Welcome to the Course-Specific Forms Page!

The purpose of this guide is to keep track of research appointments that are required by professors as part of a course. The primary goal is to create a system of informing professors when a student has completed their required librarian-session without playing telephone between our reference team and said professors. As such, when a form is submitted, the professor for that course will also receive an notification, eliminating the need for us to reach out to them every time an interaction occurs.

Most often, these appointments/assignments will be for online classes, allowing students a period of time in which to meet with a librarian. This is all being undertaken in the continued effort to ensure that students are getting their Information Literacy needs met, especially in our online courses.

How to use this guide:

1. A student will either book an appointment with you via our usual reference/research appointment form or will approach you during regular reference hours. Either way, at the time of the interaction, the student has the responsibility to inform you that said interaction is for a specific class/assignment.
2. Once you've navigated to this page from the footer of our website (found under "Forms for Library Faculty"), look to the left-hand navigation tabs for the course's subject area. (For example: if the class is HPX 303, look under the "Health Promotion & Exercise Sciences" tab.)
3. Once on the correct tab, scroll until you've located the specific course, then fill out the form in it's entirety and submit before the end of your interaction. The questions listed on each form may vary by class, so please make sure to read the options carefully!
4. When submitted, both the Instruction & Outreach Librarian and the professor of said course will receive an email notification with the results of the form, allowing the professor to mark the research session as completed for that student.

If you have any questions about this process please send me (Dylan Sprague) an email. I will notify all staff members with Reference responsibilities/appointment availability each time a form/course is added to this page. At the end of each semester all forms will be cleared from the guide. 

Note: For the Spring 2024 semester, this guide and these forms are in their "trial phase," if you notice any problems or have suggestions for improvements, please contact Dylan. If all goes well, this option will be fully marketed to classes (online classes especially) going forward.