Library's Tutorials Chosen as PRIMO 'Site of the Month'

Earlier this year, the library's Research Essentials tutorials were chosen for inclusion in PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online), a database of online tutorials and other instructional resources, maintained by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The library's tutorials were recently featured as PRIMO's May 2011 Site of the Month, for which reference librarian Elizabeth Galoozis, who created the tutorials, was interviewed. You can find the interview here. PRIMO reviews materials twice a year for selection; the list of the other seven projects accepted during Fall 2010 can be found here, and includes projects from everywhere from Sacramento City College to the University of North Carolina.

PRIMO's goal is to showcase high-quality online learning resources; the PRIMO committee "hopes that publicizing selective, high quality resources will help librarians to respond to the educational challenges posed by still emerging digital technologies." The publicly posted Research Essentials tutorials are versions of three tutorials created for students taking GB112, and cover concepts of company and industry research. If you'd like a refresher or introduction on how to use the library's resources to conduct company and industry research, take a look!