{"id":33542,"date":"2012-06-04T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=33542"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:37:52","slug":"for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/for-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"For Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/using-the-libraries-online\/\">Using the Libraries Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/for-faculty\/classes-instruction\/#guide\">How to request instruction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/for-faculty\/classes-instruction\/\" title=\"Classes &amp; Instruction\">Library Classes &amp; Instruction<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>We offer instruction for faculty and to students. Learn about the use of electronic resources, bibliographic tools, and the overall process of posing problems, collecting and evaluating information, drawing conclusions, and presenting findings. <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/scanning-delivery-services\/\">Scanning &amp; Digital Delivery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/faculty-scanning-requests\/\">Faculty Scanning Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/scanning-delivery-services\/\" title=\"Scanning\">Scanning &amp; Digital Delivery<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Boston University Libraries will provide scanning and electronic document delivery of scanned materials from the Libraries for faculty and doctoral students by request. Faculty and doctoral students at BU who need scanned portions of books and other printed materials held by the BU Libraries for instruction or research should submit a request via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/faculty-scanning-requests\/\">Scanning Requests Form<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/reserves-information-for-faculty\/\">Learn more about reserves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/place-items-on-reserve\/\">Reserve items<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/reserves\/\">Course Materials services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/\" title=\"Reserve\">Reserves<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Place books, articles, and other readings on electronic reserve for your students using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/place-items-on-reserve\/\">Place Items on Reserves form<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/reserves\/faculty-scanning-requests\/\">Faculty Scanning Requests form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/research\/collections\/collection-development\/suggest-a-purchase\/\" title=\"Suggest a Resource\">Suggest a Resource<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/mugar-memorial\/research\/krasker-filmvideo\/\">Request a media item through Krasker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/research\/collections\/\" title=\"Collections\">Collections<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Interested in learning more about our collections or requesting something for purchase? You can learn more about our collection development policies and find out who to contact with specific questions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/bu-libraries-2-go\/\">BU Libraries 2 Go<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/circulation\/\">Circulation guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/ill\/blc-cards\/\" title=\"Boston Library Consortium (BLC) card\">Apply for a BLC card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/ill\/\" title=\"Interlibrary Borrowing\">Interlibrary loan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/for-faculty\/authorization-letters\/\">Authorization letters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/\" title=\"Borrowing\">Borrowing<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>BU faculty can check out most BU library materials for\u00a0365 days. Loans may be renewed as many times as you wish, unless the item is recalled by another patron. You can get materials BU doesn&#8217;t own through the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) or Interlibrary Loan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/research\/subject-specialist-librarians\/\">Subject Specialists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/research\/\">Research Help<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Librarians are able to support faculty with research consultations. 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