support
Teaching with the Library and Support for Faculty Research
BMC Libraries and Special Collections offer a number of ways to use materials and plan research assignments for your courses.
See Research Support for Faculty for assistance with your own research needs.
Course-integrated Instruction
Instructors can invite librarians to design and teach asynchronous or synchronous student-centered lessons that promote disciplinary research skills or more general information literacy development. These can take the form of brief recorded lectures or tutorials demonstrating library research techniques, sequenced and scaffolded exercises focusing on a particular skill, Zoom meetings to discuss in-depth research projects, or any combination thereof.
Research Assignments
Librarians can offer advice on planning research assignments that foster critical thinking, are aligned with the goals of your course, and make the best use of available information sources and digital tools. Please see our guide on designing successful research assignments.
Research Guides
Librarians can create custom online research guides for your courses that highlight key information sources, research tools, search strategies, and more.
Scavenger Hunts
Designed with first-year students in mind, librarians can design fun, interactive workshops that get students into the library to explore collections, spaces, and services.
Zotero Workshops
Zotero is a free reference manager that helps with collecting, organizing, citing, and sharing research. Workshops are offered throughout the academic year and can be requested for an individual course by contacting library@brynmawr.edu.
Assistance with Accessibility
Find out about Access Services and making your instruction and course materials accessible.u
Class Visits and Teaching with Primary Sources
Special Collections can help you coordinate class visits and teaching with primary sources, and offers space for individuals and groups working with Special Collections materials.
Requesting and Managing Course Reserves
The libraries keep course materials behind the circulation desk for short-term access. Electronic reserves are available in Moodle.
Teaching Information Literacy
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. — Association of College and Research Libraries. Librarians can work with you to create asynchronous or synchronous lesson to incorporate into any type of course.
Teaching with Technology
Blended Learning
Incorporating technology into instruction can improve students' engagement, performance, and satisfaction. We provide a range of services to help faculty and staff explore and adopt these practices.
Research Support for Faculty
Librarians, archivists, and digital scholarship specialists can assist with many aspects of research and scholarly communication. Subject librarians can help you identify the best tools and strategies for your research needs and we offer faculty support and tools for accessing new literature, keeping up on copyright and publishing laws, and establishing new research practices.
