Dear Faculty,
My name is Rebecca; I'm the Electronic Resources, Instruction & Research Librarian. The library is working towards updating all of our webpages to be consistent and easier to navigate.
Some of you may have heard about or worked with a librarian in the past to create a course research guide for your class. For those unfamiliar, a course research guide is just a webpage on our library website that is curated for a specific class. Librarians work with faculty to select content to include on the webpage, and list different resources that can help students in your class complete research assignments. Some instructors like to link to these webpages directly on Blackboard, in the syllabus, or in assignment instructions. These pages are optional supplemental materials.
If you do not have a course research guide for your class and you would like one, you can make an appointment with me and we can create one together.
If you have an existing course research guide, please make an appointment to meet with me between August 2025 and the first day of spring semester (January 2026), so I can update the page with your input. I will begin updating the remaining course research guides from faculty I have not heard from starting the first day of spring semester 2026. I will also be archiving pages for courses that are no longer taught.
Your input is important to me, and I am excited to meet with all of you.
- All existing course research guides can be found here: https://library.mwcc.edu/rh
- Please look to see if a course you teach is listed (it may have been created by a previous faculty member if you are new to your role).
- Make an appointment with me to update or create a course research guide: https://mwcc.libcal.com/appointments/rebecca
- Please find a time to meet with me between August 2025 and January 2026
- All course research guides will be updated to follow these style guidelines: https://library.mwcc.edu/style-guide
Thanks,
Rebecca Schmidt (she/her)
rschmidt1@mwcc.mass.edu
