Information for Faculty

Find about how to get the proper accounts to use library restricted resources and services. See: Faculty Access to Services

When classes are in session, the Libraries offer an online chat reference service Mondays through Thursdays 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m; Sundays 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. During the hours the service is available, the chat box appears on the frontpage of the Libraries' website, at the top of the page. Users can type in any question and chat with a Rutgers librarian on call that day. All inquiries are anonymous.

Use citation management tools to store, organize, and share references collected during the course of research.

Media Services staff will create a custom DVD of portions of audio and moving image works for faculty to place on Reserve for students. Read more about this pilot service at Media Center Services.

To recommend materials for purchase, please refer to the list of Collection Development / Subject Specialist Librarians for telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Resources on intellectual property, acceptable use, and Rutgers policies may be found on Copyright Information. You may also wish to consult the acceptable uses of Licensed Digital Resources.

Information about copyright policy for electronic reserves is located within Reserve Services, A Guide for Faculty.

Delivery and Interlibrary Loan services offer a variety of options for obtaining items that are not at your local campus library or part of the Rutgers libraries collections.

The Libraries offer support for faculty and students on distance education. Find out how to embed library resources into your course management system such as eCollege and Sakai. See: Library Resources and Faculty Support for Distance Education

Introduce your students to Rutgers Libraries. See: Introduction to Rutgers Libraries

Information about the range of library services available to faculty emeriti can be found here.

Self-service photocopy machines and networked printing are available in the large libraries located on Rutgers' Busch, Camden, College Ave., Cook, Douglass, Newark, and Livingston campuses. Staffed assisted scanning, faxing, and photocopying are available for a fee in Alexander Library and the John Cotton Dana Library. For more information, please see Imaging Services.

We can help you develop library research components for your classes or library workshops for you, your students or your department. Take a look at the Libraries information literacy goals and outcome expectations [PDF].
Would you like to schedule library instruction sessions for your courses?
Here are some handy materials for your courses or syllabus.

Book media for preview and classroom use with a Media Materials - Booking Form.

Arrangements for placing media materials on reserve on the New Brunswick, Piscataway and Camden campuses will be handled by the Media Center, located in the Douglass Library, using this form. The main viewing location is the Media Center in the Douglass Library. There are smaller viewing facilities (20 students maximum) in Alexander Library and Kilmer Library. Robeson Library has a suite of playback stations in its Reference Section, on the first floor.
For media reserves in Newark, contact the Dana Library Circulation Desk.

Streaming Media Clips for Reserves
Faculty may request that short sections of audio and moving image material be made available as streaming files on Reserve. Read more about this service at Reserve Services, A Guide for Faculty.

As soon as you activate your unique Rutgers identifier, the NetID, use it to login to the Libraries website from off-campus to begin using electronic resources and services.

As soon as you've obtained your RUconnection photo ID card, register your barcode, the 14-digit number beginning '29030' on the back of your card, to activate borrowing privileges. You can register your barcode by visiting or phoning the Circulation Desk of any Rutgers library.

To borrow from other academic institutions in the Tri-state area, please refer to policies on Cooperative Access Arrangements.

To designate a Research Assistant (RA) to checkout and renew books, request delivery of books and articles, and book media for classroom use on your behalf, request a Faculty Research Assistant (RA) Card.

Guides created by subject specialists to help with your research.

Place materials on reserve for a course by filling out a Reserve Request Form (instructors only).

See also:

• Reserve Services, A Guide for Faculty
• Electronic Documents on Reserve: A User's Guide

RUcore is an open access institutional repository that makes the significant intellectual property of Rutgers University faculty and Rutgers University departments, centers, and institutes permanently and freely accessible for scholars and researchers around the globe.

Rutgers University faculties are invited to deposit the results of their research and professional activity. Your deposits will be preserved and made permanently available in RUcore.

The Rutgers Libraries' Toolbar is a free web browser extension that provides a drop-down menu to library resources, embedded library links on certain popular web pages such as Amazon.com, and new functionality to the "right-click menu" of your mouse.

Members of the Rutgers community can use twelve computers intended for the creation and manipulation of multimedia projects. The lab is located in the Douglass Library. For more information on the resources, staff, and hours of the lab, see: Sharon A. Fordham Multimedia Resource Laboratory.

Visiting scholars are eligible for borrowing, delivery, interlibrary loan, and off-campus access to library resources. To use library services, visiting scholars need to:

• Obtain a Rutgers RUConnection ID card by submitting a signed RUconnection ID Card Request Form to the RU Connection Card Office on their campus. Please see the Public Safety Technologies page: Guest ID Cards, for more information.

• Bring their RUconnection ID card and signed RUconnection ID Request form to any Rutgers library circulation desk where staff will issue a library barcode and PIN.

• Use their barcode and PIN to login to the Libraries' web site from off-campus, request delivery and interlibrary loan, and check out materials.