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Faculty Services

This page lists a variety of library services for faculty, such as instruction requests, purchase requests, and individual consultations.

Welcome Faculty!

The Library offers so many resources and services to our faculty, we need several pages just to show you! Here is a preview of the kinds of information and services you will find described on these pages!

Quick Links: All Request Forms

Course Materials Support & Reserves

Book Scanner

Documents scanned on a copier for posting online often do not meet accessibility standards. The Library provides access to a high quality scanner for faculty and staff use. Instead of taking a picture of a text document, it scans the document and saves the scanned file as machine readable text.

The flatbed "book edge" scanner also makes scanning pages of a book much simpler and with a clearer image. 

If you have material to be scanned and posted online (e.g. Talon), stop by the Library and ask about using our scanner. You may also make an appointment with our Digital Services Librarian for a brief demonstration.

Library Course Reserves

Kirkwood Library provides a course reserves service to faculty. Materials are located at the circulation desk. It provides a way for faculty to share items students may need for their course work. Please review the policy, and fill out the form below to place items on reserve for your students, typically for in-library use and a 4-hour time limit.

Contact us for questions and comments:

              Cedar Rapids Campus Library                                                                
              Phone: 319-398-5696                                   

              Email: circulation@kirkwood.edu

Materials added to reserve:
  • Please allow two business days for processing of items submitted for course reserve, before they will be available for student checkout.
  • The Library does not purchase textbooks to add to reserve for student checkout. Any copies of textbooks must be provided by the instructor.
  • The Library can add almost any kind of physical materials to course reserves. Examples include: books, journals, photocopied articles, special technology or equipment (such as digital cameras or a rock collection), and books already owned by the Library. Putting a Library book on reserve limits students to 4 hour checkout rather than the usual semester-long checkout.
  • The Library cannot place interlibrary loan materials on reserve.
Checkout periods for course reserves
  • Most reserve materials may be checked out for up to four hours, and must be used in the Library. If you would like a longer checkout period, please describe in the form.

Faculty Research Consultation

Faculty, remember that librarian research help is not just for students. Contact the reference desk with your research needs: 

  • E-mail: library@kirkwood.edu
  • Phone: 319-398-5697
  • Toll-free 866-452-8504
  • Chat: "Ask a Librarian" on this page

Cedar Rapids Campus Library

Benton Hall

6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA

 

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to use the Library, our website, or our resources, please contact the library at library@kirkwood.edu or 319-398-5697.