a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges
Spring 1992ı Volume 1 Number 2
traditional interlibrary loan services for obtaining information
From theı not owned in our collections to an increasing emphasis on electronic databases and commercial information vendors. Many of our decisions will be difficult ones, but the result
Director's desk...
should be better access to information for our users.
Bonnie Clemens, Director
Nearly everyone knows the formula for successful real estate investment: Location, Location, Location. For the academic library community, the formula for successful services to users is quickly becoming Access, Access, Access.
The amount of information available continues to increase dramatically, the cost of that information continues to spiral, and the needs of our users constantly change. As a result, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the Libraries Name's A Winner! of The Claremont colleges cannot purchase the full range of materials necessary to support all the curriculum and
The Libraries and the editors
research needs of our students and faculty. Therefore, we
would like to thank
must devote at least a portion of our resources to providing users with access to information that is not in our local
LINDA GUNTER
collections.
The traditional means of providing library users with Assistant Head, Reference that access h s been interlibrary loan. With the opening of interlibrary loan services to undergraduates and the expansion for suggesting our newsletter name! of access to bibliographic information through a vast array of electronic resources, the demands on our interlibrary several entries were received from the staff. loan service have increased substantualy. Unfortunately. despite our best efforts, many factors beyond our control Our apologies for not recognizing you in the first issue.
affect our abililty to meet those demands in a timely manner.
All of this brings us back lo the necessity for attention to access. A recently appointed task force is now at work compiling recommendations on which electronic resources Contents ( bibliographic, textual, statistical, and graphical) the Libraries should [ for and in what delivery mode. As a corollary to I have assigned Linda Gunter Assistant Head of Director's Message Reference. the tasks of coordinating interlibrary loan services Knight Foundation Grant 2 and5upervise the technical aspect of electronic reference
Electronic Access 2 services. Central to her assignment is the necessity for
Honnold Library Renovation 2
planning an effective system for providing users with Library Liaison Program 3
information not available in our collections.
Much of our success in developing such a system will Periodicals Tax 4 depend on OUT continuing ability 10 take advantage of new Serials Access 4 technology. specific resources. This consistent
Library Events & Exhibits 5
with recent discussions in Library Council where members
Staff Newsı 5
access to electronic among their
Library Hours
highest priorities for additional library funding. As we 6 proceed with a new emphasis is on Access. Access, Access, Library Council 6 there will be a transition from ) sole reliance on
1 Electronic Accessı
The Libraries have recently completed another series of presentations to familiarize faculty with electronic rescource tools available from the libraries and from other sources. The present at given in February and March, focused on databases in four broad subject areas: humanities, . social sciences and science and technology. The main emphasis Will on databases available through the libraries CD - ROM network. but database the Internet and in Knowledge Index were Iso covered. The CD - ROM network provides access to 14 databases including a full - teXt encyclopedia, the OED, PsycLit, oei file, and the MLA Bibliography. These 14 databases are accessible in the libraries. They are also accesible outside the libraries to faculty, students, and staff of The Colleges on their VAX account from the campus academic computing centers. ( Terminal computer and keyboard mapping software may be necessary and is also available from the Reference Department, Honnold/ Mudd Library, and fr m most of the academic computing center..)
Funding for the CD - ROM network, for many of the databases available through the network a weU a · others available in the libraric, nd f r lhe presentation to facully ha c me from ' lw l- year Knight Foundation challenge grant awarded to Claremont McKenna College and Pomona College in the fall. This grant has also provided funds to be awarded to under graduate faculty who develop courses or course modules which incorporate student use of electronic databases. In February, faculty from the five undergraduate colleges who were awarded grants in the spring of participated in a faculty Forum to relate their experience in developing and implementing such course and to encourage their ability to apply for the development grants. Grant awarded by a committee of deans and faculty from claremont McKenna
college and Pomona College. This year's grant recipients will be announced in April.
Finally the Knight Foundation grant provides for . subidized searching on Knowledge Index and Classmate for faculty and students of the live undergraduate colleges. Knowledge Index and Classmate, both from the pay - for - use online database vendor DlA OCJ, provide aCcess to approximately 80 databases accessible through the Internet or by modem. Knowledge Index is only available evenings and weekends; Classmate is available at all hours but can only be used in conjunction with specific class/ course as, assignments. For more information on these two programs, talk with Mark Rice, Seaver Academic Computing Services, Pomona College, or ask at the Reference Desk, Honnold/ Mudd Library.
galer Burrow,
The Chronicle of higher Education
The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges belong to an organization known as the Electronic Library onsorLium ( ELC). The membership of the consortium comprises a number of libraries in private colleges and universities. The
ooperaLive proje L<; underlaken by the ELC are spearheaded by the University of S uthern aliI' mia. As are. ult f our m mbership in the ELC, we have access to USClnf [ rom Honnold/ Mudd Library and each
f the campus librarie:. An inLegral part of USClnf is the USC online catal g ( Homer) which complcments ur access Lo lhe catalogs of UCLA ( Orion) and other University of
alifomia institutions ( Mclvyl).
Another interesting feature of USCJnfo is accc. s to a machine readable version of Th ern nid of Higher Educationwhich di play as am nu opLi non lhe USClnfo interface. As of n w, the complete [ ext of news and opim n article since 1 9 is searchable. Granl announcements, tbe software section, and the caJendar should be available in the next few weeks. This machine version is a joint venture of U, C and The hr nicle an will probably be marketed more widely this Fall. For now, it is available for y ur perusal aL the Un twork stations" in each of ur librarie..
Bonnie Clemens, Director
Honnold Library enovation
Cataloging ervice and Periodical Remodeled These two cparlmenLs were given a new r ok in early January, after 8 weeks f extensive remodeling t reale
m re dfici nL work space.
Cataloging is in one spacious room in lead ( f two . eparateJ smaUcr rooms. Each staff member has his/ her own workstation, fully equipped with OCLC and BLAIS terminals. Periodicals gained some: floor space, enough to provide a separate office r r the department head.
The remodeling work resulted in the following changes for the public: ( 1) the newspaper reading area moved closer 10 the current periodical shelves, and ( 2) the periodical. check- in card file is now localed at the north end of these shelves.
! sao Uesllgi, Head, Cataloging Service
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Editors: Barl Har! oe, Susan Allen, Ienda Ebersole
Contact: Glenda Ebersole, Administrative Assistant The Honnold/ Mudd Lihrary, x.. 1721
2 / CO NECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges CLAREMONT COLLEGESı LIBRARY LIAISON PROGRAMı
As the library moves to develop new collection development initiatives and programs, we seck to communicate on a more rCf:, rular hasi with Claremont faculty. Many acadcmic institutions have f und thattheestablishmentofa facuJtyLibraryliaison system increa e b th the quantity and quality of information Dowing betweco the library and the faculty. Listed bel ware the names of individuals who have been elected to repres nl the various department and field groups at The Claremont Colleges. The pel pie listed can effectively CTve a communication links regarding library concerns ab ut collections, budgets, new academic programs, ctc. 10 future issues of the new leUer, we shall describe io greater detail p ssible roles and responsibilitie [ faculty and librarian involved in thi new liaison network.
] So ial Sciences & Humanities I
Subject Area Anthropology
Art
Black Studies Busines Chicano Sludi s Classics Criminal Ju lice Drama Economics Education English & American Lit.
G vernment International Relations Hjst ry
anguages & Linguistics
- Spanish Languag & Lit. Music Philosophy Psych I gy
Public Policy & Gov't. Pub . ı Religionı S ciologyı Women's Studie. ı
object Area Astronomy Biology
Botany hemi. try
' om puler Science Enginccrin Information Scil: J1cl.~ rvh1th
Physjc~
Faculty Uai onı Dan egal ( x3645) ı Bruce Coats ( x3600) ı George Gorse ( x2684) ı Sidney Lemelle ( x3414) ı Richard Ellsworth ( x3362) ı J hn Buriel ( x2249) ı
teve Glas ( x264- J) George FeLkenes ( x2486) Tom Leabharl ( x8186) Tom Borcherding (:< 3355) Ethel Parker ( x3687) Michael Harper ( x421 ) Tom Pinney (:< 3149) Daniel Mazmanian( x82 4) David Elliot ( x2463) Bob Woods (:< 3917)
Rene Coppictcrs ( x. 1553) ı H ward Young ( x355S) ı R land Jackson ( x8081) ı Anthony Dardis ( x2923) ı Stuart Oskamp ( x8239) ı Mark Costanz ( x2339) ı Daniel Mazmanian( x8284) ı Karen T rjesen ( x3214) ı Lynn Thom~ ( x2494) ı Sue Houchins ( x2212) ı
College Pitzer Scripp Pomona Pomona CGS Pomona Pitzer CGS Pom oa
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cripps Porn na CG Pomona Pomona
Pomo£ Ul
CG Pomona CGS CMC
CG CG
Pomona ScripI .
I Sciences & Technology I
Facullv Liai!> on ColJege Bob Chambers ( x2945) P > mona
T. J. Mueller ( x2257) HMC Larry Oglesby ( x294 ') Pomona Tom Elia ( 25- 8767x20) R ' A Waynt; Steinmetz ( x8447) Pomon Mitsuru Kubota ( x3l) 30) HMC Robert KcUer ( x8225) HMC Jeeva Hl Ie ( x8019) HMC Secv Neumann ( x82~ ) CGS Sandy Grabiner ( x2lJ43) Pomona Jim HI . Ie ( x. 125S) , It. Sei, jPitzu John Townsend ( x410H) HMC Bob Chamh ' rs ( x2l) 5) Pomona Riblioerapher
Meg Garrell ( x3 87)
Carrie M~ h ( x3942)
Martha Smith (:< 3997)
Linda Gunter ( x3986)
Martha milh ( x3997)
usan Allen (:< 3977) Linda unter ( x39 6) Meg Garrett ( x39 7) Linda Gunter ( x3986) Judy M ser (:< 3973) Gale Burrow ( x3987)
Adam Rosenkranz ( x3986) ı Adam Rosenkranz ( x39 6) ı Adam Rosenkranz ( x3986) ı Jean Beckner ( x. 1977) ı Martha Smith ( x3997) ı
Betty Rieder x3955) ı Adam Rosenkranz (:< 3986) ı Meg Garrell (:< 3987) ı
Mary Martin ( x3861) ı Michael Bt ddy (:< 3955) ı Bart Harl e ( x8 45) ı Gale Burr w ( x.. 1987) ı Judy Harvey ahak (:< 3953) ı
Bibliograpber
Brian Ebersole ( x3492) Kim M shart ( x3921) Brian Ebersole ( x34Q2) Brian Ebersole ( x3492) Brian Ebersole ( x3492) Kim Mossharl ( x3921) Kim Mossharl ( x3921) Kim Mosshart ( x3921) Linda Gunter (:< 3986) Brian Ebersole ( x3492) Kim Mosshart ( JC3921) Kim Mosshart ( x3921) Brian Ehersole ( x3492)
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Cali oro · a State Periodicals Tax
Last year the California State legislature pa sed a oew sales tax of .25% that was to be applied to the purchase of periodicals. This new tax has bad' deleterious impact 00 library acquisition budgets across Ihe state. At Claiemont, for example The Libraries had to pay an adcliti nal $ 40,000 in taxe. on top of rapidJy escalating
• erials prices. In fact, the new sale. tax 00 periodicaL<.; has been a major factor in our current serials deficit, which now approa hcs $ 70,000.
Howev r, there is a glimmer of b pe. eoate Bill 267 changes the prescnt law to provide an exemption for tbc way in which Iibraric..' S acquire serials. it was introduced ID the alif mia, cnate and was pas cd in latc January. IL is 0 w being reviewed y the A sembly Rev Due and Taxation Committe and, if appr ved by Lhc full Assembly, it c uld be on the G vernor's de k by late ummer.
YOU CAN HELP! In order to make UTe that Lhis legislation is successful, pic se take the time to write a leuer to one or more of the people listed below. If
enate BiJl267 passes this se ' ion, libraries in CaJifornia ( including The Clarcm nt Ilcges) will be relieved f this tax burden ouring the 1992/ 93 budgetary year. Here aJ l,; the p oplc t write lo:
Assemblyman John Vasconcellos Ways and Means Committee Am. 6026, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814
Senator Leroy Green Revenue and Taxation Comm .• Am. 3082, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814
Senator Quentin L Koppı Eighth District. California Legislature, Rm. 2057ı Capitol Office, Sacramento, CA 95814ı
Governor Pete Wilsonı State Capitol. Sacramento, CA 95814ı
If y u wouJd like mOrt; informalion n lhe background to this Icgislation, c lOta t Bart HarJoc, Honn Id Library, ext. 045.
YOUR A, ISTANCE IS APPRECIATED'
Serials Acce s and Selection Committee Established
Th~ ihrary recentl received a bill for a journ I entitled Molecular Crystal~ and Liquid CrystaL<;, publ~<; h~ d by rdon and Breach. Th~ cost ora one- year subscription for this journal has now reached $ 10,710. When one adds the new CaJifornia State Periodicals tax to this base price, the cost reaches $ 11,593. The percentage increase over the previous year is + 47.4%. Unfortunately, 1991/ 92 has again witn ssed some starlling increases in the cost of scholarly ( especiaJly scientific) serWs.
It is with this situation in mind that Library Director, Bonnie Clemens, has recently established a new erials Access and Selection C mmiU e at Claremonl. Listcd below are the members of the new gr up:
ThomaJ! B rcherding, G ( 1992 sub litul for Dillon)
laveos Bus nberg, HMC
Bob Chamb r , POM
Patricia Dillon, Scripp
Brian Ebersole, Pomona, cicnct: Library
Linda Gunter Honnold/ Mudd Asst. Head, Reference
Bart Harloe, Libraries Assl. Director for Collections
Alberta Walker, Libraries A. ocialc Director
Charle Young, CGS
The eriaIs Committee has been asked to develop guidelines for the selection and " deselectioD" ( i. e. cancellation) of serial titles al Jaremont. A special focus f the committee will be an analy is f lhe " cost of pr viding acce " to, and delivery of, journallileralure wbeth r the mechanism be that of traditional interlibrary loan Or that of a fe - based commercial document delivery service."
The Serials Committee has already met twice this pring and wiJl soon c mmunicatc to lhe Clarcmont field groups new guidelines ~ r the selection of crialliLle.. We will shortly also be c lmmunicating information to facuJty regarding high price increases implemenled by parlicular publisher in 1991/ 2. The Lil raries goal is to have more facuJLy involvement in the process of aUding and ubtracting serial tiUcs lo lh c lJection at Claremont.
In the meantime faculty who arc interested in requc ting new serial tille h uld contact the bibliographer for their field al larcm nt. Given current deficit. In lhe acquisition budgel for journall lhc library cannot guaranlee thaI new Litles requ ted will be aLili d. Bul we can guar ntee lhal each requcsl will receive serious consideration by lh Library and SeriaJs Acces anti Selection Commiuee.
scar Wild once defined the t)' ni n.' sam De " who knows the price of everything and lhl> value of n thing:' As librarians struggle to deal with a small group of avaricious commercial puhlh hers uch cynicism IS ahV'dys an easy tcmptati n. Al larcmonl we hupL': to be able I I e. Labti h P llicic and programs Ihat will allow us t efrecl ivcly counll; ractthe dfe t of thl' rapidly escalating price ofserials. BUI IJC aJSl kn w tllatlhis can ) DIy b . done by w() rkin~ in collaboration wiLh faculty, which is why you will be frequently c nsulled in thl: wl,; cks and m nth, ilh~ ad. Tf we work togclher, wc can make real p gee, s towards solvtng the journal pricing problem al The Claremont olleges!
8ar( Har/ oc, A 1St. Director for Collections
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Library Events & E bibits
Thriving Pa sion for Books Reflected in Denison Exhibit tudent b ok collections wiJI fill the exhibit cases at Dcni'ion Library from April 20 through C mmenccmenl Weekend, May 16- 17. Thirteen cripps seniors have entered their collections in competition for tbe annual M. . Slocum Award for SludentLibrarie . The winners ofllie cash prize will be announced at th cripps Awards C nvocation on May 16. Collectinginterests this year range 1' 1' m the cnw oment Lo h r emanship. A collection fIrish literautre renects the year one enior peot abroad. An ther coior's hobby i explored through her bo ks n plants, their habitats, uses, and ac; sthelics. Three distingui hed book people judge the collections basing their decisions on a written es. ay accompanied by an ann tated bibli graphy and a pers nal intcrvi w. The judges are Muir Daw 0, wncr ofDaws n's Bo k Shop in Los Angeles; Eric Haskell, Prares or of French and Humanities at Scripps College, andDiana Thomas, printing instructor and Professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Library and Tnfonnation Science.
M. S. Slocum Pasadena bibliophile with two daughters at Scripps, establi hed the Award in 1936 to encourage an enthusiasm f, r the enjoyment 01" book ollecting. Each participatingsenior prepares her wn exhibit rellectingher individual pa sion for book .
The exhibit can be vi wed during regular library hours Telephone extension 3941 for additional information.
Going, Going, Gonet
o nison Library will continue a long standing tradition by balding its annual spring Bo k Auction on Tuesday, April 21 from 3: 30 to 5: 00 p. m. in th~ Library's Orange Courtyard. Michael Lamkin, Professor of Music at ' cripps College will serve as AuctlOnoer.
Anticipated · \ S a lively and entertaining event for the entire campu. ommunity, th Auctiun is an pportunily to ( btain g ud b oks at great prices. Consisting primarily of duplicates and donatioru) n t needed by the Lihrary, auction st ck ranges in inlen::. 1 from cia . icallo modem literature, to art and travel books. Offerings will include lirst editions anti illustrated books as well as p lpular and scholarly books.
Particjpan~ and bserver will notice a new twu t in pr ~ durcs this year. For Lhe Auction n Tuesday allemoon, a large group l f two t( Lhree hundred interc ting books will he available ~ r hopeful buyer L make their sekction!;. Slarling pri cs will range from under a dollar to $ 20 or morc. Bargains will ab unc.. l!
A regular, tw - day book sale.; with many additional books will begin at I 000 lOW ' dnesday, April 22 and run until 5 p. m. The book sale will continue on Thursday, April
23. Prices will be set at $ 1.25 for hardbound and Tc for
paperbounds and magazines. Set will be priced separately. For additi nal information telephonl,; extension 3953.
California Archaeology Honnold/ Mudd Library will take part in the first California ArchaeologyWeek May 10th - 17th, 1992. Books and pamphlets from the library's collection, and Indian artifacts from Lhe Art Collection f the laremant Univer ity Center will be exhibited from April 20th through May 31st. Two cases in lhc ccley Mudd wing, on the second Door, will have Indian artifacts, and printed items will be in the North Reading Room of Honnold Library, also on the second floor. The Society of California Archaeology, a slate- wide organization of over 600 prof, ssional and avocational archaeologists, is sponsoring events through museum , libraries, archaeological and historicaJ societies, and educati nal insLituti ns, t celebrate California Archaeology We k. The Society h pe Lo pr mOle public involvement and upport for the preservati n of California's archaeological resources.
Judy Harvey SaiJak, Assistant Director
LI1Jrariatl, Denisotl Library
Jeatl Beckner, Librarian, Special Collections
Staff News
inee September 1991, lhc Libraries have welcomed three new empluyees to the staff.
Spra& Ue Library
After a national search which hegan in the spring of 1991 Kimberly Mos hart was appointed as Lhe prague Librarian. Ms. M05Sbart j inOO the stafr of the ibraries in January 1992. She earned her MLS from Indian.. University. Pri rloc mingt Claremont, he was the Information pecii: llist at Bums and McDonnell Engineering C mpany in Kansas City Mis! uri. From I to 1~ ) she was Reference and InterlibraJy Loan Librarian at the U niver ity of Mi souri- Rolla. Ms. Mooshart hrings I Sprague Library significant experience in science and engineering librarianship.
Honnold/ Mudd Library
In Oct ber, 1991 Jill V' ' siJakos- Long was appointed Library A!\ Sistanl JIl ( half- tlmc, temporary) in the Government Publicalion. and Microforms Department. Ms. Va silak sL(
ogis i: I graduateofStanford Universilywhere l> he majored in P!-. ychology. She recently received her Ml. S from California State niversity, San Jose ( Fullerton Campus).
This Fall, Dan WoUlerspoon w s appointed to tw halftime
p siLions as Library Assistant II. In October 199
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Mr. WOLherspoon joined the . Laff of tbe Circulation Department and in November he became the new~ t In ' mber of the Periodicals Department. Mr. Wotherspoon is a grauuate 01 Brigham Young Univcrsity where be majored in Philosophy and CI . ieal Civilizations. He received hi, MA. in Rcligiou ' Studies aLArii' oa StaLe L niversiLy and i currenUy pursuing
Ph. D. in Philos 1pbyufRcligion and Theal gy at Claremont Jraduate Scha I.
Alberta Walker. Associate Director
Librarian Participate in Profes'iona] Organiz lions
Librarians at he larcmon C Ueges participate in a
wide variety of profe sional organizaLi ns. These range in ' copefrom local outhern Califomiagroups to more broad · based national rgani7ations.
The American Library s ciation ( ALA) founded in I 76, cXlcnds iLS con eras to aU types of libraries and ha almost 5J, 000 members. More than USO ALA commitlcc:., b ard . councils, t k forces and discussion groups. The f lowing illustrate the specLrum of inLeresLs and assignments of Claremont librarians:
usan AUcn ( Head of Special Collections, Honnold) serve' on the A. s ciati n of allege and Research Librarie./ Rare B oks and ManuscripLs SccLi n Ethical
Library Hours
Re~ ular Schedule
SPRING 1992
( Jan 20 - May 17)
Honnold/ Mudd Mon- Thur 8am- midnt Friday 8am- 10pm Saturday 9am- 10pm Sunday 11am- midnt Denison & Sprague
Mon- Thur 8am- midnt Friday 8am- Spm Saturday 9am- 5pm Sunday 11am- midnt
Pomona Science
Mon- Thur
8am- 1am
Friday
8am- 10pm
Saturday
9am- 10pm
Sunday
11am- 1am
, -
Standards Review CommiUee, a group that is charged with developing guideline. for the admini Lration f rare books and manuscripLs olkcLion .
-- G Ie Burrow ( Coordinator of Instruction for The Librari .) serves n the A RL Bibliographic Instruction S~ cLi n Teaching Methods omrrnLlee, a group that i currenlly investigaLing innovative tec. hnique · for tcaching Lhe new elecLronic resources that arc now available in rna L academic libraries.
-- Mary Martin ( Head of Government Documents in Honnold) currently serves on the Government DOCUOlt. mLs Round Table, a group that provide. a forum for tho e intcrc ted in supp rLing programs Lo incn: ase the availabiliLy, use, and bi liograpruc control f U.. government documents e lIcctions.
In fact, CJar monL librarians serve n 15 differenlALA committee and task forces. In our next newslcuer, we will describe a few more of the. e a. signments in greater detail, as well a. some of our I cal and regional professional activitie .
Linda GU1lter, Asst. Head, ReJerence Bart. H(/ r/ oc. Asst. Director for Collection Development
Library Council Members
1991/ 92
Han Palmer- PaMı Scott Warren- PaMı Sam Tanenbaum- HMCı Robert Keller- HMCı
chuck Young- CGSı Murray Schwartz- CGSı Kenneth lnman- MCı James Rogers- CMCı
stephen Gle1. S- PIT Dani 1S gal- PI Ronnie Broslcrman- CR Wayne Sandhollz- SCR Ex- Officio: Bonnie Clemens, Director of Libraries. Vice President for
Administration
Honnold/ Mudd
FACULtY STUDY POliCIES
PURPOSE Honnold Library reserves 29 Faculty Study carrels for use by faculty of the Claremont Colleges. Application forms are available from Circulation. Each carrel is semi - private and is designed to be a place where faculty can work on projects that entail extensive library research. They are in no way to be considered personal offices or as " belonging" to the faCUlty member. Should the faCUlty member have a research assistant who Is actively Involved in the faCUlty member's research, the faCUlty member may make arrangements with the Circulation Department to allow the research assistant access to that faculty member's carrel. Using the carrel simply as a convenient place for storing books or other materials or as office space for a research assistant are not considered appropriate uses of the carrel.
POLICIES _ Assignment Priority: FaCUlty carrels are assigned on a first come, first served basis-- but with assignment priority going to current, full- time faculty. Emeritus and adjunct professors and Visiting scholars can be assigned carrels after 6 weeks into the Fall semester provided all requests from full- time faculty members have been met.
Assignment Length: Because of the demand for Faculty Study carrels and their intended purpose as an aid to faCUlty doing extensive library research, all carrel assignments are reviewed at the end of each academic year. Faculty members who demonstrate a continuing need for a carrel may receive an extension for the next academic year. However, no faculty member will be allowed to have a Faculty Study carrel for more than TWO academic years without first working their way back through the waiting list.
Leaves of Absence: Any faculty member who takes a leave of absence or an off- campus sabbatical will forfeit his/ her Faculty Study carrel during the time of the leave. However, the faculty member is assured of a carrel with no reduction in assignment time upon return to The Colleges.
Similarly, if a faCUlty member leaves the campus for the summer, the library may assign her/ his carrel to another faculty member or visiting scholar for the summer.
Personal Property: A faculty member may bring a typewriter; personal computer; or other eqUipment,
research materials, and supplies into the Study, but the library is NOT RESPONSIBLE for damage or loss to any property left In a Study.
Food/ Smoking: No food or beverages are permitted in the Study. Smoking is also not permitted.
Door Access Codes: The access code to each Faculty Study will be changed at the beginning of each Fall semester. Faculty members assigned to a Study may obtain the code from the circulation desk. The code may not be shared with research assistants or other persons without express authorization by the Circulation Department.
Communication: The Circulation Department assumes that ach Faculty Study carrel Is being used on a regular basis and that it can therefore communicate with faculty through placing notices on the carrel. It is therefore the responsibility of the faculty member to respond in a timely manner to all such communications.
Monitoring: A member of the circulation staff will monitor each FaCUlty Study carmi for both appropriate usage of the carrel and adherence to pollcy - especially the periodical and book check- out policies. Disregard for policies, inclUding providing access to the Study for research assistants or other persons who have not been authorized by Circulatio , will result in loss of use of the carrel and its reassignment to another faculty member.
Courtesy: A successful carrel program requires that all users show common courtesy to those with whom they share a Study as well as to the library staff who administer the policies.
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