Distance & Online Services e-News
Going the Distance to Serve You
Libraries
spring 2014
EKU Libraries
Enhancing your online teaching Welcome to the Spring 2014 issue of EKU Libraries’ Distance & Online Services e-News. This newsletter will arrive in your inbox once a semester and will highlight new and exciting (and best of all, useful!) EKU Libraries resources and services for you and your students. Is there a library topic, service or resource you would like to see covered in a future issue? Just contact me and let me know! Brad Marcum Distance Education Program Officer Brad.Marcum@eku.edu | 859-622-1801
Online Library Resources Around the World
24/7
Most of the Libraries’ online books, articles, and streaming films are licensed for unlimited users and can be accessed from anywhere in the world, at any time of day. They can be linked via course Blackboard sites, syllabi, faculty webpages, etc. To help you provide a durable link that is formatted to allow for on- and off-campus use, we have developed this guide to linking: libguides.eku.edu/linking. Or, if you prefer, send your library liaison the titles and he or she can provide you with correct permanent links.
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Did You
Know
We buy the books you need! When faculty, staff, or students
place book requests via Library Express, we will often buy them for the collection rather than borrowing from other institutions. This is called “demand-driven acquisitions,” and it allows us to ensure that we are acquiring the materials you need, when you need them. Help us build a quality collection at library.eku.edu/library-express
Electronic Reserves:
Do’s and Don’ts
Some eBooks listed in our catalog have a one-user-at-a-time license. These should not be assigned as required readings because of the frustration this may cause both you and your students. Before adding an eBook to your syllabus, check with your library liaison to ensure that the eBook in question can be assigned for classroom use. If you give us plenty of lead time, in some cases we may be able to purchase additional access if needed.
Libraries
When requiring an entire class to read a specific article, it is important to distinguish between articles to which we have full text access versus articles which need to be borrowed. For the former, you may provide a durable link to all students. For the latter, as long as there is not more than one article from a particular journal, the instructor may request the article through Library Express and post it in the Blackboard site for that class. Please contact Copyright and Scholarly Communications Librarian Linda Sizemore linda.sizemore@eku.edu if you have any questions.