Instruction Toolkit for Librarians

Free Resources that cover citation styes, copyright, plagiarism etc.

Instructional Videos

Videos and Tutorials

Primary sources, interactives, videos and lesson plans bring history, journalism and the First Amendment to life for students.

"Furman University, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina have partnered to create an online repository of reusable works related to copyright in higher education, called CHEER. The goal is to develop a single place where librarians, copyright offices, and other related offices at colleges and universities can find a variety of resources they can reuse, remix and redistribute."

Lesson Planning help from University of Toronto Libraries

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

S.O.S. for Information Literacy is a dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes peer-reviewed lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy (K-16).

The Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally and internationally.

Full presentations and handouts from The Innovative Library Classroom 2014 are available here.

Resources for Instructors

A free, comprehensive, peer-reviewed, award-winning Open Text for students and faculty in college-level courses that require writing and research.

"Beware online "Filter bubbles" - Eli Pariser TED TALK

"Discover the influence of press releases in the US media through Churnalism, a Sunlight Foundation tool. Get the most out of Churnalism by watching this video." - From site

"How to separate fact and fiction online" - Markham Nolan TED TALK