Faculty Support at RDP Library

Library Resources

Integrate licensed Library resources into your course (such as ebooks, articles from databases, and streaming videos):

• Search for articles, ebooks, and streaming video through our Subject Guides.
• Use stable, permanent links (permalinks) when linking resources in your Blackboard course.
• Provide students with details on how to access Library resources from off-campus. Suggested wording to include in your course:

Open Resources

Consider open and affordable textbooks to ease your students' financial burden:

• Get started with Open Educational Resources.

Information Literacy Classes

Librarians teach information literacy through synchronous and asynchronous delivery.

• Explore our Information Literacy Framework to determine learning outcomes.
• Connect with your Subject Librarian to discuss class options.
• Book a Class

Subject Guides

Library Subject Guides provide a starting point for research in a specific discipline:

• Integrate Subject Guides

Library Tutorials

We have a variety of asynchronous tutorials and videos that supplement our information literacy instruction.

• Integrate Library Tutorials

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge. —SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet (pdf)

Visit our OER Guide to:

• Learn more about OER
• Identify and use open licenses and Creative Commons licenses
• Find OER to use in your courses
• Learn how to create your own OER, or adapt someone else's to fit your needs

As per Red Deer Polytechnic's Copyright Materials Acceptable Use Policy, all course resources should be copyright compliant or used under the fair dealing exemption of the Copyright Act.

Our Copyright Guide can assist you with:

• Understanding and making use of the fair dealing exemption of the Copyright Act
• Finding and using openly-licensed materials and resources in your courses
• Asking for permission from creators to use copyrighted materials
• Encouraging copyright awareness in the classroom

For specific copyright questions, contact your Subject Librarian or email copyright@rdpolytech.ca.