PVCC - Library - For Faculty

Library Instruction
The mission of the library's instructional sessions is to provide faculty and students with the skills necessary to become information literate. The library works to align the instructional content with the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education created by the Association of College and Research Libraries. We encourage all instructors and students to become more information literate because "information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments and to all levels of education." (American Library Association)

Research Instruction
These sessions cover different aspects of research (such as topic narrowing, resource evaluation, database searching, etc.). The sessions take place at the library and last up to one hour. To request library instruction for your classes, please complete this online form at least 48 hours before the needed date of instruction. You will receive an email confirmation. Please call us at 434.961.5309 or email reference@pvcc.edu for more information.
Embedded Librarian
An embedded librarian works as a secondary instructor or teacher's assistant in an online class or in the online portion of a face-to-face class. Embedded librarians provide personal, ongoing information literacy instruction to students, thus freeing the instructor to focus on teaching. For more information or to request an embedded librarian for your class, contact Laura Skinner at 434.961.5309 or email lskinner@pvcc.edu.
Book a Librarian
The Book a Librarian program brings together small groups of students (3 to 8) who meet with a librarian for up to an hour to learn about research skills or about library resources in an in-depth, hands-on way. This service is available between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Please encourage your students to attend. For more information or to request a session, contact Laura Skinner at 434.961.5309 or email lskinner@pvcc.edu.

Online Resources
MERLOT. A peer-reviewed collection of teaching materials. See the MERLOT tutorial about using this online resource.

Project Muse. A database with more than 300 full-text journals covering a wide range of topics, including literature, social science and theatre. See the Project Muse tutorial below for more information about using this database.

Purchase Requests
All book or media purchases by faculty using division funds must be ordered by Technical Services and require the approval of the appropriate dean. Library requests may be submitted via email, publishers' flyers, publishers' catalogs or written request. Use a highlighter to mark items when submitting catalogs or flyers. If submitting a request via email, please include author, title, ISBN, format and price. Books and media materials are catalogued in the order they are received. If you need to borrow a title before it has been catalogued, please see the Technical Services Supervisor in room 701 in the library.

Reserve
Faculty members may place books, folders and videos on reserve for their classes. Bring reserve materials to the circulation desk. You may select one of the following loan periods:

In library use
Overnight
Two days
One week

Shipping (UPS) Support
The library can ship work-related items via UPS on your behalf. For same day shipment, bring items to the library by 2 p.m. Package, address and include any necessary insurance forms for all items.

Tutorials

Finding eJournals. Information about searching for eJournals.
Linking to library resources. Learn how to link to library resources in Blackboard.
ARTstor presentation. Information on how to use ARTstor and its images for teaching.
MERLOT. Learn to use this online resource to locate teaching materials.
OVID. Locate professional reading materials in this database of nursing and medical journals.
Project Muse. Learn how to receive email alerts for new issues of academic journals.