LIS Resources for Faculty (go/lis4faculty)

Liaison Program

To make it easier for you to find information and resources quickly, LIS designates a liaison as the primary LIS representative to each academic department. Your LIS liaison can keep you informed, consult with you about library and technology resources that support your work, and direct you to additional support within LIS when needed.

• List of LIS Liaisons

Contents Menu

Library Homepage (go/library)

(Your gateway to research resources and services)

• Off-Campus Access to Library Databases via EZProxy
• Off-Campus Access to Other Resources
• Faculty Guide to the Library Homepage

Workshops & Instruction

• Information Literacy Website (student outcomes, faculty resources, etc.)
• Research Workshops & Instruction for Classes
• Research Advice (Consultations, Subject Guides, etc.)
• Other LIS Workshops

Reserves

Locating Reserve items

• Finding electronic items on reserve (via ERes)

• Finding other items on traditional (physical) reserve (via Midcat)

Reserves Information for Faculty:

• All formats (Electronic, Print, Media, Film Screenings, etc.)

Copyright

• Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines (what you can and can't do)
• Copyright Basics (entertaining video tutorial from the CCC)
• Chart: Copyright Term & the Public Domain in the U.S. (from Cornell)
• Retaining your rights as an author
• Author rights publishing agreements
  
• Creative Commons (CC) Licenses
  (see also video and infographic from Technology Enhanced Learning Blog)
  

Borrowing Materials (go/borrowing)

• Faculty Loan Periods
• My Midcat (Login to your Library account)
• Proxy Borrowing information and form (allowing student assistants, staff, etc. check out items for you on your account).
• Equipment for check-out (laptops, iPads, cameras, projectors, etc.)
• Reciprocal borrowing at other Vermont Institutions via VCAL (in-person borrowing at VT academic libraries, including UVM)

Interlibrary Loan (go/ILL)

• ILL Services: NExpress vs. Traditional ILL
• NExpress Catalog (fast Interlibrary loan from our partners)
• ILLiad logon (traditional ILL from around the world)
• ILLiad instructions and NExpress Instructions
• FAQs about ILL and NExpress
• Theses/ Dissertations

Library Collections and Acquiring Materials

• Forms (for purchase/rental requests, order status, recording copyright consent, and other forms)
• FAQs (how to check the status of an order, etc.)
• New and Trial Databases
• Digital Collections created by Middlebury
• Selected new acquisitions, browseable by subject or a comprehensive list
• MIDCAT search alerts (weekly email about new materials)

Computing and Technology Helpdesk (go/helpdesk)

(hours, contact info, how to guides, classrooms, labs, alerts, etc.)

• Helpdesk Wiki (public documentation). New faculty start with the Quick Start links.
• Lynda.com Tech Video Tutorials
• Off-campus Access to the Network
• Off-campus Access to Resources (including Middfiles, email, etc.)
• Available Software
• Labs & Classrooms (software in labs, computers, and printers; smart classroom help, etc.)
• Projecting from your Laptop

Media Services (go/media)

• Film Screening Support Request Form

• Event Recording Request Form
• VHS phaseout (analog sunset)
• Media Services Wiki (how to information)
• Top Tech Tips for a Successful Event

Technologies to Support Teaching

Curricular Technologies (go/ct)
(course sites, blogs, audio, visual, graphics, and much more!)

• Course management options (Moodle, Wordpress, Mediawiki)
• Comparison of Moodle and WordPress features
• Course Hub (gateway to your course content wherever it is!)
• LIS Educational Technologies wiki (documentation to help you use the tools)

Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTLR)
(Resource for both students and faculty including teaching and writing program support)

Digital Scholarship and the Digital Humanities

• Scholarship at Middlebury (Institutional Archive for Faculty and Student Work)
• Data Management Plans and Repositories
• DISH: Digital Scholarship Hub (network to connect faculty/staff/students interested in creating digital scholarship)
• MiddLab (Consulting/support services for digital publishing, copyright, digital archive & data management, textual analysis, geo-spatial/geo-temporal analysis)