Library Services for Faculty

Introduction

We appreciate comments and suggestions from faculty members. Please contact your department's library liaison or Habib Tabatabai, Executive Director, at (405) 974-2865 or htabatabai@uco.edu.

Faculty Resources

Faculty Guide

• Library Account Login to view and renew items on your account.
• Interlibrary Loan for access to materials the library does not own.
• Library Express to deliver library materials and journal articles to your office.
• Borrowing Library Materials to know what is available to borrow and for how long.
• Directory & Floor Maps to help you locate people and resources in the library.
• Event Calendar to know what is happening in the library.
• Liaison Program to facilitate your participation in developing the library’s collection to support your curriculum.
• Suggest a Purchase form to recommend materials outside of the liaison program.
• Donations/Gifts to the the library if you have items to donate. 
• Faculty Publishing: A guide to library and campus resources related to publishing and finding journal information.
• Submit your scholarly work to the UCO digital repository, SHAREOK. Submissions can include presentations, book chapters, article pre-prints, research posters, and more.
• Artificial Intelligence Tools: Resources for faculty on the topic of artificial intelligence in the classroom
• Software Carpentries: Find information about upcoming workshops that teach foundational computational and data science skills. These workshops are open to all researchers, faculty, staff, and students.

Instruction Resources

• Research Guides to identify databases and other resources that support research in your discipline.
• Research Basics Guide to introduce students to the research process
• Reserves to facilitate access to course materials for your students.
• Library Research Instruction in the classroom, library, or online with custom tutorials/lessons.
• Integrate library resources in D2L to connect students to resources quickly and easily (even embed a librarian in D2L).
• Innovation Studio to enhance your lessons with hands on experiences (3D prints, large format prints, virtual reality, a recording studio with green screen, and more).
• Open Educational Resources: Get help finding high-quality OERs that you can use in your courses.

Would you like help in finding and incorporating the best library resources in your D2L course? Would you like a Librarian to create a custom research guide for your class? Contact elearning coordinator Jennifer Flygare at jflygare@uco.edu or (405) 974-5971.

Additional Resources

• Chronicle of Higher Education: the library has a campus-wide subscription to the online Chronicle.
• MERLOT Resources: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
• Inside Higher Ed: a free, daily publication for education professionals.