Faculty Corner

The 51社区 Library supports the faculty of 51社区 in their teaching, research, and scholarship endeavors.

Physical Resources

Resources selected specifically to support faculty in their various teaching, leadership, and research roles are located in Room 224 of the Logos (2nd floor). The Faculty Development Collection contains monographs which support and enhance teaching and instructional skills, as well as scholarship and research. The Faculty Development Collection also includes examples of grant proposals.

Instructional Resources

Class Instruction

Reference Librarians are available to instruct all levels of classes in research skills. These sessions may consist of general orientation to library resources or specialized instruction focused on the discipline. We will also gladly assist you in designing assignments that make the most of library resources and help your students learn appropriate research skills. You may arrange an instruction session for your class by contacting Savannah Patterson (spatterson@uu.edu or 731-661-6544) or Amber Owrey (aowrey@uu.edu or 731-661-5058). Please contact us at least one week prior to the requested instruction date.

Research Guides

Librarians can develop a research guide highlighting the best databases, reference sources, journals, and websites for your class. These guides can also include special tutorials specific to your discipline. To request a research guide for your course, contact Savannah Patterson (spatterson@uu.edu or 731-661-6544) or Amber Owrey (aowrey@uu.edu or 731-661-5058). Please allow at least two weeks for research guide development.

Research Assistance

Literature Searches

Reference librarians are available to assist you with your research by helping you locate needed resources. Contact Savannah Patterson (spatterson@uu.edu or 731-661-6544) or Amber Owrey (aowrey@uu.edu or 731-661-5058) to request assistance. Please allow at least two weeks' lead time.

Interlibrary Loan

The Union Library provides interlibrary loan services free of charge to all faculty. If a book or article is not available in the Union Library or through our databases, you may request that we borrow the item from another library by filling out the appropriate ILL form. If you have any questions about interlibrary loan services, please contact Stephen Mount (731-661-5419).

ILL Forms

Collection Development

Professional Librarians and Faculty Liaisons

Faculty liaisons are selected from each discipline to assist the library with collection development. Professional Librarians work with faculty liaisons to better understand and meet their resource needs. Each academic department is represented by one professional librarian and one faculty liaison. The faculty liaison serves as a contact person between his or her department and the library to communicate resource needs. To recommend an item for the library's collection, please complete the Purchase Recommendation Form. For departmental questions, please contact Savannah Patterson (spatterson@uu.edu or 731-661-6544) or Amber Owrey (aowrey@uu.edu or 731-661-5058).

Purchase Recommendation Form

Library Reserves

Reserves are intended to be supplemental material that supports a particular course. Reserve items are placed at the circulation desk by a professor for use by his/ her students. They are filed alphabetically by the professor's last name. Professors may check out a reserve item overnight as needed. Reserve items may be placed on either "Restricted Reserve" (in-library use only) or "One Day Reserve." An online Reserve Request form for library owned items is available. For other items, please use the printable Reserve Request form. Forms are also available at the library's information desk.

Online Reserve Request Printable Reserve Request

If you decide to send a student worker to register reserve items for you, make sure to fill out a reserve form and send the form with the student.

Pulling the library items you wish to have on reserve will ensure the availability and speed the process of making them available to your students.
Please plan to register reserve items at least 24 hours prior to the time you need item(s) to be available for your students.
Items that have been rented, checked out from another library or borrowed through interlibrary loan may not be placed on reserve.
Reference books are available to all library users and will not be put on reserve.
Reproductions of print or media copyrighted materials may be placed on library reserves for one semester without permission from or royalties paid to the copyright holder. Faculty members are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for continuing to use these materials in subsequent semesters.
Complete bibliographic information should be included with all reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Faculty members are responsible for picking up personal items at the end of each semester.

Copyright

Notice Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.