Faculty Services

• Enable students to find library resources for class assignments.
• Develop students’ critical thinking and evaluative abilities.
• Acquaint students with whom to ask for help in the library and encourage them to do so.
• Integrate course content with information literacy skills.  The librarian will connect the objectives for the class to the professor’s assigned coursework.

What can I do to help make the instruction session successful?

• Discuss your assignment and course objectives with the librarian.
• Have students working on topics so that they can apply the new concepts right away.
• Attend the session yourself so you know what they have been taught. Your presence also underscores the importance of the concepts covered.

How do I schedule library instruction for my students?

• Contact Annette Melgosa at least three days in advance.
• Contact Gary Rittenbach to schedule a computer lab for the instruction if the class is to meet in a lab. Large group instruction is not available in the library. Meeting in a computer lab allows students to see search demonstrations performed and then immediately apply the skills to their own searches.

Request a Customized Course Web Site

What content can I expect to see on course web site customized for my class?

• Material that supports and enriches the course content conveniently located in one place.
• Links to full text articles taken from library databases.
• Citations to articles held in print in the Periodicals Department. Students may take the citations from the web site and then find the article in the Periodicals Department.
• Books and quality web sites. Feel free to examine web sites currently supporting courses. To request a customized web site for your course, email your course syllabus to Annette Melgosa two weeks in advance.

Contact a Librarian

Collection Development Services

• The library book budget is divided among the departments. Check with your Department Chair or Dean to find out how much your department has allocated for you to spend on your courses.
• Faculty requests must be approved by the department chair and submitted to Mark Copsey, Technical Services Librarian, for ordering and processing.
• To inquire regarding the amount currently in your departmental book fund contact June Waggoner.
• Librarians know the library collection and are experienced in teaching students to find resources. Their expertise, combined with the in-depth subject knowledge of the professor, is important in book selection. Upon request, librarians can prepare a list of recommended books and other resources for a specific topic. The faculty member may then choose which materials they wish to have the library purchase with the faculty members’ departmental funds. Remember, the library needs the approval of the department chair or dean before it can purchase the materials. Contact Annette Melgosa if you wish us to develop such a list.
• See the Collection Development Policy for further guidelines.

Requesting a Reserve Title

Fill out a request form. A Reserve Request Form is available at the circulation desk. Alternatively, you may view and print the PDF Request Form and bring it to the Access Services Technician.

Find the item. You should present the desired book(s) or article(s) with the Reserve Request Form to the Access Services Technician. Reserve items may include library materials as well as items from your personal library.

Obtain Permissions. Permission from the publisher must be obtained for articles on reserve for multiple quarters. The publisher's letter must accompany any article being placed on reserve for a second or subsequent time.

Questions? Contact the Access Services Technician (ext. 2191 or email).

Assigning Library Use

Check Library Availability. Check the library catalog and periodicals list to ensure a title is available before preparing an assignment. Students become frustrated when journal titles or book titles listed on an assignment are not available through print or electronic sources in the library. Librarians are happy to check for you and suggest additional titles that may be useful.

Ensure Student Success. Discuss your objectives for library use assignments with the Reference Librarian. Student questions will be answered more successfully if we are aware of desired learning outcomes.

Reserve titles with high demand. If your class is large and the resources on the topic may be limited, please place a list on reserve. Even if you do not believe every student in the class needs to look at every title, one student may check out two or three titles for an entire month and make success more difficult for their classmates.

Collaborate with Librarians. The Reference and Instruction librarians will be happy to collaborate on library use assignments. Instruction sessions, reference desk assistance, and conferences with individual students may be a part of assignment collaboration.

Contact the Library. To have your assignment reviewed by a librarian or to collaborate on designing an assignment, contact Christy Berry or Annette Melgosa.

Faculty Borrowing Policies

• Faculty may checkout most materials for one quarter.
• Materials may be renewed over the phone at the end of fall and winter quarters.
• All materials must be brought back to the library at the end of spring quarter where they may once again be renewed.
• Material on loan may be recalled after three weeks of being checked out should another member of the campus community request the item.