The Library offers a variety of services to faculty and staff. Librarians support the work of faculty and staff through scheduled Library and/or Information Literacy Instruction, specialized management of select materials for specific courses, and expanded borrowing privileges. The Library also strongly encourages faculty and staff participation in the development of an outstanding collection which supports the needs of students.
Faculty Forms
Acquisition Request | Information Literacy | Reserves
Information Literacy Instruction
Without Information Literacy Instruction, many students have only a limited understanding of research and/or resource possibilities. Information Literacy Instruction is designed to help students acquire skills, competencies, and confidence needed to become effective users and producers of information.
Instruction can be custom designed to meet the needs of specific courses and research assignments.
Instruction at the Barton Campus is held in the Technical Resource Center (Bldg 102) in room TR 152 near Computer Valley. This service is also available at all branch campuses.
Please submit request at least two weeks prior to scheduled date. To schedule a class complete a request form or contact the Library at (864) 250-8321 for information.
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Reserve materials
Books, audiovisual materials, and copies of articles can be set aside for use by students in a particular course at the request of a faculty member. Reserve materials are shelved separately from the general collection and are organized by the instructor's last name.
Reserve items are usually pulled from the Library's collection.
Instructors may also bring in personal copies.
Faculty decide how long an item remains in the reserve materials collection.
Faculty decide the length of circulation and/or if items should be in-house use only.
To request that an item be placed on reserve, please visit the Circulation Desk, contact the Library at (864) 250-8602, or apply online with
Reserve Request.
To remove items from the reserve shelf contact the Library at (864) 250-8602.
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Borrowing privileges
Faculty and staff must have a Library card in order to borrow materials. Visit the Library or
apply online.
Faculty and staff are not charged for overdue fines.
Faculty and staff must pay replacement costs if an item is lost or damaged.
Faculty and staff may borrow reference materials on an "as needed basis" for a limited time period.
Faculty and staff may borrow print periodicals for a 5-day checkout period. This excludes the most current issue of a print periodical.
Interlibrary Loan and
PASCAL Delivers services may be used to obtain materials not owned by the Library. These services are free and to request online, you will need a library card number.
Materials may also be borrowed directly from any South Carolina academic library by obtaining a South Carolina Borrowers Forum (SCBF) card at the Circulation Desk.
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Collection Development
Faculty and staff are invited to be participating members in developing the collection by providing curriculum & instructional materials.
Yearly review of specific program areas which includes selection of new materials and the deselection of old, outdated materials is critical to maintaining a viable, useful collection. Faculty requests for material are given highest priority. Requests are submitted through early Spring Semester. Purchases are reviewed and approved as long as money is available. Specific program site/accreditation agency visits purchases should be communicated early so items may be purchased & processed for the collection before actual visit is scheduled. Library Director works directly with faculty department heads to ensure items needed are purchased. The library refrains from purchasing textbooks but may add if donated to the collection. Students are encouraged to recommend materials for purchase by the library.
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Donation of materials
The decision to add donated items to the collection is based on the materials'
Gifts not added to the collection may be given away or discarded.
The Library does not provide special processing (e.g. book plates).
The Library reserves the right to decline donations.
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