ROOM RESERVATIONS
The following rooms can be reserved in the library:
- Library 118 - classroom with 35 armchairs, instructor computer, data projector, VCR/DVD, and document camera. Located on the 1st floor of the library, entrance from inside the library.
- Library 124 - classroom with 42 armchairs, instructor computer, data projector, VCR/DVD, and document camera. Located on the 1st floor of new section (along hallway to the left).
- Library 126 - classroom with 42 armchairs, instructor computer, data projector, VCR/DVD, and document camera. Located on the 1st floor of the new section (along hallway, first classroom to the right).
- Library 127 - classroom with 36 armchairs, instructor computer, data projector, VCR/DVD, and document camera. Located on the 1st floor of the new section (along hallway, second classroom to the right).
- Library 200 - computer classroom with 25 student computers
and 1 instructor computer, document camera, data projector;
and VCR/DVD capabilities. Additional chairs and stools are available for larger classes. Located on the 2nd floor of the library.
- Library 201 - computer classroom with 19 student computers
and 1 instructor computer, document camera, data projector;
and VCR/DVD capabilities. Located on the 2nd floor of the library.
- West Study Room - small classroom with conference table and 12 upholstered chairs (additional chairs are available). TV/VCR available. Located on 2nd floor,
behind the west emergency stairwell.
- Seminar Room (formerly Stereo Seminar) - classroom with 21 armchairs and small table
with 6 chairs. TV/VCR and DVD player available. Located on lower level
adjacent to the stairs.
Please make your reservations as early as possible, but no later than
24 hours before the event or class. Library rooms fill up fast, so reserve
early to insure the space you need is available for you.
Go to Room
Reservations on the library web to schedule the rooms.
For more information, contact Becky Rollo x1799 or Bill Stoddard
x1985.
COURSE RESERVES
- Deliver materials for Course Reserve to the Circulation Desk. Include
a syllabus and fill out a Course Reserve Form for each class.
- If you are using library materials and cannot pull them yourself,
you will need to allow ample time (preferably 2 to 3 business
days) for the circulation staff to pull and process the items.
- Reserves are not processed on Saturdays.
- Materials dropped off on Friday will not be available until
Sunday evening or possibly Monday morning.
- Materials are NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO YOUR STUDENTS, so
please plan ahead.
- Choose the loan period you'd like the materials to circulate. The
loan periods are:
- LIBRARY USE ONLY
- circulates 2 hours and may not leave the library.
- 1 DAY - circulates for 1 day and may be checked out &
returned anytime on due date.
- 3 DAY - circulates for 3 days and may be checked out
& returned anytime on due date.
- 7 DAY - circulates for 7 days and may be checked out
& returned anytime on due date.
- Copyright compliance must be met if using any copyrighted materials.
- Request permission from the copyright holder to use anything
photocopied from a copyrighted source.
- Photocopied materials may be placed on reserve for only one
term.
- Materials are kept on reserve only during the term they are used.
Please pick up personal items at the end of each term.
Contact Bill Stoddard x1985 or Becky Rollo x1799 for more information.
VIDEOS / DVDS
Videos and DVDs are shelved in the stacks with books according to their
call number. They are kept in plastic security cases to protect them
from theft or misuse. Bring any videos and DVDs you wish to check-out
to the circulation desk on the main floor. They circulate for 7 Days.
If you plan to show a video or DVD in your class, to make sure it will
be available, contact Bill Stoddard x 1985 or Becky Rollo x1799
who will put it on reserve for you and your class.
To limit a search in OPAL or OhioLINK to ONLY retrieve VIDEOS / DVDs:
- Perform your search using title, author, keyword, etc.
- From the screen with list of titles, Click on Limit This Search
in the top tool bar.
- Beside Material Type Choose Audiovisual and click on the "Limit/Sort
Items" bar.
- The citations remaining should be in the audiovisual format.
Otterbein loans videos to other libraries for 10 days with no renewals.
Videos that are known to have high usage by Otterbein faculty are not
loaned. If you have specific titles that you use frequently, please
let either your library liaison or Rebecca Raeske-Grinch x3072 know. We will
try to insure your video is available when you need it. Videos that
are in constant demand by our faculty and students can be set to "Local
Use Only" so that they will not circulate to other libraries.
Many OPAL and OhioLINK libraries circulate videos and other non-print
materials to member libraries. Otterbein circulates videotapes, DVDs,
computer CD-ROM, phonograph records, cassette tapes, kits, and games.
We do not circulate slide sets or music compact discs through OPAL or
OhioLINK.
Please see Rebecca Raeske-Grinch x3072 for any concerns about video circulation
through OPAL/OhioLINK.
CIRCULATING EQUIPMENT
Equipment, such as laptop computers, data projectors, digital cameras,
slide projectors, overhead projectors, compact disc players, tape recorders/players,
and video cameras/camcorders can be checked out from the main circulation
desk. All equipment, except video cameras/camcorders, digital cameras,
data projectors, and laptop computers, circulates for 7 days. Video
cameras, data projectors, and laptops circulate for 1 day only. Students
as well as staff utilize equipment and that the amount we have is limited.
Therefore, availability of equipment is on a first come/first served
basis.
Contact Bill Stoddard or Becky Rollo at x1215 for more information.
CREATE LINKS FOR FULL-TEXT ARTICLES
The librarians can assist you in making your reading lists interactive. You can add links from full-text articles from the library's databases (e.g. Academic Source Premier) to your online course web page or Blackboard. You can choose from thousands of full-text magazines, journals and newspapers!
- Open Internet Explorer on your computer.
- Visit the Otterbein library's home page. http://library.otterbein.edu
- Click on Find Articles and more and choose either Databases – by subject or Databases – by title .
- Select a full-text database such as Academic Source Premier .
- Type your search. You can search for a topic or for a specific author.
- Click the box to find only full text articles—" Full Text " in
- Click on the Search button.
- From, your search results, click on the title of the article you would like to use.
- Highlight the URL at the bottom of the citation beside “ Persistent link to this article”
- Press CTRL-C to copy.
- Type the following link in your Web page: http://ezproxy.otterbein.edu/login?url=
- Click to place the cursor at the end of the link
- Press CTRL-V to paste the persistent link at the end of the link after “url=”.
- Use the complete link that you just created in your course web page.
For example, the link for your course page would look like this: http://ezproxy.otterbein.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9510035348&db=aph
The librarians can assist you with selecting the right database to find your full-text articles (if available), show you how to construct the links for your online course web page, and add them to your course web page.
Contact Jane Wu x1027 for more information.
