Muskingum College Library: Library Services: Faculty Guide

The Faculty Guide is a resource for new and existing Muskingum College faculty to ensure that you receive the most benefit from the many services the Library offers to the faculty of the College. If you do not see the type of service you require listed below, please contact Andrew Whitis at (740) 826-8157 for assistance.

Course Reserves
Traditional Reserves
Faculty may chose to put library owned books, personal copy books, article photocopies, VHS tapes, DVDs, or other teaching materials on reserve for student use during the semester. You must come to the Library or send a student worker to the Library with the material you want on reserve.

A Reserve Materials form must be completed, indicating: your name, department, course being taught, loan time, type of reserve, and the title of the item as you have it listed in your syllabus. You can learn about the seven loan times on the the student Course Reserves page.

All reserve items are removed at the end of the semester. You may come in prior to that time and ask for items to be removed if you so desire. Personal copy items not picked up will be returned through campus mail. Please contact Zelda Patterson at (740) 826-8156 for more information about putting items on reserve.

Electronic Reserves (e-Reserves)
In addition to traditional physical item reserves, the Library supports electronic course reserves. If you are interested in placing electronic versions of articles or book chapters on e-Reserves please read Electronic Reserves Information for Faculty to understand what can and cannot be put on e-Reserves.

Library Instruction
You may request a librarian to come and teach specific resources to your class. The instruction session can take place in your classroom or in the Library. Please visit the Instruction page for more information or contact Andrew Whitis at (740) 826-8157.

Interlibrary Loan
If you find a citation for a book or article that is not available through the Muskingum College Library or OhioLINK, you may request it using traditional Interlibrary Loan. It can take up to two weeks to fulfill a request. We provide on-line forms to request a book or request an article through Interlibrary Loan. Charges are billed back to the home department, unless otherwise indicated. Once we receive the item you requested, we will notify you by email of its availability for pick-up. If you do not pick the item up with-in two weeks, we will either forward it to you in campus mail (for articles) or return it to the lending institutions (books). If you have questions about Interlibrary Loan, please contact Nicole Robinson at (740) 826-8154.

Recommending Items for the Collection
Use Choice Reviews to find book reviews. Use the on-line request form or paper copies available in the Acquisitions Office to recommend books and other materials the Library should purchase. Please contact Elaine Funk at (740) 826-8153 for more information.

Archives and Special Collections Research
The Library maintains both the College Archive and a separate special collection of unique non-circulating books. Most of the items in the special collection have records in the Muskingum Library catalog and will appear in your search results. However, the items in the College's archive do not have records in the Muskingum Catalog. The Reference Librarians are in the process of updating the finding aid for the college archive. If you need access to either the archives or special collections, please contact Andrew Whitis at (740) 826-8157.