More than half our students are school leavers, and are officially adults. That is not to say that they don't need being made aware of how their behaviour online may affect their reputation and safety.
Although the welfare of students is mainly the responsibility of Student Services, the library can enlighten students through information literacy sessions, covering cybersavvy topics closely connected to successful study, i.e. critical evaluation and thinking skills - or sorting out the cyber good, bad and ugly.
For example, using images - most students don't know that downloading images without copyright permission is illegal. This can be tied in with some interesting examples, perhaps showing what happens when an image is copied without the owners consent, etc.
As students are adults, the last thing they need is a lecture. It has to be done subtly.... We need to find out what other departments are doing to educate students on u and work closely with them to enhance this.
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