Library Resources for BU Faculty 

If you plan to give your students a classroom assignment requiring library resources, we encourage you to contact your departmental library liaison. He/she can work with you, suggesting appropriate and relevant library resources as well as effective strategies for their use. We also encourage you to leave a copy of your assignment at the Reference Desk or with your liaison to enable the librarians to assist you and your students in the following ways:

• Librarians can reinforce an assignment's instructions with students and direct them to appropriate information resources
      to complete the assignment.  They can also provide you with feedback on students' information literacy skills.

• By being aware of classroom assignments, librarians can better work to maintain the Library's print and electronic
      resources so they sufficiently meet instructional needs.

Librarians can help you and your students with your research needs. They offer library instruction for resources related to specific courses and workshops related to specific databases or resources. can teach the use of all library collections and services, including its electronic resources. It is best practice for library instruction to be course-related and linked to a specific course assignment.  are available and may be scheduled in AL 243, the Library classroom.

Request an instruction session(s) by contacting your department liaison librarian or through an . Groups not assigned liaison may contact Michael Coffta, Coordinator of Library Instruction, 570-389-4124.

Please allow a two week lead time for scheduling and preparation. Please note that there is a growing number of tutorials available on our Web page as well as a Library Video Tour accessible through YouTube (search for “Bloomsburg University Library”). 

The Harvey Andruss Library maintains both traditional and electronic course reserves for faculty to use in order to make required course materials available to students. Traditional reserves include such items as library-owned or personal copies of books, musical and visual recordings, old exams, etc. Electronic reserves include scanned copies of articles, book chapters, and visual items such as photographs, paintings, objects d'art, etc. Traditional reserves are generally used in the library but can be copied for use off-site; electronic reserves, while frequently accessed from computers in the library, are most often used off-site. For more information about course reserves, please contact either Lori Osborne, Reserves Coordinator, (389-4220), losborne@bloomu.edu, (days), or Miranda Bailey, Supervisor 2nd Shift Access Services (389-4222), mbailey@bloomu.edu (evenings).

To request Books the Library does not own use:

ILLiad   All Illiad requests are channeled through the ILL Office so they may take longer than PALCI or UBorrow requests.  Try PALCI and UBorrow first. You will need your Lib # (on your BU ID card) to submit any requests. 

PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) is a network comprised of over 40 academic libraries in Pennsylvania.You will need your Lib # (on your BU ID card) to submit any requests. 

UBorrow is a network comprised of the 14 PASSHE institution libraries. Requests are submitted online-- use the Simultaneous Search/UBorrow button in PILOT to identify the location of an item, then the Request button to initiate a loan. You will need your Lib # (on your BU ID card) to submit any requests. 

To request Articles the Library does not own use:

ILLiad  You will need your Lib # (on your BU ID card) to submit any requests. 

Consult the Interlibrary Loan web page for more information, or contact Andrea Schwartz, Coordinator of Interlibrary Loan, 570-389-4218, aschwart@bloomu.edu.

Faculty and graduate students may also request electronic document delivery of journal articles available ONLY in print, by sending a request with the complete citation, to Steven Wiist, Special Projects Librarian, swiist@bloomu.edu. Prior to requesting materials, please check our holdings by searching PILOT (catalog) for books and the Periodical Title List (Serials Solutions) for journals. Both databases are available on the Library’s web page, http://library.bloomu.edu

Recommendations for the purchase of books, videos, compact discs, or other materials for the Library are welcome. The availability of funds and the appropriateness of the material to our collections will determine whether it will be purchased. Use our online request form to recommend a Book for Purchase (under Services). For additional information, please contact Maria Silva Kuhn, Coordinator of Collection Development and Acquisitions or your Departmental Library Liaison.

Remote access to the Library’s electronic journals and subscription databases from computers not connected to the University's network is available by using your ‘Lib #’ from an activated Bloomsburg University ID or by using your Blackboard login. If you experience difficulty accessing the databases, call or email Linda Neyer, the Database Coordinator, (x4801, lneyer@bloomu.edu). Please provide as much information as possible regarding any error messages to pinpoint the problem.

The Faculty Information System (FCINF) is a fully integrated menu-driven system that provides faculty members with access to a variety of student and course information.