Library Instruction

Introduce your students to the libraries with an orientation session and/or tour of our spaces. 

For general library instruction, complete the request a class form in Teaching and Learning

For general library tours or tours of specific spaces, visit library tours

Incorporate critical information literacy (research skills) into your classes. We can teach your students how to find, evaluate and cite information sources, navigate library resources, and translate a research question into an effective search strategy.

For instruction in Business, Engineering, Humanities, Science, or Social Sciences, complete the request a class form in Teaching and Learning

For instruction in Health Sciences, contact a liaison librarian from the Health Sciences Library

Help your students use generative AI responsibly as learners and researchers. We offer sessions that promote critical engagement with AI tools and AI-enabled databases. 

For instruction in Business, Engineering, Humanities, Science, or Social Sciences, complete the request a class form in Teaching and Learning

For instruction in Health Sciences, contact a liaison librarian from the Health Sciences Library

For instruction using AI in data-driven contexts and digital scholarship, contact Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship

Integrate special collections into your courses. We offer unique hands-on learning opportunities with archives and rare books, tailored to suit the subject matter of classes across campus. Explore critical archival literacy, delve into book history, learn to handle rare materials - and much more! 

For instruction involving special collections, contact the appropriate area below. 

William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections

Bertrand Russell Archives

Health Sciences Archives

Inspire your students with experiential learning in the libraries. Students can explore various creative tools and equipment to help bring their ideas to life – from photography to 3D printers and more.

For instruction on media creation such as videos, podcasts, digital art, and virtual reality (VR), contact Lyons New Media Centre

For instruction on tools used to design, prototype and create, contact  Thode Makerspace 

Provide hands-on learning with maps and other geographical information resources in your courses. We offer many specialized local collections, including fire insurance plans and aerial photos, as well as a world-leading collection of wartime maps. 

For instruction on maps and related materials, contact Lloyd Reeds Map Collection

Incorporate GIS tools, spatial analysis, and geospatial data into your courses with sessions that cover core concepts - mapping, spatial data types, coordinate systems, and basic analysis - as well as hands-on practice with platforms such as ArcGIS, QGIS, StoryMaps, and Google Maps.

For instruction involving geographic information systems, contact GIS Services

Equip your students with the skills needed to find, analyze, visualize, and cite data. We can feature both proprietary, licensed data and open data sources in our teaching.

For instruction on finding and using data sources such as microdata or Census data, contact Data Services

For instruction on data visualization, contact Data Visualization Services

For instruction involving data analysis and software applications such as Excel, SPSS, R, and other statistical software, contact Data Analysis Support Hub (DASH)

Help your students manage research data appropriately.

For instruction on reproducibility, data management plans, finding & reusing data, organizing & documentation of data, working with qualitative data, de-identification, data storage & security, sharing research data responsibly, data justice, and more, contact Research Data Management (RDM) Services

Teach your students about copyright and open licensing, predatory publishing, open publishing models and other aspects of the scholarly publishing ecosystem by partnering with us. 

For instruction on scholarly communication, contact the Office of Scholarly Communication

Incorporate citation analysis and bibliometrics into your classes to enhance student understanding of scholarly publishing and its outputs. 

For instruction on bibliometric tools, strategic research analysis and researcher profile management such as ORCID iD, contact Research Impact Services

Expose your students to new and emerging digital scholarship tools, methods and outputs. 

For instruction on digital scholarship, contact Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship