When adding a librarian to your course, your first consideration is grading. For example, will your librarian create and review pre-work before a library visit? If so, assign the role "Teacher".
Otherwise, add a librarian to your Canvas online course using the "Librarian" role. Then your librarian can help you embed research materials, provide instruction, or participate in research assignment discussions.
The Librarian role is similar to the Secondary Instructor role and has the following capabilities in your Canvas Course:
The Librarian role can not:
In short, this role was created to allow for meaningful, integrated research collaboration at the point of need, while maintaing student privacy and limiting administration capabilities.
Contact a librarian in your subject area to learn more about this type of collaboration.