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Library Services For Faculty & Staff

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Ask us for help, for yourself or your students! The Reference Desk is staffed from the time the Library opens to 7:00pm, or until closing time if earlier. Feel free to ask questions or .

Have a look at our Annual Report (.PDF) to learn more about what the Library is doing.

Library Reserves

If you would like something placed on reserve, fill out this reserves form and bring it to the circulation desk.

Subject Librarians (your liaisons)

These are your contacts, or Liaisons, at the Library, and you may ask them for help finding information, acquiring materials, helping your students, and more.Ìý Who is your liaison? You can find out here.Ìý

Instruction Program

Don't assume that your students know how to do research just because they can use a computer. If your students need help, we librarians can come to your classroom and teach students how to find quality, credible library resources to use for their assignments. to learn more or with a librarian.

Your Graduate Assistants

GAs can check out materials for their faculty. To enable this, the GA will need to visit the library circulation desk with the faculty member's Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ ID card and a letter with the faculty member's signature which identifies the GA who is authorized to check out materials. The letter will be kept on file at circulation. This procedure will need to be repeated if/when the professor changes GAs. GAs may also pick up Interlibrary Loan materials, and can be added as "authorized users" on the professor's ILL account. To learn more about ILL, visit the ILL page.

Finding Resources Yourself

Librarians help faculty with their teaching and research. Here are some things you can do to learn about the library:

• Have a look at our
• Browse our Frequently Asked Questions
• Visit Our Guides and tutorials page
• Learn about copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons Licensing (CCL) (you can also view of the presentation)

Acquiring New Materials

Library Allocations, if available, will be sent to department heads by The Dean of the Library. A list of past expenditures can be found in our Annual Report (.PDF).

Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ faculty, staff, and students are welcome to request the purchase of books and other media for the Library's collection. Contact us and we will assess requested items' suitability in view of our Collection Policy (PDF), which explains what we do and do not acquire.

If there is something in the collection you feel should be removed, contact us and fill out the Censorship Form at the end of the Collection Policy (PDF).

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Retired Faculty/staff ID card

Faculty and staff retirees are eligible for a Retired Faculty/staff ID card, which can be obtained at the Warhawk ID Services office.

Retired Faculty/Staff access privileges:

• Loan period is 28 days (may be shortened because of ID privilege expiration date)
• Maximum of 20 items may be checked out
• Maximum of 5 renewals per item
• May place holds; may not place recalls
• Overdue charges:
• $.10/day with a maximum of $50/item for general collection item
• $.20/day for recalled item
• One overdue item results in blocked privileges
• Recalled item not returned results in blocked privileges
• May not use Interlibrary Loan services
• May not check out Reserve items or study room keys

Please remember that Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ is a tobacco/smoke-free campus - vaping is not permitted in any of the buildings, including the Library.