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Library Refresher in 10 Slides

Library Refresher in 10 Slides. Resources and services available to LSUS Faculty Visit the library’s Services for Faculty page for more information. What are they?

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Library Refresher in 10 Slides

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  1. Library Refresher in 10 Slides Resources and services available to LSUS Faculty Visit the library’s Services for Faculty page for more information.

  2. What are they? Subject-specific guides that organize and showcase library resources by subject and format. Other resources are highlighted as well. Contact your library liaison to discuss creating course-specificLibGuides for your class or request that a guide be created for your subject area. LIBGUIDES http://libguides.lsus.edu or visit the library’s website

  3. Teaching and Classroom Support Library Instruction Sessions Faculty interested in customized library instructional sessions for their classes should contact their library liaison, or the Library Reference Desk (x5068). Sessions are designed to demonstrate techniques and identify resources specific to the research needs of the topic. • Faculty, try our new Assignment Alert Form • Give your librarians advance notice about an upcoming assignment that will require your students to use library resources. This will allow the library time to ensure that the required materials are available as well as to better assist students.

  4. Course ReservesDo you have physical course material that all your students need access to? • What can you put on Reserve? • Personal copies of books/textbooks • Articles • Books from the library collection • Past exams • Lecture Notes • Audio-Visual Media • How does it work? • Bring your material to the library to be put on reserve. • You decide what checkout restrictions should apply. • The material is held behind the desk in a closed area. • Students check-out the material like they would a typical library item. You don’t’ have to worry about the hassle of keeping up with who has the item. Contact the Circulation Desk for more information (x5225) or *For more information, visit the Teaching and Classroom Support Page.

  5. Need Something the Library Doesn’t Have?Get it through Interlibrary Loan! We can get it for you or tell you how to get it. Current students, staff, and faculty can request material not available in the library's collection through the Interlibrary Loan program called ILLiad. Most requests are obtained free of charge.

  6. Extra! Extra! Get your LALINC CARDS Visiting another university in the state? A LALINC card grants you checkout privileges at most university libraries in Louisiana. Stop by the Noel Memorial Library Circulation Desk to sign up for your LALINC card today. Available to current faculty, staff, and students.*Borrowing privileges vary by institution. See the LALINC page for more details

  7. EBOOKS Over 200,000 eBooksat the Library Click the FIND BOOKS link on the library homepage to see what eBook collections are available Or search for ebooks in the catalog or EDS

  8. EDS –Ebsco Discovery serviceoffers one-search of nearly all library resources • Refine your results: • By including only full text • By source type • By subject • By publisher • By publication • By database provider • See the Library’s quicklinksfor access to EDS.

  9. Archives and Special Collections The Archives serves as the most important resource center for the preservation and study of the historical development of Northwest Louisiana and the Ark-La-Tex. Over 60,000 photographs and 350,000 negatives document the visual heritage and history of the area. Other archival material include: Diaries Drawings Audio-Visual Media Letters Reports Memoirs Maps Ledgers Manuscripts Search the Archives’ database, Eloquent, as well as the Collection Guides. Faculty wishing to bring classes to the Archives should contact Laura McLemore to make arrangements. Examples of topics of interest in the Archives: • Artist scrapbooks • Civil War Letters • Civil Rights Collections • Henry Miller Shreve Collection • Strand Theatre Records • Women’s Clubs • Yellow Fever Material

  10. James Smith Noel Collection The collection draws scholars worldwide and encompasses 125 subjects as diverse as natural history, cartography, costumery, the history of humor, moral instruction, and travel literature. • The collection is open year-round and by special arrangement. Faculty wishing to bring classes to the collection should contact Martha Lawler, Cataloguer of the James Smith Noel Collection. The James Smith Noel Collection was the largest private collection of antiquarian books in the United States prior to its arrival at LSU Shreveport in 1994. The collection, a large portion of which was printed before 1801, houses several extremely rare titles and is still actively developed with new acquisitions being added regularly.

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