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Introduction to Library and Computing Services for New and Visiting Faculty 2008-2009

Library Services

Welcome to Colorado College. This guide will introduce you to the services and staff of Tutt Library. More information on any of these topics may be found on the library’s Web pages at http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/, where you will also find links to TIGER, the library’s online catalog, and to the Seay Music Library, located in Packard Hall. Carol Dickerson is the Library Director, cdickerson@coloradocollege.edu , 389-6671.

Liaison Librarians

Each academic department or program has a liaison librarian. We encourage you to contact your liaison librarian as you begin planning your CC courses. Your liaison librarian will:

Liaison Librarians by Department

If you are unable to reach your liaison librarian, please call the Reference Desk at 389-6662!

Instruction Program

First Year Experience Classes: An important goal of the First Year Experience is to introduce students to the academic library and the research process. Each FYE course will have an assigned librarian who can help you in planning the library component of your course. If you are teaching an FYE course and have not been contacted by a librarian yet, please contact McKinley Sielaff (email, or tel: 389-6186). The FYE page on the library’s Web page has tips for assignments and more information about this program.

All Other Classes: If you are making an assignment in any class that requires library research, call your liaison librarian to schedule an instruction session. The library has two electronic classrooms where students can gain hands-on experience with library databases and get a start on their research. You will find a link to a guide to research assignments on the block plan called Focusing on Assignments: Engaging Students in Library Research on the Library Services for Faculty page.

Ordering Library Materials for your Courses

There is a form available on the library Web page to Request Purchases. Your liaison librarian can help you evaluate library collections and electronic resources that are available to support your courses or research. More detailed information on acquisitions policies may also be found on the Library Services for Faculty page.

In brief:

Book Requests: The library does not purchase required texts for courses. These should be ordered through the Bookstore. Supplemental readings for reserves or student research projects will be ordered. Please indicate Priority A if you are ordering for a course. Please supply a “needed by” block # or date. The library will treat as RUSH any item needed in less than 8 weeks. Each RUSH order is a unique situation, dependent on the publisher, provenance, availability etc., but the Order Department will make every effort to acquire RUSH materials in a timely manner.

Audio Visual Materials: The library purchases audio-visual materials for use in classes. All videos and DVD’s are cataloged on TIGER. You may use the Request Purchases form on the Web page to order DVD’s or videos to use in your class, or send order information directly to Sue Waggoner (email). Please include as much information as possible, including title, language, publisher, director, and date. Please also include vendor website or catalog information if you have this information. Supply us with a “needed by” date and/or block number or indicate if time is not an issue. If you wish the title to be placed on reserve please note on the order request. Any request needed in less than four weeks will be considered a “RUSH”.

Music CD’s and DVD’s should be requested through the Music Library. Contact Daryll Stevens (email, or tel: 389-6126).

Journal and Database Subscriptions: Because subscriptions represent an ongoing commitment of library funds, requests are reviewed by the library’s Collection Development Group periodically and ordered if collection criteria are met and funds available. Please consult with your liaison librarian.

Course Readings: Coursepaks, Electronic Reserves and Print Reserves

Faculty have several options for distributing class readings. Required texts should be ordered through the CC Bookstore. For collections of readings, the bookstore will handle the production and copyright clearance for coursepaks. (Contact Chris Cucio, Christopher.Curcio@coloradocollege.edu, 389-6749 at the Bookstore.) While the library offers an electronic reserves service (ERes), described below, we RECOMMEND coursepaks as the best option.
Advantages of Coursepaks

PROWL – http://prowl.coloradocollege.edu/
Faculty may post course readings using PROWL, a course management system supported by Academic Technology Services. Contact your Academic Technology Specialist. PROWL is Colorado College’s Platform and Repository for On-line and Web-based Learning. Contact your Academic Technology Specialist (a listing appears in the computing services section of this guide).

ERes-Electronic Reserves

The library also offers an electronic reserves system called ERes as a standardized way to make course materials available electronically. The best uses for ERes are:

Your liaison librarian can help you set up an ERes page. With sufficient advance time, the library can also create a page for you and post your materials.

Print and AV Reserves: The library will also place books, videos, DVD’s and other materials on reserve for your course at the Circulation Desk, including personal copies that you want to make available to your class. Materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan or Prospector may NOT be placed on reserve due to copyright restrictions. Reserve material is kept behind the Circulation Desk and is not a browsing collection. Unless you specify differently, items may be checked out for 2 hours for use in the library.

Please let the Circulation Department know if you plan to use a video we own in a class, so that we can be sure it is available when you need it. Videos circulate to the CC community. Library Reserves contact: Circulation Department @ 389-6189.

The library has viewing stations for individual students and small groups but no classroom to show videos and DVD’s. Audio Visual equipment for your classroom must be scheduled through the AV department of Information Technology Services.
AV Contact: Dan Wiencek at 389-6378 (dwiencek@coloradocollege.edu)

Borrowing Materials from Tutt Library

Your CC ID is called the Gold Card and this is also your library card. Please bring your Gold Card to the library to activate your account. If you need to borrow materials or use other Tutt library services (like Interlibrary Loan) before you are issued a Gold Card by the Human Resources department, we will issue you a temporary card. Please contact LeDreka Davis (email or tel, 389-6659).

Faculty loan rules are outlined on the library Web page under Borrowing Policy for CC Faculty. In brief, books circulate to faculty for six months, with one renewal allowed. All loans are subject to recall after two weeks. Loan periods for videos and DVD’s are more restricted. Faculty members are not charged fines for overdue items, but will be charged replacement costs for books that are not returned within the terms of the policy.

For visitors, your library privileges will run until the last block you are teaching, and due dates for checked out items will be adjusted accordingly.

Prospector and Interlibrary Loan

Colorado College is a member of Prospector, a shared catalog and expedited interlibrary loan system of major Colorado academic and public libraries. You will find a link to Prospector on the library Web page: you will also find a link on the TIGER catalog. If you search for something in TIGER and do not find it, you can click on the Prospector link to search the union catalog. With a valid TIGER number, you can place requests for Prospector materials yourself. Prospector materials are delivered via courier and typically arrive within 2-4 days.

Tutt library also uses traditional Interlibrary Loan and commercial document delivery services to acquire materials for users. The rich collections of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago (http://www.crl.edu/) are available through Interlibrary Loan. ILLiad software is used to manage ILL services-you will need to register online to use the service. Contact Diane Brodersen, ILL Coordinator, (email or telephone, 389- 6664).

Computing Services

Welcome to Colorado College! This information sheet contains basic information you will need about computing at CC.

Email

To create your email account, someone in your department needs to fill out an online account request form on your behalf (another professor or your administrative assistant). The online form can be found on the Help Desk website: http://helpdesk.coloradocollege.edu and should be done at least a week before you need to use the account.

Visitors: Each department has one or more email accounts for visiting faculty. If you would like to use one of these accounts while you are here, speak with your department administrative assistant to get the username and password for the account. Note that if you use the electronic journaling/public folder system for your class, you will need to use a CC email account.

Loaner Computers

Visitors: The college may be able to provide you with a loaner computer for the duration of your visit. If you would like a loaner computer, please ask your department administrative assistant to contact the Help Desk at x6449 and request a loaner. Please submit your request as soon as possible! Most loaners are reserved long before the block begins, so if you wait until the day your class starts, we may not have any loaner machines left to give to you.

Connecting personal laptops to the campus network

Many visitors choose to bring their own laptops to campus and would like to be able to connect to the campus network. For security reasons, all computers that connect to the campus network need to be registered. Until your computer is registered, you will not be able to access the Internet.

You can register your computer yourself – use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to an active network port, open a web browser, and follow the instructions that appear in your browser window.

If you would like help registering your computer, please bring it to the Help Desk (located in the north basement of Tutt Library). If possible, bring it before the block begins. The first few days of a block are an extremely busy time. If you bring your computer then, the help desk staff may not be able to help you right away.

For more information on setting up your laptop to access the CC network, including instructions for setting up wireless, visit http://helpdesk.coloradocollege.edu/index.php/connecting-to-cc/
Help Desk phone: 389-6449

Instructional Technology in the Classroom

If you are thinking about having your students build web sites, publish a magazine or online newspaper, do a digital video project, want to reserve a public computer lab, or have other ideas for using technology in your teaching, please contact the Academic Technology Specialist for your division at least two weeks before you arrive on campus. The Academic Technology Specialists also support PROWL, the college’s course management software. The tech specialist will work with you to ensure that the computer hardware, software, and other resources you may need are available to you when and where you need them.

The three Academic Technology Specialists are:

Director of Academic Technology Services
Emily Blakely – Armstrong 313 -x6738

Smart classrooms

If you need a computer attached to a data projector and will be using it for most days of your class, a smart classroom may be the answer. Please ask your department chair to submit the request for a smart classroom to the Registrar’s Office.

Equipment checkout from Audio Visual Services

If you need a data projector and laptop for only a couple of sessions, contact Audio Visual Services at 389-6378. Depending on availability, they provide short-term (from a few days up to a block) checkout of data projectors and laptop computers. Be aware that there is a lot of demand for this equipment, and it may not be available if you wait until the last minute. It is best to get your reservation in early.

Public computer labs

If both you and your students need to use a computer during class time, there are three publicly available computer teaching spaces available on campus:

For information about the hardware and software available in each of these labs, contact the Academic Technology Specialist for your division (contact information is given above). To reserve one of these labs, please contact your Academic Technology Specialist.

Software availability in public computer labs

We provide a number of software packages in our public lab computers. To find out if a lab has the software that you need, please contact your Academic Technology Specialist. If you need software that we don’t have installed, please contact your Academic Technology Specialist as soon as possible before you need to use the computer labs. Please note that if we do not already own a license for the software, your department will have to pay for the necessary licenses.

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