Artists and Designers HRT Libraries

Course Dates

October 20 - November 24, 2013 (5 weeks)

Course Overview

Welcome to Information Literacy for Artists and Designers.

This course has been created collaboratively by Librarians at colleges of art and design. (See below for list.) We all happen to be members of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a non-profit organization. This effort is unprecedented.

We hope you find it valuable.

As art and design students, it will be helpful if you discover the incredible resources within your libraries.

Through tutorials and embedded videos, you will learn the secrets of successful college research.

Throughout the course, discussion questions will be posted encouraging you to reflect upon your information seeking behavior and the results you get. We also hope that you will meet other students like you in other art and design schools. And, we will encourage you to meet the librarians at your local academic or public library.

More information about the course and requirements can be found in the syllabus link.

It should take you approximately 1 hour per week to complete each module.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

1. Explore a local academic or public library.

2. Find information effectively and efficiently in databases (online journal indexes).

2. Evaluate information and its sources critically.

3. Review the economic, legal, and social issues that surround the use of information.

Technology and Resources You Will Need

In addition to the Canvas platform and embedded videos, you will also be exploring the resources of the Library on your own campus or a public library nearby. This will include the catalog and the databases that are available there. If you are unfamiliar with your campus or public Library, please take a few minutes to locate your library's website and check out the list of resources available to you as a patron.

Before you begin click on Start Here and make sure you understand the Canvas Platform. Also make sure that you do the following:

Complete the Pre-Course Survey
Review the Syllabus

Support

If you experience any issues with this course, please post Question? Issues? discussion thread. We will be monitoring this discussion regularly. You can expect a response usually within 24 hours.

We advise making sure you work in a web browser that is up to date. Also, Firefox is currently having difficulty with embedded videos. If you can't see a video on the page, try another browser.

We also encourage you to review the helpful Canvas Guides should you have any questions about Canvas or how to use the platform.

About the Creators

This course was created by librarians from the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).

The following colleges are participating:

California College of the Arts

Cleveland Institute of Art

Columbus College of Art and Design

Kansas City Art Institute

Laguna College of Art and Design

Maryland Institute College of Art

Montserrat College of Art

Otis College of Art and Design

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

Rhode Island School of Design

Ringling College of Art and Design

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

School of the Visual Arts

University of the Arts, Philadelphia