Monday, September 24, 2012

Welcome Back!

By Michael Freeman, Library Director


Welcome back to a new year with some reminders about available faculty services.

The Library welcomes faculty input for new collection materials. Just email the librarian assigned to your area, or use the purchase request form on the library services tab on the Library’s website. We welcome small and large lists to order, particularly if your area is getting a new degree, upgrading an existing degree, or facing a specialized accreditation. Most new databases added are also directly linked to faculty requests.

The Library budgets $4,000, and the Bookstore matches an additional $4,000, to purchase reserve textbooks. The Bookstore especially deserves a note of thanks for this extra effort to serve students as this is not normal practice at universities. What we purchase is usually triggered by the third student requesting a book, or by faculty request. We are also starting to look at high enrollment courses for automatic inclusion. In addition, faculty may place personal copies of textbooks and materials on reserve.

In any of your classes, if students need research help for assignments, the librarian for your department will be happy to provide a workshop on the relevant databases.