Services for Faculty & Staff

Liaison Librarians

Liaison librarians collaborate with faculty in assigned departments and programs on materials selection and other collection management issues, as well as library instruction for classes.

Find your liaison librarian.

Ordering Materials for our Collections

The Library works in partnership with faculty to develop the collections; suggestions for purchases are welcome.

• Book, Score, and Film Order Form
• Reserve Materials Order Form
• Sound Recording Order Form

Learn more about Collection Development

Borrowing From the Library

• Borrowing Policies: loan periods, recall policy, fines, and more
• View your library record to renew materials, track OhioLINK requests, and more

Borrowing from OhioLINK & Other Libraries

• OhioLINK Borrowing
• Interlibrary Loan
• ILLiad online requests

Reference & Instruction

Reference and Instruction librarians offer research assistance by appointment, at the research desk, via phone, email, IM, and chat.

• Ask a Librarian for information or research assistance.
• Request a research instruction session for your class.
• Refer your students to our research appointment service.

Special Collections and Archives

Library staff can assist you in integrating materials from special collections and archives into your courses.

• Special Collections
• Oberlin College Archives

Showing Films in Class

The Library has a collection of over 10,000 VHS cassettes and digital video disks. All videos are housed at the circulation desks in the owning libraries. Library videos are for individual and classroom use in accordance with the interim college policy on showing videos and films. Some videos in library collections are purchased with public performance rights available. Please contact Alan Boyd or Allison Gallaher if you have questions about showing films from the library collections to groups outside the classroom on campus.

The Audio Visual Services Department is responsible for the scheduling and distribution of portable display equipment to classrooms. For more information call x58757.

AV Help Line: x58953
Call between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm for assistance during the week.

Faculty and Staff Open Access Policy

As of November 2009 faculty and staff are committed by General Faculty resolution to deposit their scholarly articles at the OberlinScholarshipOA repository.