Faculty Orientation Fall 2020 NSU Libraries support the
Faculty Orientation Fall 2020
NSU Libraries support the mission of Northwestern State University. • Northwestern State University Libraries provide instruction, resources, services, and facilities to support learning, teaching, research, intellectual growth, and enrichment of the academic experience for all who seek knowledge. • The library faculty and staff prepare students to acquire and use information to become productive members of society.
Doors to the Library (318) 357 -4477 925 University Parkway Natchitoches, LA 71497 library@nsula. edu 24/7 Watson hours: 7: 30 am-10 pm Mon-Thurs 7: 30 -2 pm Fri 2 -10 pm Sun
Resources • Our main resources are people and the website: library. nsula. edu • Online access is available to over 100 databases, many of them fulltext, most through LOUIS, the state academic library consortium. • To access the databases, click on “Database Directory” for the hyperlinked lists. • The book catalog is also a database, listed separately on the homepage.
Departmental Liaisons • Liaison librarians connect your department with library opportunities and designing with library-related assignments. Business: Anna Mac. Donald CAPA: Debbie Huntington Education: Abbie Landry HHE, Military Sci: Sharon Wolff Humanities, PSYC, SOWK: Patricia Brown Nursing/Radiology: Sherri Voebel Sciences and Engineering: Michael Matthews Social Sciences: Mary Linn Wernet, Abbie Landry • library. nsula. edu --“Contact Us” • •
Circulation, Reserves, and Inter. Library Loan • Circulation includes checkout, book return, and course reserves. Your NSU ID is your library card. • To put material on reserve, use this form or contact Kathy Pylant at circulation. • To borrow resources not held by NSU, use Inter. Library Loan or contact Jackie Hawkins, the staffer in charge of ILL.
Library Instruction and Information Literacy • • • Contact the instruction librarian, Dr. Patricia Brown, or see the Lib. Guide “For Faculty. ” Sessions can be online or face-to-face. Information literacy transforms basic library instruction into an understanding of the complexity of information and knowledge in the twenty-first century.
Reference • Not everything is online. • Information and reference assistance, is available most hours the library is open, including some evenings and Sundays. • Available remotely by phone, email, or Webex.
Lib. Guides • Online tutorials for basic library information and research skills. • Subject guides for specific departments. • Topical Guides (such as COVID-19 and diversity). http: //libguides. nsula. edu/
Link the library to your Moodle shell. Handouts and links are available for your Moodle shell. We can work with you on course-specific content.
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