The primary objective of collection development is to support the educational curriculum of Lewis and Clark Community College. When selecting material for acquisition the following criteria are considered. Faculty are encouraged to contact the Library Director at 618-468-4310 for information about requesting material for purchase. As a general rule the Library does not purchase textbooks. The Library does subscribe to a rotating popular reading collection. To suggest a title contact Assistant Director for Instructional Services at 618-468-4320.

Collection development criteria:

• How does the material support the educational curriculum?
• How does the existing library collection cover the subject matter of the requested material?
• Is the intended audience for the material consistent with academic library users?
• What is the price of the material?
• Does the material represent it's subject matter in an accurate fashion?
• Is the material available in a format that will withstand heavy use?
• How much demand is there for this material?

Reid 2221 contains a network printer, photocopier, and fax for faculty use. A 6 digit departmental code is necessary to make photocopies. There is currently no charge for departmental faxes. Personal faxes are billed at $1.00 to send/receive the first page and $.25 for all additional pages. Faculty/Staff are responsible for collecting their faxes.

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Faculty may request materials through ILL for research or instructional purposes. While there is usually no cost for this service, the requester is responsible for any fees incurred by their request. ILL requests must conform to the guidelines of the State of Illinois Interlibrary Loan Code and federal copyright restrictions. The library cannot borrow materials from other libraries that are owned or may be accessed electronically from Reid Memorial Library.

Requesting Interlibrary Loan Items Through the Internet

Requests for interlibrary loan material may also be submitted to the LCCC Interlibrary Loan Office through the Internet. This service is only available through the following databases. To send an application, click on the blue button above the words "ILL" in any of the following databases. You will then be prompted to complete an online application. Please remember that you must have your Campus ID activated to use this service. You will be notified when your material is available to be picked up in the Library.

Databases that can be used for online interlibrary loan:

• Article First
• Contents First
• ERIC
• GPO
• Health and Wellness Information
• MEDLINE
• MLA Bibliography
• PapersFirst
• Periodical Abstracts
• Proceedings

For further information, please contact Library Assistant for Interlibrary Loans at 618-468- 4312.

Faculty who temporarily need a laptop computer may check one out at the Circulation Desk. Laptop computers are equipped with a modem and ethernet card for Internet access and have word processing software. Laptop computer's may only be checked-out for one week and may not be renewed or be requested ahead of time.

The following are online tools that the Library uses to measure information literacy skills of students. If you are interested in using these tools to assess the skill level of your class please contact the Director at 618-468-4330 for more information.

Library Assessment Tool (Assesses basic library skills including searching the online catalog and periodical indexes. Takes 5-10 minutes.)

To help promote information literacy, faculty are encouraged to schedule a library instruction session for their classes. Class sessions can be tailored to the individual needs of specific classes and include hands-on learning in the Library Instruction Lab if so desired. In an effort to provide accurate and consistent information, the Library reserves the right to determine the curriculum for instruction classes. Sessions meet in the Library Instruction Classroom and normally last 40 to 50 minutes. Faculty must be present during the class and one week's notice should be given when scheduling. For more information please contact the Assistant Director for Instructional Services at 618-468-4320.

The Library Instruction Lab has 13 Internet accessible workstations and may be reserved on occassion by faculty for assignments requiring library resources for research.  Faculty should contact the library at least one-day before needing the lab.  For scheduling information contact the Assistant Director for Instructional Services at 618-468-4320 or Director at 468-4310.

Item Type Length of Check-Out Fine

Books 3 weeks n/a

Audio-Visual 1 week n/a

Reserve Material varies n/a

Reference Material see librarian n/a

Periodicals see librarian n/a

* Lewis & Clark faculty and staff do not incur fines however they will be billed for lost and damaged material.

High School Partnership instructors may request on-site library instruction for their students. Sessions must be for students currently enrolled in the High School Partnership program and scheduled at least one month in advance. LCCC library staff are only able to provide one visit per course section and only up to two sections per day if they are "back to back". A standard presentation includes: choosing a topic, searching the online catalog, and search strategies for online periodical indexes. Each class takes approximately 45 minutes. Equipment needed: Internet accessible PC, data projector and screen. (a data projector can be provided if necessary)

High School Partnership Students are also welcome to visit Reid Library for reference assistance. For more information, call our Education Librarian at 618-468-4320.

Faculty members may obtain permission to use regional libraries through the library's participation in several reciprocal borrowing arrangements. For more information on the programs offered by the St. Louis Regional Library Network and the Higher Education Center of St. Louis, please contact the Assistant Director for Instructional Services at 618-468-4320.

The Reid Open Computer Lab is open during regular Library hours. Lab workstations are connected to the Internet and have word processing software. Availability of computers is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Faculty may place items on reserve for classes and workshops. Reserves may be designated library use only, two hour reserve, overnight reserve, three day reserve and seven day reserve. To ensure compliance with copyright law under 17 U.S.C. Section 107, Reid Memorial Library has implemented the following rules regarding reserve material.

Library material placed on reserve may be returned back into the circulating collection if there is little demand for it as reserve material or if the amount requested for a specific subject greatly reduces the amount available for the circulating collection. Both of these circumstances will be determined by the Director.

Please allow 48 hours before reserve materials are available. Reserve forms are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information please contact the Library Assistant - Circulation Desk at 618-468-4301.

Rules for placing material on reserve:

• Limit book(s) to single articles or chapters. (If the book chapter or article is a photocopy, rather than the book itself, then copyright permission must be granted by the publisher if the material is to be placed on reserve for more than one semester.)
• Limit to a small part of the materials required for the course.
• Limit to copies that a faculty member or the Library already possesses legally.
• Must include a copyright notice from the original.
• Must include a date of publication on the original.
• Include appropriate citations and attributions to the source.
• Include Section 108(f)(1) copyright notice.
• Limit access to students enrolled in the class and administrative staff as needed.
• Terminate access to periodical articles at the end of the semester unless permission from the publisher has been granted and given to the library.

Setting up Electronic Reserves

Faculty who wish to Web enhance their instruction with a Web page with links to Internet resources may contact Dennis Krieb at 618-468-4330. Faculty may also place articles on "electronic reserve" by selecting articles from any of the following databases. Electronic reserve articles are available to all LCCC students with a valid student ID from any off-campus computer that has Internet access. Another advantage of electronic reserve articles is that they are not subject to the copyright restrictions associated with print reserves. The following is a list of databases available for selecting electronic reserve articles. For more information about setting up an electronic reserves page for your class contact the Director at 618-468-4310.

Available Databases

• Academic Search Premier
• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
• Art Abstract
• Business Source Elite
• CINAHL
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Education Abstracts
• General Science Abstracts
• Health Source Consumer Edition
• Humanities Abstracts
• MAS Ultra
• MLA Bibliography
• Newspaper Source
• Primary Search
• Regional Business News
• Social Science Abstracts