We are starting a new series this week called Library Champions. Library Champions are faculty and staff that use the library for research and classroom instruction. Our first Library Champion is Dr. Doug Davis. Dr. Davis uses the Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library all the time. Davis uses it for research, and says the GIL Express is one of the keys to doing scholarship here at Gordon State College. Davis uses GIL Express to acquire texts from other universities. Davis encourages his students to use the library for their own research, and he takes his 1102 students over “for several weeks during the semester to use the computer classrooms.” “What better way to use your research skills than in the library,” Davis said. “The students can physically put their hands on texts, and virtually search the website for tutorials on Gil and GALILEO.” Davis also encourages his students to use the LibGuides the librarians have set up for his classes. Davis uses them as an extension to his syllabus and he relies on them for his 1102 and 1502 classes. Dr. Davis suggests his colleagues make use of the librarians to set up LibGuides and run orientations for their classroom. Also, for personal research Davis recommends GIL Express and Lexis Nexis Academic, also called Nexis Uni. What Davis likes most about the library is “how helpful the librarians are, the new computer rooms, and the nice fresh space.”
