Faculty Guide To Libraries

This Web-based guide is designed just for you--to provide an overview of services and access for faculty.  The guide's content is kept current and its hyperlinks provide even more, in-depth information on these topics. Call your subject librarian to request a printed copy of the guide.

Welcome to the University Library! We are committed to providing the Marquette community with access to print and electronic resources that support the University's ambitions for scholarship and learning.  This guide is designed to provide the information you need to take advantage of our collections and services.

Raynor Memorial Libraries' services emphasize the partnership between librarians and faculty.  This guide describes the ways you may communicate your academic needs, particularly related to library acquisitions and instruction. We strive to develop information literacy skills that not only contribute to our students' success in their programs of study at the University, but also prepare them for their professional careers and build the foundation for lifelong learning. We want to assist you in providing a transformational learning experience to our students.

We also hope you'll also take advantage of all that Raynor Memorial Libraries have to offer. We encourage you to bring us your questions and suggestions about the library. You can do so by contacting us through your departmental library representatives or Library Board members; notes in the online suggestion box; phone calls to librarian specialists; or by contacting me by phone (288-7214) or e-mail.

The entire staff joins me in extending a warm welcome. We look forward to working with you.

Janice Simmons-Welburn
Dean, University Library

Libraries at Marquette University

The John P. Raynor, S.J., Library, which opened August 4, 2003, offers research services, sources, and technology in a state-of-the-art facility.  Designed around the Information Commons concept, Raynor Library incorporates in an open setting a variety of print and electronic resources, technology to support new forms of digital scholarship, areas for group and individual work, and a variety of staff to provide assistance.  The building also houses Special Collections and University Archives, a conference center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Norman H. Ott Memorial Writing Center, and library administrative offices.

Memorial Library, accessed via the second level bridge, houses the bulk of the more than 1.6 million volume collection, including all books and most bound journals.  The newly-renovated building provides quiet study seating for over 1,000 on six levels and computer workstations on level 2.  Circulation services and Interlibrary Loan staff are available adjacent to the bridge to assist with questions. The Marquette University Press and the Renascence offices are located on Level 1.

A storage facility, closed to public access, houses bound volumes of older, little-used periodicals or those available in electronic format.  Check MARQCAT, the online catalog, for holdings and locations. Ask at Raynor Circulation Services for retrieval of these volumes.

The Libraries' Web site is the starting point for all services and resources and Web addresses are linked in this guide whenever possible.

The Law Library (1103 W. Wisconsin Ave., Sensenbrenner Hall) is administered by the Law School. All Marquette faculty have privileges at the Law Library and are advised to contact the Library directly with questions. All Law holdings are included in the online catalog, MARQCAT. Call 288-7092 (Circulation) or 288-7031 (hours).

Access & Borrowing

All levels of Raynor Memorial Libraries are open 104 hours per week. Access to the first level of Raynor is available 24/7 and to the second level until 2 a.m. Sunday-Thursday during fall and spring semesters when classes are in session.  Hours for holiday and interim periods are posted at the entrance, on the Libraries' Web site, and via a 24-hour phone recording, 288-1530.

Faculty should always carry their MarquetteCard for card-swipe entrance to the building, check out of material, and use of services such as printing and photocopying.

• The loan period for faculty is a full-year for books (due each August) and one week for both current (unbound) and bound periodicals; books may be renewed online.
  
  
• Recalls of checked out material may be initiated in person at either Raynor Circulation Services or online via MARQCAT. Faculty are responsible for prompt return of materials when recalled; materials not requested by another user may be renewed.
  
  
• Portions of the collection are held in a remote storage facility. Ask at Circulation Services about your needs and retrieval options.
  
  
• Library notices are sent via e-mail to the faculty's marquette.edu account.
  
  
• RAs may be authorized to conduct library business in the name of faculty; an Authorized Assistant form is available online under Request Forms or at Raynor Circulation Services.
  
  
• PrintWise printers/copiers are operated via credit on the MarquetteCard. Requests for faculty PrintWise accounts can be made online at www.marquette.edu/printwise/faculty.html or contact the Marquette Card office if you have any questions about your card.
  

• Group study rooms are available in Raynor; a few may be reserved. A limited number of individual research carrels are available to faculty in Memorial Library for semester assignment. Ask at Raynor Circulation Services.
  

Raynor Circulation Services 288-7555
Head of Access Services Joan Sommer, 288-3606

Electronic Resources

The Libraries' Web site is the portal to countless print and electronic sources at Marquette and beyond.

• MARQCAT, the online catalog, lists all books, CDs, DVDs, and periodical subscriptions in the campus libraries, including titles and holdings, items on order, check-out status, and links to electronic resources. The catalog includes tables of contents for most books cataloged since 1995. To view a list of new items added each month: click on <Browse New Titles> for listings by discipline or collection (references, browsing, etc.) or format (e.g. videos/dvds).
  

• A growing collection of books in digital format exceed 300,000 volumes. Most e-books are cataloged and hotlinked in MARQCAT can be found via author, title, and subject, as well as grouped under broad subjects such as <bioethics e-books>.
  
  
• The Libraries subscribe to more than 275 online, Web-based research resources. These databases and textbases range from discipline-specific subjects such as CINAHL (nursing), LION (literature), and PsycINFO (psychology) to broad, multidisciplinary databases, such as WorldCat, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, and ProQuest Research Library. Click on Journal Articles, Databases and other E-Resources.

• The libraries provide access to more than 20,000 journals in digital format; more than 18,000 of these are listed by title and hotlinked in MARQCAT. View journals listings by discipline in MARQCAT by searching under subject, such as <chemistry ejournals>. E-journal "families" include JSTOR, Project MUSE, American Chemical Society, IEEE, and Institute of Physics.
  
  
• The Libraries maintain a subscription to Turnitin, a plagiarism detection service. Full instructions, start-up guide, and guidelines are available.
  
  
• The Libraries subscribe to RefWorks, a Web-based bibliographic management and formatting aplication. Faculty and students may set up free individual accounts.
  
  
• Off-campus access to databases and other electronic resources is available. Users enter their name and 14-digit MarquetteCard barcode number when prompted. Faculty with high-speed Internet access at home may want to make use of the campus VPN (Virtual Private Network).
  

Research and Outreach Services

Faculty are encouraged to consult in person with staff at the Information Commons' (IC) Information Desk, available most hours the library is open, for both research and basic technical assistance.

• AskUs! Information Services also offers phone (288-7556), instant messaging (IM), and e-mail assistance. AskUs! Live, offers 24/7 Web-based (chat) reference assistance during fall and spring semesters.
  
  
• Research consultations are available by appointment to faculty and students for any research need. This service is especially recommended for assistance in learning to use an electronic database or planning an in-depth research strategy. Request a consultation by completing the online request form or call or visit the Information Desk (288-7556).
  
  
• Subject librarians maintain discipline-specific pages, Research Starting Points, each of which serves as an introductory-level overview of library resources. See also the Selected Sites by Topic page, maintained for each academic subject.
  
  
• Resources at other libraries can be located using "Catalogs of other libraries" on the Libraries' Web site, which includes links to WorldCat as well as local and regional libraries.  Marquette faculty may borrow at the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee, and many other educational institutions upon presentation of their MarquetteCard ID; ask at the Information Desk for details.
  
  
• The Funding Information Center (FIC) collects information on foundation funding and grantsmanship. The Center's collection includes directories, newsletters, annual reports, and electronic databases. The Library publishes an annual directory, Foundations in Wisconsin, which is available online for campus users, or in the Funding Information Center. Call the FIC Librarian, Mary Frenn, at 288-1995.
  

Coordinator of Research Services Alberto Herrera, 288-2140
Coordinator of Outreach and Instruction Services Julie O’Keeffe, 288-5996

Library Instruction

• The Libraries assist the Marquette community in enhancing their research and information literacy skils.  Librarians respond to all requests for discipline or course-specific instruction.  During 2006-07 the instruction program hosted more than 4,700 individuals in 330 sessions.
  
  
• Faculty who would like to bring a class to Raynor Library for a hands-on, course-specific session are encouraged to call the subject librarian for your area, or the coordinator.
  
  
• All new faculty will be invited for an orientation and tour in the fall; please call the coordinator of collection development, Jay Kirk, if you would like a tour before you are contacted (288-5213).

• Librarians can assist faculty in adding links to D2L course pages that help students identify research materials for classes. Links could point to the Library Web page, scholarly article databases, our 24/7 chat reference service, or many other useful resources.
  
  
• A Web site developed for First-Year English, Signpost, contains useful strategies on research and citation for all beginning researchers.
  

Coordinator of Outreach and Instruction Services Julie O'Keeffe 288-5996

Class Reserves

• The libraries offer extensive class reserves services, including electronic formats. Wherever feasible, materials are scanned for online access. Call the Reserves Supervisor for more information.
  
  
• An online form for placing items on reserve is available, as well as additional information about the procedures. Please allow five business days for items held by the library and up to six weeks for items that must be purchased or acquired from another source.
  
  
• Items placed on Reserve are located via MARQCAT's main menu options Class Reserves by Course and Class Reserves by Professor.

Class Reserves Supervisor Chris Pivonka, 288-8760.

InterlibraryLoan (ILL)

Cooperative programs and agreements enable the Interlibrary Loan department to obtain needed materials not held in Marquette collections. The libraries absorb most charges to obtain books, articles, microfilm, etc. from other institutions. Some items can arrive in as little as one or two days. Other materials may take longer depending on the type of material requested or how far it must travel.

• Requests are submitted and managed electronically through individual ILLiad accounts. Create your ILLiad account by registering at the above URL. Once registered, requests for books, articles, AV and other times can be placed by manually entering the information into an online form or by transferring the information from electronic databases such as WorldCat, Medline and many others.

• Renewal requests for ILL materials must be placed before the due date via the requestor's ILLiad account.
  
  
• ILL's rush article service, initiated upon special request and exceptional need, attempts to obtain articles within 24 hours.
  
  
• Membership in the Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) makes available millions of additional, rarely held microfilm and other research materials for extended loan to Marquette faculty.
  
  
• ILL facilitates a journal table of contents e-mail alert service; to set up an account, call 288-1997.
• The Jesuit Library Passport is a reciprocal borrowing program giving faculty of Jesuit colleges and universities borrowing privileges and on-site use of resources and facilities at all 28 Jesuit institutions in the United States. These libraries collectively hold over 20 million books and 200,000 journals. For more information contact Raynor Circulation Services, 288-7555.
  

Call or visit ILL with questions in Memorial near the bridge entrance 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (288-7257).

Head of Access Services Joan Sommer, 288-1997

Collection Development

To facilitate collection building, each academic department has an appointed faculty library representative, corresponding  subject librarians, and an annual discretionary fund for the purchase of books and other one-time items, such as audiovisuals and microfilm. Consult with your department’s faculty representative about the procedures for placing requests within your discipline.

• Descriptions of collection strengths and graduate-level resources

• List of Subject Librarians

• The Library Board, comprised of eight faculty representatives plus student representatives, meets periodically during the academic year to provide faculty and student perspectives on library issues.

• New tenure-track faculty members receive a special, one-time $1000 fund for purchase of books in their teaching area or area of research.

• Special funds for the purchase of primary sources are set aside annually for extraordinary research needs; proposals are due each December.

• Faculty may make book requests through the subject librarian or the faculty library representative, who may be passworded to place requests via the MARS online request form. Faculty who wish to make suggestions outside their discipline may do so via the online collection suggestion form.

Faculty may request new subscriptions or standing orders using a form available on the Libraries' Web site. Requests need to be endorsed by the faculty library representative and submitted to the subject librarian. Requests are considered at periodic meetings of the Collection Development Advisory Committee.

• A browsing collection is housed on the first level of Raynor for pleasure reading of biography, fiction, and popular-interest topics; items circulate for three weeks and are non-renewable. An adjacent collection, the Walter Ciszek, S.J., Catholic Spirituality Collection, contains books and videos for three-week loan.

• The Jean Cujé Milwaukee Music Collection, on Raynor’s lower level, contains recordings in all formats and all types of local area music. CDs may be checked out for one week.

Coordinator of Collection Development Jay Kirk, 288-5213

Special Collections and University Archives

Dorothy Day-Catholic Worker Records
National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice Records
National Coalition of American Nuns Records
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Holy Rosary, St. Francis, and St. Stephen’s Indian Mission Records
Tekakwitha Conference Records

Special Collections also preserves the original manuscripts of J. R. R. Tolkien, including The Hobbit (1937), Farmer Giles of Ham (1949), and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955). The department has developed a significant collection of print and audiovisual materials about the author’s fiction, secondary sources that augment the manuscripts.

Also available:

• Ongoing digitization initiatives feature online exhibits, collection inventories, digital photographs, and The Hilltop (1915-1996) student annuals.
• Faculty publications are collected for the Marquette Writes Collection; please send copies of articles to the University Archives and notify staff of published books so that we can purchase a copy for this non-circulating collection.

Class visits and inquiries from faculty are always welcome. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.  Weekend and evening hours by appointment.  Call 288-7256.

Head of Special Collections Matt Blessing, 288-5901

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