Welcome Back, Ship Faculty!

Welcome back, Ship Faculty! We know you're working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Instruction
If you'll be assigning a research project to your students, consider scheduling an instruction session with a librarian. Librarians can meet with your classes to discuss the research process, explain how to effectively use library databases and resources, review how to properly cite sources, and more. Our newest librarian, Josefine Smith, will be coordinating the scheduling of library instruction sessions for the 2017-2018 academic year. To set up a library instruction session, contact Josefine (jmsmith@ship.edu). Or click here to find the library liaison to your department, and reach out to her/him directly.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with your students individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If students need help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, you may encourage them to set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
You may want to make reading materials available to your students through our course reserves system, Ares. Click here to learn more about Ares. If you have questions about reserves, or experience issues with Ares, the Circulation staff will be able to assist you (libcirc@ship.edu / 717-477-1461).

Book Orders
To request materials for the library collection, use GOBI. The GOBI ordering process is outlined in the GOBI quick start guide. If you have a question regarding GOBI orders, contact Nicole Zinn (ndzinn@ship.edu) in Collection Management.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

Welcome Back, Ship Faculty!

Welcome back, faculty members! We know you're working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Instruction
If you'll be assigning a research project to your students, consider scheduling an instruction session with a librarian. Librarians can meet with your classes to discuss the research process, explain how to effectively use library databases and resources, review how to properly cite sources, and more. Ashley Esposito and Kirk Moll will be coordinating the scheduling of library instruction sessions for the 2016-2017 academic year. To set up a library instruction session, contact Ashley (anesposito@ship.edu / x3312) or Kirk (kamoll@ship.edu / x1473). Or click here to find the library liaison to your department, and reach out to her/him directly.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with your students individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If students need help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, you may encourage them to set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
You may want to make reading materials available to your students through our course reserves system, Ares. Click here to learn more about Ares. If you have questions about reserves, or experience issues with Ares, the Circulation staff will be able to assist you (libcirc@ship.edu / 717-477-1461).

Book Orders
To request materials for the library collection, use GOBI. The GOBI ordering process is outlined in the GOBI quick start guide. If you have a question regarding GOBI orders, contact Nicole Zinn (ndzinn@ship.edu) in Collection Management.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

Welcome Back, Faculty!

Welcome back, faculty members! We know you're working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Instruction
If you'll be assigning a research project to your students, consider scheduling an instruction session with a librarian. Librarians can meet with your classes to discuss the research process, explain how to effectively use library databases and resources, review how to properly cite sources, and more. Christy Fic will be coordinating the scheduling of library instruction sessions for the 2015-2016 academic year. To set up a library instruction session, contact Christy (cmfic@ship.edu / 717-477-1516). Or click here to find the library liaison to your department, and reach out to her/him directly.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with your students individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If students need help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, you may encourage them to set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
You may want to make reading materials available to your students through our course reserves system, Ares. Click here to learn more about Ares. If you have questions about reserves, or experience issues with Ares, the Circulation staff will be able to assist you (libcirc@ship.edu / 717-477-1461).

Book Orders
To request materials for the library collection, use GOBI. The GOBI ordering process is outlined in the GOBI quick start guide. If you have a question regarding GOBI orders, contact Nicole Zinn (ndzinn@ship.edu) in Collection Management.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

Ares (course reserves) down October 14th

 

Ares, Shippensburg University's course reserves system, is scheduled to be down from  

9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 14th. 

Please plan accordingly.

Textbooks on Electronic Reserve

Due to delays in the receipt of financial aid refunds, students are often unable to purchase their textbooks until several weeks into the semester.  In an effort to support students who find themselves in this situation, the Lehman Library is implementing a new service which allows a faculty member to place one or two chapters (or 10%) of a textbook on electronic reserve.  This service will enable students to access required readings until they can acquire their own textbook.

Faculty can submit textbook content in various ways:

· Bring the textbook to the Lehman Library Circulation Department for staff to scan the appropriate content and upload it into Ares.  The textbook will be returned to the faculty member after the content is scanned.

· Bring a photocopy of the content to the Lehman Library Circulation Department for staff to scan the appropriate content and upload it into Ares.  The photocopy will be returned to the faculty member after the content is scanned.

· Scan the appropriate content and upload it into Ares.  Circulation staff will review the content for copyright adherence and approve the submission in Ares.  Note:  Scanning equipment is available at the Lehman Library if the Academic Department does not have any.

Copyright:

By adhering to the “one or two chapters or 10% guidelines,” the electronic reserve content will be copyright compliant.  NOTE:  Faculty must provide Circulation Department staff with the total number of pages in the textbook when providing photocopies or scanned content in order to assure copyright compliance.

Processing Time:

Faculty scanning their own chapters and uploading directly to Ares for approval is the fastest process, taking approximately three to five days.  If scanning is provided by Circulation Department staff scanning will take five to seven days.

Contact Information:

Questions can be directed to any staff person at the Circulation Desk at 477-1461 or libcirc@ship.edu.  Staff contacts are Sue Hockenberry, Mary Mowery, and Denise Wietry.

Additional information about placing Reserve and Electronic Reserve requests is available at the Library’s home page (http://www.ship.edu/library/) under “Services for Faculty/Library Reserves.”

Library Course Reserves Update

Improvements to Library Reserves!

Everyone logs on to Library Course Reserves here:
http://ares.ship.edu/ares/

Professors! Library Course Reserves have changed a little from last year. The library has put together a Guide covering eReserves for Faculty:
http://research.library.ship.edu/reserves-faculty

Long story short:

• Library Course Reserves uses the same software as last year (Ares) *but* Ares does not integrate with Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
• Professors create their own Class(es) in Ares
• If you used Library Reserves through Ares last year, you may be able to "Clone" your previous Class information into the new semester (see the eReserves for Faculty Guide)
• If you need a completely new Class, you may create your own class (see the Guide)
• Students find their Class(es) and Add them to their eReserves Profile

Students! Library Course Reserves have changed a little from last year. The library has put together a Guide covering eReserves for Students:
http://research.library.ship.edu/reserves-students

• Login with your Ship email address and password
• Click "Search Classes"
• Use "Search by Instructor" & Select: Professor’s Name
• Click "Go"
• Click the Green Plus Sign next to this course to add a Class to your "My Classes" list

Once the Class is added, it will be available on the main page after you login to Library Course Reserves.

Questions? Ask Us Anything!