Faculty Resources

1. Citation Seminar

The library will be hosting a Citation Seminar in Library Classroom 2, shortly before finals, on April 12 from 5:30-7:30pm. It will be drop-in time for students to ask questions about citations and citation styles with snacks provided. 

Please share this with your students and student workers. 

2. Spotlight on an item for checkout and a collection 

This month's item spotlight is on our cameras/camcorders we have available to check out. Faculty and staff are also able to check them out. To learn more about what we have for types and brands, check out Equipment guide here.

This month's collection spotlight is on the 2nd Floor DVDs. We have a wide variety of educational and feature movies and short tv series. Do you have ideas for DVDs to purchase? Email Melissa Curtis with your requests. 

3. Library hours for Finals Week

The library hours will change a bit around Finals Week. Be sure to always check on our hours page to see when we're open and closed. 

1. New Databases Available

The Vogel Library now has trial access to three new databases: 

• Applied Science & Technology (EBSCO) serves as a foundational research database for STEM fields and provides access to full-text journals. This trial expires April 17, 2023.
• Art Song Transposition supports the transposition of classical music arrangements. This service is currently a trial that expires May 15, 2023.
• Digital Concert Hall provides access to over 700 classical music concerts as well as ongoing live performances and updates and interviews with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker. This is a trial subscription to expire May 31, 2023.

2. Light Therapy Lamp: new item for check out

With depression, seasonally or chronically, affecting many students, staff, and faculty, the library bought a light therapy lamp and is ready for circulation. It checks out for 24hrs. Give it a try if you need a little light therapy in your life.

3. Mini Golf in the Library Event

In the last issue, it mentioned to stay tuned for exciting news. This is it! Come together in the library for mini golfing on March 7th from 6:00-8:00pm. Start your adventure at the 2nd floor service desk and show off your skills or to have fun.

Everyone is welcome!

1. Citation Seminar

Based on a suggestion from Dr. Q Richardson in the Peer Learning Lab and supported by feedback from other departments, the library will be hosting a Citation Seminar in Library Classroom 2, shortly before midterms, on February 13 from 5:30-7:30pm. It will be drop-in time for students to ask questions about citations and citation styles with snacks provided. 

Please share this with your students and student workers. 

2. Winter Break hours

The library hours will change a bit around Winter Break. Be sure to always check on our hours page to see when we're open and closed. 

3. Student Worker Openings

The library will be hiring several students to work at the circulation desk beginning May Term and Fall Term. These jobs will be listed on Handshake. If you know of students who may interested in working at the library, please share this opportunity with them.

Please direct students who may have questions to email Meredith Borchardt or stop by the circulation desk and ask for her.

1. Full-site access to The Chronicle of Higher Education 

As of December 1, 2022, Wartburg students, faculty, and staff have full-website access to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Sign up for an account on their website using your Wartburg.edu email.

For questions or comments, please contact Sarah Voels or Melissa Curtis.

2. Finals Week and Christmas Break hours

The library hours will change a bit around Finals and Christmas Break. Be sure to always check on our hours page to see when we're open and closed. 

3. Looking ahead to Winter Term 2023

Course reserves

If there are books or media items you would like to add to the course reserves for your courses, please follow the following instructions:

1. Bring materials before the first day of classes (the earlier the better) and allow 24 hours from when the online form is submitted or materials dropped off and a paper form submitted to ready the items for course reserve. You can bring your own personal items, get things from our collection, or give us a list of things from our collection and we’ll get them.

2. If you would like to put an item on reserve that we do not have in our collection and you do not own, please talk to a librarian about ordering it and fill out the purchase request form. Please allow time for ordering, shipping, cataloging and processing.

3. The two options for loan periods are 4-hour and 24-hour checkout.  Be sure to indicate which you prefer.

You may also fill out the Course Reserves Request Form.

Librarian Instruction Sessions

If you would like a librarian to come into your class, please notify your librarian at least one week in advance or as soon as you can. This gives librarians time to prepare their materials for the session and map out their semester. 

Please continue to refer your students directly to a librarian for one-on-one research assistance, and we can field all their needs.

1. Welcome Sarah Voels, Library Director and College Librarian

Please give a warm Wartburg welcome and homecoming to Sarah Voels '09 as the new Library Director and College Librarian. She comes to us with experience from the public library and academic library as a former library student worker. 

The hiring of a Information Literacy and Technology Librarian and Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian are in progress. We are looking forward to be fully staffed soon.

When you see her, don't hesitate to stop to say, "hello!"

2. Adding librarians in Canvas courses 

As we continue the implementation of our new learning management system, Canvas, we wanted to share a new role option: librarian. This allows the librarian certain privileges and access in the course. 

If you are interested adding a librarian to your Canvas course, follow the steps as if inviting a TA or guest speaker but choose the "Librarian" option in the roles list. Visit the Canvas Community Guide for a refresher on adding users to the course.

3. Dennis Goodyear: Spirit of Ubuntu Award Recipient 

During our Collection Update for Currency Project, we noticed that the “Religion” section of the Dewey Decimal Classification system is extremely Christian-centric. Dennis Goodyear, our Technical Services Supervisor, found a more inclusive arrangement of the 200s. He was nominated for and won the President's Spirit of Ubuntu at the October Presidential Forum.

Congratulations again, Dennis!

1. Hiring more library staff is in progress

To refresh your memory, we said goodbye to two librarians last spring and summer. Melissa is the Lone Librarian for the moment. Many people have been hard at work behind the scenes, so if you notice a delay in a library service, please have grace and kindness as we are doing the best we can. 

The good news is the hiring of a full-time library director, Sciences and Tech Librarian, and Humanities Librarian are in progress. We are looking forward to be fully staffed later this year.

2. Wartburg College Archives and the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting Closed in October 

The Wartburg College Archives and the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting will be closed and inaccessible Oct. 3-24, as Kay Grisgby, the Grant Price Endowed Archivist, will be traveling internationally. If you have archival research questions or would like to view materials, please email Kay Grigsby and she will address your request when she returns.

3. Update on the Collection Update Project

Library staff and student workers have been hard at work with updating the collection. We have reached the periodical section. With the exception of local and Iowa newspapers on microfilm, we will be weeding all that remains. Learn more on the Collection Update guide. 

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1. Be Aware: Understaffed Librarians

This spring/summer we are saying goodbye to two librarians, Heidi and Jill. That leaves only one librarian while position requests are approved and then searches are conducted. Please be aware that Melissa Curtis, the remaining librarian, is committed to her primary duties of liaising to the Social Sciences, Education,  Journalism & Communication, and Leadership. She will help out with other issues that come up in realistic ways.

2. Fall 2022: apply the same Info Lit from 2021!

In the fall of 2021, continue to interact with students' basic information literacy skills the same way we did in 2021:

1. Students will take 2 tutorials in their IS 101 courses, on searching and evaluation.
2. Sometimes you teach first-years in the fall term before they have taken the IS 101 tutorials. If this happens, be on the lookout, and tell the student to take the tutorials when they need them for your class (don't wait until the IS 101 assigned date if the student needs that information before that).
3. All older students can be referred back to the tutorials and the foundations guide. Students who need additional help can be referred to the librarian.

3. Equity update to the 200s

During our Collection Update for Currency Project, we noticed that the “Religion” section of the Dewey Decimal Classification system is extremely Christian-centric. We are planning to update our classification scheme to be more inclusive this summer; this change also aligns with the evolution of the religion department in aspects such as the change from RE 101 to RE 102. Learn more on the Collection Update guide.

1. RICE Day research need an upgrade? We can help.

If your students are researching sources for RICE Day and coming up lacking, don't hesitate to refer them to a librarian! We love seeing the solid foundations of sources our students used to build their awesome RICE Day presentations. Find your librarian and make a referral today: https://knightguides.wartburg.edu/faculty/librarians.

2. So much circulating technology!

Did you know we have so many different pieces of technology available for checkout that might help your students succeed even more? Of course, you probably know about laptops, headphones, calculators, and chargers. But did you know about digital voice recorders, graphic drawing tablets, and yard games? Now you do! See more at https://knightguides.wartburg.edu/equipntech.

3. International Women's Day/Women's History Month display

Check out our display for the International Women's Day theme for 2022, Break the Bias, and grab a sticker (appropriate for most fabrics, but not plastic) to show how YOU will help #BreaktheBias.

4. Streaming film reminder

It is always a good reminder to get any Kanopy requests in ahead of time. See our streaming information here: https://knightguides.wartburg.edu/streamingfilm

1. Welcome our new library employees!

Melissa Curtis, new librarian liaison to Group A

Julie Fedeler, new Interlibrary Loan Supervisor

2. Do you require regular books for your course? We can help!

Whenever you require a book for a course and it is not a literal textbook, let us help your students get access! When we don't know we have a book you've required for a course, the first lucky student gets our copy for the semester (very common instead of purchasing their own). The rest of the unlucky ones order through Interlibrary Loan. But while this is free for the students, it is not free for the library, it adds to packaging waste, and it isn't fair to the students.

So keep an eye out for any time you require a non-textbook book--the library may have a copy (or we can purchase one) that we can put on reserve, easing the financial burden for our students. If we find the book is available as an unlimited access eBook, that is even better!

Email your librarian, come to the front desk, or fill out the online form.

3. Dissertations & Theses Global trial access continues...

Do you already miss our trial access to Dissertations & Theses Global? Then rejoice--we have trial access to the search interface ProQuest One Academic through March 10. With this one search bar, you can search ProQuest Central, AVON (Academic Video Online), Academic Complete, and Dissertations & Theses Global. Pretty sweet--try it out and let us know what you think!

4. Refer your students directly to librarians for research help

At the beginning of the school year, we had high hopes to train the Peer Learning Lab tutors in beginning research assistance. This has turned out to not be feasible for a variety of reasons, none of which have to do with the wonderful people the PLL tutors all are!

Please continue to refer your students directly to a librarian for research assistance, and we can field all their needs. Our new ILL Supervisor, Julie Fedeler, also has an MLIS, and she will be available in the evenings for basic research assistance as well.

5. Streaming film reminder and Faculty Dev. Collection update

• Streaming film--reminder to get any Kanopy requests in ahead of time. See our streaming information here: https://knightguides.wartburg.edu/streamingfilm
• Faculty Development Collection--we will be integrating these books into our general collection, where they will be more easily browsed, findable, and re-shelve-able. A solution that works for everyone!

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1. Ambush Makeover, Faculty Dev. Collection edition

• Did you know there is a section of the collection that is specifically for faculty development? Well, there is--it lives in the Faculty Development Room on the 1st floor of the library (#120). We've given the space a little makeover--come check it out!
• Got suggestions for books to add? Got ideas for how to use this space? Got an opinion about whether this is important to keep or if it should be absorbed into the regular stacks? We're interested in your thoughts and the future of this mini-collection.
• Update: Due to lack of interest and confusion for our circulation pages, we will be integrating the books in this tiny section into the General Stacks, where you can still browse and borrow as needed!

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2. This Fall, Make Wikipedia Your Witch!

• Do you tell students they can use Wikipedia to "get started" or "for ideas from the works cited"? Did you know there is a ~deep knowledge~ way to use Wikipedia that is more powerful? The first information students encounter will frame the topic in their mind without them even knowing it. Check out our "Witchipedia" display on the bulletin board at the library's 2nd floor entrance, up all this month, to see how students can bend Wikipedia to their will.

3. New world music instruments

• We've added a Celtic lyre, a balalaika, and a shakuhachi to our M. Paula Survilla Collection of World Instruments. Some of these items aren't quite ready for checkout, but we couldn't resist sharing the excitement. Once everything is tuned and cased--sometime this month--you can come explore these new additions!
• PS The music instruments have a one-week checkout period.

4. Trial databases - Anchor Bible resources

• Bloomsbury has done the Lord's work (haha) and digitized the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary and the Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. You can get to both of these on our Databases A-Z page, where it is always easy to see what databases are on trial--they are listed to the right.

5. Thanksgiving and Christmas with Wartburg hours

• The library hours will change a bit around the Thanksgiving break and Saturday, December 4th. Be sure to always check on our hours page to see when we're open and closed.

1. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database Trial!

• Wartburg has trial access to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database until October 29. Many of our students discover the "perfect" source in their research journey, only to see that it is a dissertation available only on microfilm--or not available for lending at all. The Dissertations & Theses Database solves this problem by connecting students directly to the digitized content.
• The most frequent topics this supports are those in the humanities and those on lesser-examined topics, especially those historically left outside the canon of disciplines, such as non-white, non-male individuals.
• Be sure to tell your students to take advantage of this awesome resource while access lasts, and let us know what you think!

2. Hispanic American Heritage Month display

• Stop by our 2nd floor display table to see this month's display supporting the national Hispanic American Heritage Month. Read about whether you should use Hispanic, Latino, LatinX, and more, and check out a sampling of our LatinX-related items in the library (there are hundreds), including a memoir by Sesame Street's "Maria," Sonia Manzano (PS her new PBS children's show is also starting this month).

3. DVD Collection - FRESH LOOKS

• Stop by our DVD collection on the 2nd floor to experience our new expanded shelving and user-friendly alphabetical shelf labels! Our DVD collection supports the same collection goals as our overall collection policy; as always let us know of any DVDs recommended for purchase. Streaming film licenses come and go, but DVDs are forever*.
• The library has portable DVD drives available for checkout--with handy USB connectors!

*at least until the toothpaste no longer fixes the scratches.

4. Streaming film databases - expanded instructions

• Speaking of streaming film, we've expanded our instructions for requesting and embedding streaming film due to the sometimes complicated nature of these things. The expanded instructions will open on the same subpage of this guide as before, but now the instructions live on their own separate guide.

5. Group A - Who to contact for instruction and collection

• Are you a faculty member in Group A and still not sure who to contact in the library for collection and instruction needs? Please start with jill.westen@wartburg.edu, and the librarians will discuss how to best take care of your needs! It's also fine to stop by in person, and we will get it sorted out that way, too.

1. Introducing Waverly Public Library Express

• This fall, we are excited to announce a new collection that is brought to you by a partnership between Waverly Public Library and Vogel Library. Waverly Public Library Express collection will live in the former Casual Reading Area on the 1st floor of the library and include popular fiction and entertainment items specially selected by the Waverly Public Library librarians. The Wartburg community can check these items out at the Vogel Library desk and enjoy this new access to fun, casual books and games!

2. Copyright Guide - FRESH LOOKS

• Our Copyright Office, Elisa Klope, has put together a fresh new guide for general and some specific copyright questions. Check it out, and if you still have questions, feel free to contact her at elisa.klope@wartburg.edu, 319-352-8248.
• Copyright Guide link

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3. Welcome Heidi Parker, Librarian, and Kay Grigsby, Archivist

• Please give a warm welcome to our newest staff:
  • Heidi Parker, Technology and Information Literacy Librarian. Heidi comes to us with librarianship experience at Coe College and some teaching experience in Japan!
  • Kay Grigsby, Archivist. Kay comes to us with archival and librarianship experience, most recently at Graceland U. and Des Moines U. For the time being, Archives hours will remain appointment-only, opening up to full open hours later in the semester.
• We will also (hopefully) soon be welcoming another new librarian in the role of Student Success and Information Literacy Librarian. If you are in the Group A disciplines and need librarian assistance in this interim period, contact jill.westen@wartburg.edu to get the conversation started.

4. Faculty Development Collection - new books!

• Did you know we have a Faculty Development Collection section in our stacks? Browse in person in the meeting room on the 1st floor, around the corner from the Waverly Public Library Express area, or get a sense of what is there online by searching the keyword "the" and then limiting by the Faculty Development location.
• New books coming our way include some new Chronicle of Higher Ed publications, including A Curriculum that Matters; books mentioned in the faculty workshop, including Teach Students how to Learn; and other relevant topics, such as Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse.
• Got ideas how this collection can better support faculty development and integrate with other initiatives across campus? Contact jill.westen@wartburg.edu to start the conversation!

5. ILAC Updates--The 3 Qs and more

• We hope you got excited at the Faculty Workshop to start adopting the 3 Questions for Evaluation into your coursework through assignments and discussions. These questions can fit any source type or research need and can be answered by first years and 5th years! For more ideas on how to incorporate this language into what you do, talk to your liaison librarian!
• You can see the updates I presented at the Faculty Workshop on the ILAC guide (video, Read Along, infographics, and more)

BONUS: REMINDERS: Streaming film databases Kanopy and Swank

• When you search Kanopy, do not be alarmed when you see a film that is listed as not in our collection. Simply click on it, then locate the link to fill out a request form. The librarians should be able to accommodate all requests as long as there are a couple days to process them.
  • Pro tip: Scroll down past the initial message that looks like nothing is available...the offered films are down below.
• Also, give a warm welcome to the Swank search engine joining our list of databases. You can search and request Swank films in a similar way to Kanopy--just search, perform the request, and be sure to allow a couple days for processing.
• Directions on how to embed our streaming film items are on the Streaming subpage on the "More important content" tab on this guide.

1. Additional databases going away 20-21

• You can see more details in the all-faculty message sent the first week in May, the document linked here, and the "Alternatives" guide linked here. Otherwise, in a nutshell, we've already cut 8 databases ahead of the 20-21 AY. We will now be cutting an additional 9 databases to meet the budget: CQ Researcher, Music Online, RILM, Oxford Reference Online, Ulrich's*, Annual Reviews, CRC Handbook, Project Muse, and Gale-owned databases. These databases will disappear once their renewal date passes. You can see what month this will be by looking at the database on the Databases A-Z list.
• *Ulrich's was added back into the lineup over the summer, yay!

2. Print Periodicals phased out; Online-only subs kept

• We will also be cutting about $12,500 worth of periodical subscriptions and changing our focus of that collection to online-only scholarly journals that directly support the curriculum--which means we will no longer subscribe to any periodical in print, including newspapers. Further information was in the email sent the first week of May and is linked here. We are looking into exciting new ways to use our Casual Reading Area, such as a small collection of popular fiction loaned from Waverly Public Library.

3. In case you missed it: Collection Update Project

• Learn more about our multi-year project to update our collection on our project guide. This project will serve students with a more accurate print collection and facilitate our collection goals to support diversity, equity, and inclusion!

4. Kanopy changing to mediated access

• Our Kanopy subscription will remain, but we will be changing our access to mediated access. You will still be able to search the full collection, but before you can view anything, you will need to submit the form on the webpage; librarians will then approve the purchase. We do not foresee declining legitimate faculty requests for films, so please do not see the mediated process as a reason to not use Kanopy.  Kanpy is also working on a means to allow faculty to preview a film before submitting a request.

5. What DO students know? Take our IS 101 tutorial to find out!

• Ever find yourself wondering, "Didn't this student learn this in IS 101?" Well, wonder no more! You can know exactly what students know after taking our research foundations tutorials! Explore these on our Foundations of Research guide page (note that we are still tweaking our IS 101 tutorials ahead of the Fall Term, but it doesn't affect anything for you to take the tutorial). After that, incorporate our evaluation language of 3 Questions into what you teach, and build your students' research skills on the basics they learn first.

1. *NEW* OER resources page--Q&A Session and other info

• Interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources (OER)? Mark your calendar for a Q&A session with Amandajean Nolte and Barb Schultz: April 6 at 11:30am or April 7 at 4pm. Or look through our new OER-specific page to find out more on your own!

2. The bikes are back in town

• The snow is gone and the bikes are out! You don't have to be a student to check out a bike and take a little spin for some fresh air by the river or to grab a quick thing from Fareway.

3. Collection Update Project

• Learn more about our multi-year project to update our collection on our project guide. This project will serve students with a more accurate print collection and facilitate our collection goals to support diversity, equity, and inclusion!

4. Library E/D/I initiatives

• The Vogel Library permanent staff and student workers are together doing the work of examining our policies, procedures, spaces, and ourselves for systemic inequity and bias. This work is summarized here.

5. Survey of the Month: Inclusion in the Library

• Has the library every felt unwelcoming to you? We are asking the Wartburg community to let us know if anything in our space has made you feel excluded according to an aspect of your identity.
• Take the survey here!

1. Squirrel's new nest

• We've moved The Searching Squirrel's nest to here on the Faculty Resources guide. That way, all your links to good information can be in one place! Of particular interest may be the "More faculty FAQs" page--be sure to view the drop-down options to find what you need.

2. Still a good reminder--3 Evaluation Questions to replace PATS acronym

• If you didn't get a chance to read about the 3 Evaluation Questions we'll be using as our official evaluation tool, take a few minutes to look at our overview. Click here to learn more!

3. Collection Update for Currency Project

• We are embarking on a multi-year project to update our collection. We're excited about how this project will serve students with a more accurate print collection and facilitate our collection goals to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. Learn more on our project guide.

4. Library E/D/I initiatives

• Although the library profession has along history of enforcing white supremacy, the last two years have seen a massive uptick in awareness and efforts to do right. The Vogel Library permanent staff and student workers are together doing the work of examining our policies, procedures, spaces, and ourselves for systemic inequity and bias. This work is summarized here.

5. Surveys of the (previous) Months:

• Faculty survey for multi-purpose databases: Brief 4-topic survey on how you use the multipurpose databases.
• Faculty survey for books: Brief 3-question survey on the importance of books to your discipline.
• Although we have already begun analyzing the responses to both surveys, we still check for additional feedback.

1. New! Earlier winter closing time in the evenings

• Pandemic winter nights got you staying at home, cozied up and warm? We feel you. Vogel Library has temporarily adjusted their hours to reflect current student usage, and our evening closing time is moving up, beginning Winter Term. Nothing lasts forever, and this won't either. Click this link here for full info.

2. Newish! 3 Evaluation Questions to replace PATS acronym

• It's so hard to say goodbye...or maybe it's easy! Information Literacy Across the Curriculum (ILAC) is transitioning to the more natural and flexible 3 Evaluation Questions, created by our very own Jill Westen, College Librarian. Click here to learn more!

3. eBooks galore!

• While paging through a print book will always hold a special place in our hearts, COVID-19 means that sometimes, getting our hands on that physical copy isn't possible. Searching in OneSearch makes finding eBooks a breeze--after you enter your search, limit to "Books" and then "Full text online."

4.Streaming film databases: About those embed codes...

• If you are having trouble getting Kanopy films to embed in your my.wartburg course, follow the instructions on the streaming databases page on the side, and definitely let us know of any further issues!

5. Surveys of the (previous) Months:

• Faculty survey for multi-purpose databases: Brief 4-topic survey on how you use the multipurpose databases.
• Faculty survey for books: Brief 3-question survey on the importance of books to your discipline.
• Although we have already begun analyzing the responses to both surveys, we still check for additional feedback.

1. Streaming film databases

• It's a snap to share streaming documentaries and feature films with students whether in person or online. Check out our "Streaming film database" page to the left for links to Kanopy and Academic Videos Online.

2. Holiday hours

• If you guessed the library might have different hours over the long holiday break, you are one smart cookie! Click this link here for full information. The hours vary, so going directly to that page is always the best choice!

3. Google Scholar off-campus links

• Do you love those links to full text that Google Scholar shows you when you're on campus? Did you know you can set up your browser to show those to you when you are off-campus? Head over to the page on the left to learn how!

4. Copyright and linking to articles

• So many copyright laws, so little extra brain space. You don't have to remember it all--just check out our summaries linked on our copyright page on the left or contact our copyright officer for more detailed assistance.

5. Survey of the Month: Faculty survey for collection update project

• This brief 3-topic survey is linked here and above. The librarians have been planning a multi-year collection update for currency & equity, and we would like faculty feedback! Responses preferred by the beginning of January.