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FACULTY LIBRARY SERVICES

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Information technology changes quickly and constantly. As the University Libraries add more electronic and World Wide Web-based information resources, faculty will want to keep up with the resources available to themselves and to their students. Faculty who would like to improve their research skills may make an appointment with one of the librarians to learn the new tools or simply improve their understanding of the Internet and Internet search skills. Librarians are also available to attend department meetings to demonstrate relevant library resources.

Librarians can help faculty develop effective research assignments. While we keep a number of library subject and reference guides up to date in print and electronic form, we can also create materials specific to your class and research assignment. Please speak to one of the librarians to discuss this.

LIBRARY INSTRUCTION AND ORIENTATION

We strongly encourage faculty who require students to give slide presentations to schedule a Visual Resources orientation session to introduce students to the procedures and policies.

Greenfield Library:
Mary Louise Castaldi, Reference Librarian 215-717-6283 MCastaldi@uarts.edu

Sara MacDonald, Public Services Librarian 215-717-6282 SMacDonald@uarts.edu

Music Library: Mark Germer, Music Librarian 215-717-6293 MGermer@uarts.edu

Visual Resources: Laura Grutzeck 215-717-6294 LGrutzeck@uarts.edu

COURSE RESERVES

Course reserve service is available in the Greenfield, Music and Visual Resources Libraries. Please use the course reserve request form for Greenfield and Music Library materials; you may also print the PDF version below.

A minimum of 2-3 days is needed for the library to process course reserve requests. You may place library materials (books, scores, videos, recordings, DVDs, etc.) as well your own personal materials on course reserve in the libraries. If a library copy is available we advise against putting personal materials on course reserve. Library reference books may be included in a reading list but may not be placed on course reserve. Course reserve materials must comply with copyright law.

Please note that we do allow other faculty to check out a course reserve video or DVD to show in a class, but the item goes out only for the duration of the class and not for the normal faculty 5-day borrowing period. If a video or DVD does not need to be on course reserve for an entire semester, please specify an end-date; doing so frees up the item for other patrons, including your fellow faculty.

Please submit a copy of your course syllabus along with your course reserve request form. It is very helpful to students using reserve materials. We can include it in your course reserve materials if you request it.

Please make sure your students know your name! Students generally look up course reserves by faculty last name. Please make sure your name is on your syllabus.

You can check your course reserve list yourself through the library catalog to see if your requests have been processed. Be sure to "refresh" the page if necessary.

We also offer electronic course reserve service for certain materials.

Digital images from Visual Resources may also be placed on course reserve. Visual Resources staff will create a Web page for the images. Please see our Visual Resources pages for more information.

Printable PDF Library Course Reserve Request Form for Greenfield or Music Libraries

You must have Adobe Acrobat™ Reader and a printer to print the form.

Questions? Please call the Greenfield Library at 215-717-6280 or the Music Library at 215-717-6292.

Faculty must comply with the educational fair use guidelines of copyright law as it applies to library course reserves. Specifically this includes:

• A limit of 1 photocopy per 15 students in a class.


• The University Libraries cannot accept off-air taped videos, photocopies of entire books, materials belonging to other libraries or any other materials in violation of copyright law.


• Faculty must seek copyright permission from the copyright holder for photocopied materials (including those made into electronic course reserve items) used for more than one semester.

Factors to consider for educational fair use include:

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;


2. the nature of the copyrighted work;


3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and


4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

For more information on copyright:

• Stanford University's Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center has an excellent set of Web pages on copyright and fair use.


• Visit the U.S. Copyright Office Home page at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright.


• See our subject guide to copyright.


• Circular 21: Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians, is available online as a PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office.

HOLDING A VIDEO OR DVD FOR A CLASS

More than once faculty have planned to show a video or DVD in class on a particular day and have discovered that the item was checked out. With a little planning we can help you make sure the material you want is ready when you are. We urge faculty to do the following.

Call us (215-717-6280 for Greenfield, 215-717-6292 for Music) and tell us the date and time you plan to show a video or DVD. We will tag the item and do our best to have it ready for you. Please give us at least several days' notice in case someone has that item out. We will contact that person and let them know the item is needed. Faculty normally have a 5-day loan period, so do call us in advance and we will try to recall any checked-out items.

Put the item on course reserve. When making course reserve requests, faculty must specify whether students can take reserve items out of the library overnight or whether they may be used in the library only. We advise you to make videos and DVDs in-house use only. If a video or DVD does not need to be on course reserve for an entire semester, please specify an end-date; doing so frees up the item for other patrons, including your fellow faculty.

Please note that we do allow other faculty to check out a video or DVD on course reserve to show in a class, but the item goes out only for the duration of the class and not for the normal faculty 5-day borrowing period.

Please also note that requesting a hold on a video or DVD for a particular day is different from course reserve requests. See above for course reserves.

REQUESTING DIGITAL IMAGE ADDITIONS

The Visual Resources staff scan almost all the images in the Visual Resources collection; images are produced primarily at the request of faculty. It is important to request images well in advance to allow for production. Please see "General Collection Policies" on the Visual Resources Collections pages for more information.

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