University Libraries
Let's Collaborate
What We Provide
Instructional Support
The University Libraries are dedicated to partnering with you to enhance your teaching and promote student success. Through collaborative efforts, we provide a wide range of tailored instructional services designed to enrich your course content and create impactful, meaningful learning experiences for your students. Together, we can empower students to achieve their academic and professional goals.
Our Collegiate Librarian Program connects each KSU college with a dedicated librarian who serves as the primary point of contact for library instruction, engagement, outreach, and collaboration. The Collegiate Librarians are committed to making the research process intuitive and empowering for your students, equipping them with the skills and confidence to navigate the vast array of information available to them.
Instructional Services
- Course-related introduction to the libraries' collections, technology, space and staff.
- Self-paced learning about library research skills and resources embedded into your D2L courses.
- Specialized instruction on developing lines of inquiry, source selections, searching strategies, professional and scholarly communication, and discipline-specific information.
- Custom research guides and learning materials.
- Support for research assignments.
Contact your Collegiate Librarian to discuss how the University Libraries can support your teaching goals.
To schedule a guest lecture, request materials, and/or request appointments with a librarian, please fill out the instruction collaboration form.
Library Orientations
The Library Online Orientation Program (LOOP) is a live-35 minute introduction to the KSU Libraries that take place during your regularly scheduled class meeting via MS Teams in August and September of each academic year. All you need to do is log in as the instructor and project the meeting for your class to see and hear. Students interact via their own devices and will learn about much that the KSU Libraries have to offer.
At present we are providing LOOP sessions for courses in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Math & Science.
The Library Experience Asynchronous Program (LEAP) is a series of four mini-modules that can be easily embedded in your D2L course and can even be added as part of a course template. Students will receive an orientation completion certificate to document their participation. Additional asynchronous modules are also available.
