Faculty Select
Request Course Reserves
Information about Copyright
Request Library Class Tutorial
Faculty
Welcome to the Faculty page at the Masland Library! Our goal is to support your course's needs as well as your research needs. If you would like to schedule time with a librarian to review any of our resources we would be happy to to help. For a research consultation please use this link.
Requesting Resources
Methods of Contact
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Interoffice Mail: Send catalogs with requested materials to the attention of Stephanie Kaceli
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Email: Stephanie Kaceli (stephaniekaceli@cairn.edu)
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Online Form (https://library.cairn.edu/acquire)
**Please search the Library Catalog prior to submitting requests. If the Main Campus Library holds the item, there is no need to request.**
Information to Include with Request
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Select Type of Material
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Fill in Author, Title and any additional publication information you have available.
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Enter professor’s name and, if applicable, course number
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Contact Information is required
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Click “Submit This Suggestion”
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Multiple items? Send requests to Stephanie Kaceli (stephaniekaceli@cairn.edu).
Reserve Requests
Please send the above information to Stephanie Kaceli (stephaniekaceli@cairn.edu) and copy library@cairn.edu. This will ensure that the book is purchased and that it will be added to reserve after cataloging. In addition to the above information please include the number of students per class and the Course ID so that the books will be added to the correct class.
Room Requests
Classes are welcomed into the library for tours, course assignment tutorials, information literacy sessions and general As Librarians, we love having the students in the Library studying and learning to use the necessary resources for their chosen professions and their courses. Library spaces are reserved through the library (not Cairn's Event Management System).
To reserve the Mezzanine Computer Lab (210), the Curriculum Lab, or a space in the library call the Library Front Desk at 215.702.4370 or email library@cairn.edu. We will then place your class on our calendar and provide signage for that area notifying other students that it will be unavailable.
Information Literacy
Library instruction includes instruction on both how to evaluate information resources and how to use library resources such as the library catalog or other bibliographic databases. It prepares individuals to make immediate and lifelong use of information effectively by teaching the concepts and logic of information access, and by fostering information independence and critical thinking. With all the information available to student's today library instruction is an invaluable tool for both students and faculty members.
Our goal at the Masland Library is to reach every student at Cairn University during their scholarly tract. There are a variety of benefits for both the student and the faculty when students understand how to utilize the resources our library has to offer them. For the students there is the opportunity to spend less time struggling to locate resources so that they can spend their time more effectively, this creates a less stress and a better learning environment. For faculty the benefits include papers with information that is more easily verifiable, has a broader spectrum of opinions and ideas, as well as allowing for better organized papers. When we teach students to think critically, we essentially give them the power to shape their own educations.
If you would like to schedule a library instruction session for your class or if you would like to request a session for yourself please contact the library at (library@cairn.edu) or call us at ext. 4371.
Reserves
Course Reserves function to help professors make certain items or texts available to students when they only need to read or use a section of a book. Due to their limited check-out time and Library Use only status, reserves allow more students the opportunity to access to a particular library item than normal checkout would allow (28 day initial checkout). Reserves can be Books, CD-ROMS, DVD’s, and electronic documents.
For more information please see our How do I?...
- Comprised of physical and electronic materials.
- Professors have two options to post electronic documents for classes: e-Learning (preferred method) or electronic reserves.
Reserve process
- Library updates each individual course file.
- An email is sent to all Faculty and AA’s with the date Reserve requests are due by.
- Individual professors and their AA’s are emailed their individual course Excel files.
- Excel files should be updated and emailed back by due date. Additional materials can be added to these sheets.
New Course Reserves
NEW COURSES: Use forms located on Library Website
New Course Reserve Form
- Electronic Course material- Use this form when you are submitting a request for electronic documents to be placed on electronic reserve.
- Print Course materials- Use this form for all other physical material request forms.
** For each item please provide all information requested on the form.**
For further questions email us at library@cairn.edu