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Discover how library staff can support you in designing your courses, identifying resources, and developing new approaches to pedagogy.

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Request a Class Session

Contact coursesupport@davidson.edu to meet with library staff to set up a class visit from a librarian or archivist or to discuss ways to develop your course design, refine assignments, select the best resources for your students, and empower your students with digital, information, and archival literacy.

Turnaround Time for Instruction & Assignment Design

The library is eager to partner with you whenever we can, whether you need in-class instruction or consultative services. In order to ensure we have enough time to plan shared learning goals, please give as much advanced notice as possible for collaborating on a class — and at least one week's notice for class visits.

Technology for Pedagogy

  • Moodle
  • Yuja EVP
  • Davidson Domains

Technology for Assignments

  • Story mapping and timelines
  • Podcasts and video
  • Davidson Domains

Digital Fluency, Information and Archival Literacy

  • Critical engagement with AI and other technologies
  • Data analysis and research management
  • Digital identity and privacy
  • Source evaluation and fact-checking
  • Strategic searching
  • Copyright and information ethics
  • Inquiry-driven study and object-based learning
  • Primary source curation 

Course Resource Development

Physical Course Reserves and Course Material Lists

Easily build lists of course materials from the library’s collections and the web to reduce the financial burden of traditional textbooks while expanding access to information using Leganto. If you are interested in using Leganto for your courses, please contact Holly White (howhite@davidson.edu) for more information.

Faculty can initiate a request for physical materials in our collection through the library catalog. Questions about physical reserves may be emailed to reserves@davidson.edu.

Learn more about requesting course resources

Media Digitization Requests

Upon request, the library will stream media that is considered integral to the classroom experience of a course.

Faculty can initiate a digitization request through the library catalog by locating a DVD in our collection, signing in, and selecting the "Digitization" option. Our How to Find Videos guide provides additional information about the request process.

Faculty will receive an email notification with a link to the video when the requested title is available. You can check on the status of your request by visiting the "My Requests" area of your library account.

Faculty may email questions about media digitization requests to reserves@davidson.edu.

Turnaround Time for Reserves and Streaming Requests

To provide sufficient time to process reserves and streaming requests, we ask that faculty submit requests seven (7) days before the content is needed for class use. Please note, if a DVD must be purchased to fulfill a streaming request, this will prolong the processing time. Submissions will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Reserves and Streaming Guidelines and Policies

Resource Guides 

The library develops and maintains research guides that provide tips and tools for doing research and curate resources for special topics. To learn more about what guides the library can create, contact library@davidson.edu. 

Center for Teaching & Learning

The library and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offer resources and programming to create or explore teaching tools, refine teaching methods, and develop new pedagogies and scholarship.

Current CTL Programming