Information for Faculty
Print
& Non-Print Orders
The libraries welcome faculty suggestions for
books, films, and
periodicals.
Let us know of either specific titles that will be useful to
your students or of subject
areas that you plan to focus on in future
assignments so that we can be sure our
collection will meet your
students’ needs.
Because the ordering and cataloging process can take up to eight weeks
or
more, please let us know as far in advance as possible. Our materials
budget is used
primarily to meet the needs of students; for your own
professional interests, especially
at a reading level of graduate or above,
we suggest using Interlibrary
Loan.
For more information or to suggest a book or film:
In Germantown, call or
e-mail
Metta Lash, 240-567-7857.
In Rockville, call or
e-mail
Beth Thoms, 240-567-7128.
In Rockville, film requests should be sent to
Abi Sogunro
at 240-567-7114.
In Takoma Park/Silver Spring, call or
e-mail
Mark Miller, 240-567-1538.
For the School of Art + Design, contact
Kate Cooper
at 240-567-5812.
For more information or to suggest a periodical:
Suggestions for periodicals can be made to
Nancy Nyland at Germantown,
Jay Sambasivan at
Rockville, or Beverly
Lehrer at
Takoma Park/Silver Spring.
Online
forms are available for recommending materials as well.
For more information or to suggest an electronic
resource:
Suggestions for electronic resources or databases
can be made to
Brenda Braham, Digital Initiatives Librarian at Rockville.
240-567-8033.
Interlibrary Loan
The libraries can obtain needed materials from other libraries for faculty,
staff, and
students through the interlibrary loan service. ILL forms are
available at the circulation
or reference desk at each campus library.
Online
forms are also available for requesting materials through interlibrary
loan.
Every attempt is made to obtain material free of
charge, but when this is
not possible charges may range from $1 to approximately
$25.
Interlibrary
loan requests are submitted and maintained at the Rockville Campus
Library.
For additional information, call 240-567-7118 or e-mail
ILL@montgomerycollege.edu.
Library Instruction
Developing
Research Assignments for Students
Library
Instruction Classes
Scheduling
In-Library Classes & Tutorials
Information Literacy - Resources for
Montgomery College Faculty
Developing Research Assignments For
Students
Reference librarians are available to help instructors develop assignments
that make use
of library resources. We can verify that the library has the
materials necessary to
complete an assignment, or we can give you
suggestions for assignments that will best
match the library’s resources in
the subject area you are teaching.
To use this service:
In Germantown, call or
e-mail
Diane Cockrell, 240-567-7849.
In Rockville, call or
e-mail
Abi Sogunro, 240-567-7114.
In Takoma Park/Silver Spring, call or e-mail
Kathy Swanson at 240-567-1537.
For the School of Art + Design, call or
e-mail Kate
Cooper at 240-567-5812.
Library
Instruction Classes
A library instruction session helps students get a good start on any
assignment requiring
library or internet research. The classes take place
during a class period in the IT
Training Center located at each campus
library. A librarian can demonstrate the use of the
library’s online databases
for locating books and periodical articles and the use of
the World Wide
Web. Since most students will have a computer to work on in the
classroom,
a large part of the class time can be spent in individual
research, with a librarian and
the class’s instructor available for assistance.
Classes should be scheduled at least a week in advance. The best
time for
a library instruction session is two to three weeks before the
class’s assignment is
due.
To arrange for a library instruction session:
In Germantown, call or
e-mail
Diane Cockrell, 240-567-7849.
In Rockville, call or
e-mail
Abi Sogunro,
240-567-7114.
In Takoma Park/Silver Spring, call or
e-mail
Kathy Swanson, 240-567-1537.
For the School of Art +
Design, call or
e-mail Kate Cooper at 240-567-5812.
Online
forms are available for requesting instruction as well.
In-Library
Classes & Online Tutorials
Another way to help your students research a topic is to bring the class
to the library to
work on an assignment during a class period. Students
then have access to all the
materials in the library as well as the assistance
of their instructor and a librarian.
Please schedule with the reference desk
ahead of time so that we can be sure only one
class is meeting in the
library at a time.
Another option is to have your students go through the web-based
library
tutorials on their own
time outside of class. The modules include
assessments and can be used if you wish
to give your students extra
credit. Students submit their assessments electronically
which are then
forwarded to the instructor.
To schedule an in-library class:
In Germantown, call the reference desk at 240-567-7853.
In Rockville, call the reference desk at 240-567-7130.
In Takoma Park/Silver Spring, call the reference desk at 240-567-1536.
For the School of Art + Design, call or
e-mail Kate
Cooper at 240-567-5812.
Reserve Materials
You may place on reserve any item which you want to make available to
all or most of your
students. This includes library books, photocopies of
periodical articles (subject to
copyright
restrictions), audiotapes,
videotapes, copies of past
tests, and sample student papers. Students
then can use the item in the
library for one hour at a time. In many cases,
we can make electronic copies or provide persistent link URL's to articles
and other items through our electronic
Course Reserves.
Bring materials to the reserve desk in advance of the date students will
be
working on the assignment. Allow one week for processing at the
beginning of the
semester. After the third week of classes, two days are
usually sufficient. To ensure that
materials are ready early in the semester,
they may be placed on reserve before the
semester begins.
For additional Reserves information contact:
In Germantown, call or e-mail Judy Leep,
240-567-1973.
In Rockville, call or e-mail
Ruby Haider, 240-567-7124.
In Takoma Park/Silver Spring, call or
e-mail
Helena Seward,
240-567-1539.
For the School of Art + Design,
call or
e-mail
Kate Cooper at 240-567-5812.
Copyright
Guidelines for Reserve Materials
The MC Libraries have a new
Course Reserves/E-Reserves
system.
For in depth information on
placing materials on reserve, please go there.
You will also find
online forms
and guidance on copyright. The guidelines
offered
below are only guidelines and do not have the force of law. We are
using the principles of Fair Use when deciding what to place on reserve.
In general, it is better to obtain permission from copyright holders when
placing items on reserve.
One photocopy of any article from a periodical, of a chapter of a book,
or of a poem or
essay from a book may be placed on reserve provided the
photocopied material does not
exceed 10% of the book or periodical
and provided the photocopies contain a notice of
copyright.
If more than one copy of a given article, chapter, etc., is to be placed
on reserve, the following additional guidelines are to be met:
No more than five copies will be placed on reserve.
The copies will be placed on reserve for
only one semester. Copyright
permission is to be sought if the same material is to be placed on reserve for more than
one semester.
The effect of photocopying must not be detrimental to the market for the
work. In general, the library should own at least one copy of the work. The duplication of
works that are designed to be filled in or completed by the student, such as exercises and
workbooks, normally requires permission from the copyright owner. Check the
copyright statement of these works.
For more information on copyright, see the
Copyright
tutorial
on the library's web page and see the
Fair Use guidelines on the
Course Reserve page.
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