Library Services for Faculty

To get a library card, visit the circulation desk and complete a library card application. Please have your driver's license or picture ID.

    Faculty Loan Periods:
  • Books and Instructional AV – 6 weeks
  • Bestsellers, New Books & Audio Collection – 3 weeks
  • Films and Magazines – 1 week
  • Reference Books – 1 day

If library materials are needed on a semi-permanent basis, a semester-long check-out period can be arranged by contacting Annette Davis at 222-6194 or by email: jad@carteret.edu.

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    Fax Services:
  • For faculty/staff, there is no charge to send or receive items if it is college related.
  • There is a $1.00 charge per page to send or receive personal faxes.
  • We do not charge for the library fax cover sheet.

The library’s fax machine is located at the circulation desk. The fax number is (252) 222-6219. The following guidelines are applied in charging for fax services:

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Equipment
The library has 2 LCD projectors and 2 wireless laptop computers available for staff/faculty check out. It is recommended that you contact us to request the equipment needed at least 48 hours prior to needing the equipment. The check out period for the equipment is 24 hours; if you need a longer check out period, please make that arrangement when reserving the equipment.
To reserve the equpment, please contact Susan Hopkins at 222-6213 or email: seh@carteret.edu

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Library Skills Classes:
Library Skills Classes are designed to teach students how to access, evaluate, and properly cite information. A library skills class covers library resources and services, as well as providing a demonstration of online resources, such as the library catalog, online encyclopedias, SIRS databases, and NC LIVE databases. Instructors may choose which resources they want demonstrated for their class.

To schedule a library skills class, contact Tara Guthrie at 222-6214 or email: tsg@carteret.edu. Please schedule sessions at least 48 hours in advance and provide the following information when you call or email:

  • Instructor's name
  • Phone number
  • Title of course
  • Number of students in class
  • Which resources you want demonstrated
  • Proposed date and time of session
  • If a Library Skills Exercise is desired

The Library Skills Exercise is designed to give students hands-on practice with the library catalog, electronic databases and other resources. Should the instructor decide to give the class this assignment, the library will provide copies of the exercise. Completed exercises will be returned to the library within one week and will be graded by the library staff. The instructor will receive the grades, as well as the completed assignments.

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Reserve Requests:
The library provides a Reserve service for faculty and students. Reserves are held at the circulation desk. The faculty member requests that a book, video, etc. be placed on Reserve. The students check out the materials from the circulation desk. We ask that the faculty follow these guidelines when placing materials on Reserve:

  • When placing materials on Reserve, please allow 48 hours for processing.
  • Fill out one “Reserve Request Form” per item
  • Turn in the form and the materials to be placed on Reserve to the library.

When giving assignments involving Reserve materials, please inform your students of the following:

  • Students must be registered library borrowers.
  • Library card applications are available at the circulation desk.
  • The circulation time on Reserve materials is set by the instructor, not the library.
  • There is a 50¢ per day per item overdue fine.

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New Materials Request:
To request the purchase of new materials for the library, complete one Library Materials Request Form for each item requested; this form may also be obtained at the Circulation Desk.

Ordering materials is contingent upon the availability of funds, therefore, you should prioritize your requests so that those items of most importance are ordered first. To ensure that the correct item is ordered and to speed the ordering process, it is recommended that you include the book’s ISBN on the Request Form. Many catalogs include the ISBN with the item’s description.

When requesting the purchase of videos or other AV materials, please send the catalog along with the request form to the library to ensure that the correct item is ordered. For more information, contact Tara Guthrie at 222-6214 or email: tsg@carteret.edu

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Library Collection Review:
The library provides tools to assist faculty in reviewing and evaluating program-specific library materials. These tools can be utilized prior to the beginning of a semester and for Curriculum Program Reviews. Library collection usage information is available for assistance in evaluating your collections; this is done before the collection evaluation is completed. To request library collection usage statistics, please print the Collection Usage Request Form and submit to Tara Guthrie. To evaluate the library collections for your program, please print and complete the Faculty Collection Evaluation Form based on your collection usage data. Once the form has been filled out, please submit to Tara Guthrie. For additional information, you can contact Tara at 222-6214 or email: tsg@carteret.edu

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