{"id":4215,"date":"2015-07-06T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T19:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/?page_id=4215"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:49:22","slug":"for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/for-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sthlibrary\/files\/2016\/03\/Doors-above-School-of-Theology.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5062 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/files\/2016\/03\/Doors-above-School-of-Theology.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/files\/2016\/03\/Doors-above-School-of-Theology-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Classroom Support<\/h4>\n<p>At the beginning of each semester, faculty members or their Teaching Fellows (TFs) place books, articles and other material needed for their classes that semester on <strong>course reserve<\/strong> with the library. The School of Theology Library believes that course reserves are an important tool for equity in higher education, and is committed to providing equal access to required print and electronic readings. The library also provides <strong>course guides<\/strong> for all courses each semester.<\/p>\n<p>Our circulation desk has a small number of <strong>A\/V supplies you can borrow<\/strong>, including a limited number of projector cables (and Mac adaptors), external CD\/DVD drives, and podcasting microphones.<\/p>\n<p>If you<strong> need space<\/strong> for a class or meeting, the Conference Room (202A) and Instruction Room (209) can both be requested through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/faculty-staff\/25live\/\">25Live<\/a>, when not in use by other courses, meetings, and events. Finally, librarians can come to your classroom and teach important research, information literacy, and library skills to your students during<strong> in-class instruction<\/strong> sessions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/sth\/reserves\">View Course Reserves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/for-faculty\/faculty-reserves\/\">Course Reserves policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/sth\/courseguides\">Course Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/faculty-staff\/25live\/\">Reserve a Library Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Research Support<\/h4>\n<p>Boston University is home to over<strong> 2.4 million physical items<\/strong> (like books, microform, etc.) and access to countless e-books, academic databases and journals. Through <strong>InterLibrary Loan (ILL)<\/strong>, we can request needed items for research from throughout the world. Faculty and students are also welcome to help us shape the STH Library collection by submitting <strong>book purchase suggestions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/login.do?loginFn=signin&amp;vid=BU&amp;targetURL=myAccountMenu.do?\">View Your Library Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/sth\/databases\">Databases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/ill\/\">InterLibrary Loan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/refworks.proquest.com\/\">Refworks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworks.com\/refworks2\/?\">Refworks (legacy accounts)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/about\/book-suggestions\/\">Suggest a Book Purchase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Helping Students Succeed<\/h4>\n<p>The library staff offers <strong>reference assistance<\/strong> to students, hosts a <strong>Library Essentials Workshop series<\/strong> to build information literacy skills. Further, we maintain a rich list of <strong>research guides<\/strong> on key subjects at the School of Theology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sthlibrary\/for-students\/reference\/\">Reference Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/sthworkshops\/\">Library Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bu.edu\/sth\">Research Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classroom Support At the beginning of each semester, faculty members or their Teaching Fellows (TFs) place books, articles and other material needed for their classes that semester on course reserve with the library. 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