The library is your partner in developing and teaching new and existing courses. Below are a few of the most common ways that we work with faculty members and support their information needs.
Faculty members and other subject matter experts can contact the library for assistance identifying resources for courses they are developing or revising. Such resources may include articles, videos, or ebooks from the library collection, Open Education Resources, or instructional guides and tutorials created by the library. Contact Nick Faulk, Head of Information and Digital Literacy, at nfaulk@champlain.edu with more information about your course development needs to get started.
For some library databases, you cannot use browser URLs to share a link with your students. The library maintains a guide on finding sharable links to library resources. If you have questions about linking to a specific library resource, please Contact the Library.
Faculty may arrange for a librarian to meet with their class to provide an instruction session on how to find and use resources that will be useful for projects in the course. This type of course-integrated instruction is typically quite useful because the instruction occurs at the time that students need it, and relates that instruction to projects or assignments in the course. Contact Nick Faulk, Head of Information and Digital Literacy, at nfaulk@champlain.edu to schedule an instruction session.
The library’s collection development policies place a strong emphasis on collecting materials of relevance to our curriculum, and as such faculty book requests are welcome and appreciated. To make a suggestion, visit the request a purchase page to get started.
Faculty members can check out items from UVM and St Michael’s libraries by using their Champlain IDs when visiting their libraries or by requesting them via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Faculty members can also obtain a Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries (VCAL) card to check out materials from most academic libraries in Vermont. Learn more by reviewing our Interlibrary Loan and Reciprocal Borrowing policies.
Items are typically on print course reserve for one semester. Please indicate when placing your request if a different reserve period is needed. Faculty members who wish to put personal copies of materials on course reserves must bring them to the library and filling out the reserve request form. The library will place a barcode and stickers on these items. The items will be returned via interoffice mail at the end of the reserve period.
Since print course reserves must be used in the library, this service is available for Burlington campus classes only.
Digital Course Reserves materials will be made available to students for the current semester. Requests must be in compliance with fair use and copyright law. For more information, please contact Sarah Camille Wilson, Head of Library Operations, at swilson@champlain.edu or (802) 860-2717.
Available for all Champlain College classes.