FACULTY INFORMATION

General Information

• Library Overview
• Address and Contact Information
• Library Holdings and Facts
• Electronic Resources Overview
• Research Databases
• Logging in from off campus
• Browser requirements
• Library Online Catalog

Library Card Information

All borrowing transactions, requests for library services, and off-campus access to electronic resources require a UNF OspreyCard. The library number is at the bottom right of the card.

Borrowing library materials

Circulation Desk, (904) 620-2615 or libcirc@unf.edu. The central circulation desk supervises the general circulating collections, all fines and replacement charges, and general circulation services. Electronic forms are available for renewing items, placing holds, and requesting information.

Faculty Loan Period

For general circulating items the normal loan period for faculty/A&P is 18 weeks which correlates to an academic term. More restrictive loan periods and privileges may apply for some collections. You must present your UNF OspreyCard ID to borrow books. Overdue fines and replacement charges apply to all borrowers, including faculty. Regular fines are billed only when they accrue to $2.00 (or more) per item (a 7-day fine-waiver grace period). When eligible, renewals are accepted either at the Library's Circulation Desk or by using the online renewal service.

Course Reserves

Access Services Department - (904) 620-2615 - libcirc@unf.edu. Print and electronic (web-accessible page image) course reserves collections of assigned readings and course lecture notes are supported within prevailing copyright and license restrictions. With the Library's assistance when requested, permissions, payment of royalties and fees, and copyright compliance are the responsibility of the requesting faculty member.

Well before each semester begins, the Library requests that faculty turn in a request for required materials to ensure that all materials will be available when the semester starts. To reserve materials, complete a Course Reserve Material Request form. Loan periods are limited to 2 hours, 1 day, 3 days, and 7 days. Overdue fines are $1.00 per hour for hourly checkout and $1.00 per day for daily checkout. All items are automatically removed at the end of each term. The request process must be repeated for each term of intended use. All orders are processed on a first-come first-served basis. Since copyright compliance must be signed by the requesting faculty member, electronic forms are not available for this service.

Copyright and License Information

The UNF Library strictly complies with copyright and license restrictions. General copyright information and fair-use guidelines can be found on the Library's copyright Web page, or by consulting with the department head of a library service which is bound by copyright compliance. Since library staff are not legal advisors or attorneys, please contact the UNF Office of the General Counsel for specific issues or clarifications.

Copyright Permissions

The Head of the Library's Access Services Department can suggest procedures to seek copyright permissions from the copyright owners. The Library will also broker royalty payments for paid permissions for both print and electronic uses. The UNF Bookstore also provides similar services.

Disability Accommodations

Available at any Library service desk.

DISTANCE LEARNING LIBRARY SERVICES

Access Services Department, Robb Waltner, Distance Learning Facilitator - (904) 620-2615 - rwaltner@unf.edu - UNF Distance Learning Web Page. The state universities of Florida and the Community College Systems of Florida participate in the Florida Distance Learning Library Initiative. Distance learning students and faculty are accommodated through reciprocal home/host library services governing borrowing privileges, interlibrary loan/document delivery requesting, and course reserve support. Robb Waltner is the UNF coordinator and facilitator for Library Services.

Remote/Distance Access to Library and Electronic services

The UNF Library Web Pages provide centralized links to library information and electronic databases and services. Easy access is provided to databases from off campus. Simply enter your library number (found at the bottom right of your OspreyCard) and the last four of your Social Security number when prompted.

Faculty Publications

The Library welcomes the receipt of monographic (book) publications authored by UNF faculty. Periodically, the Library compiles bibliographies and/or sets up displays of UNF faculty publications.

Formulating Library Assignments

Contact a Reference Librarian or use our web page.

Gifts

The Library accepts gifts but reserves the right to dispose of them in accordance with the provisions of the Library's Collection Development Policy.

Library Hours

Library Hours and Calendar Webpage

Call 620-2717 for a recorded hours message. Some Library departments observe different hours. Call those departments for information. Bookdrops are always open.

Reference Assistance Hours - 620-2616

Interlibrary Loan Services

Circulation Desk - 1st Floor - 620-2615 - libcirc@unf.edu - ILLIAD. If the Library does not own a book or periodical article that you need, it may be ordered for you from another library or source through the Interlibrary Loan Network or purchased from a document delivery supplier. Allow at least two weeks processing and delivery; speed of delivery depends on lending institution's workload. Charges may be applicable. More options are available when the requestor is willing to pay. Requests must be submitted electronically using ILLiad , or by using the "ILLiad" command on the Article Linker screen. Copyright compliance may limit the library's ability to fill your order. All orders are processed on a first-come-first-served basis.

Library Instruction & Orientation
(Individual and Classroom)

Reference Department: 2nd floor - (904) 620-2616 - libhelp@unf.edu - Electronic Request Form. By appointment requested 2 weeks prior to session. Using the resources of the Reference Department's User Education Program and the Library's one credit course LIS1001, and customized to the instructor's requirements, UNF Library faculty provide in-library or in-classroom training in library skills, research, and data retrieval techniques. Typical session formats include: Individual (student or faculty) Instruction and updates, In-Library Instruction & Orientation in the Library's Instruction Center (Rooms 2102A and 2102B), Class lectures in your classroom, Open tours in the library, New Faculty Orientations and Faculty Updates, and Workshops: Updates, refreshers, use of specific databases.

Reference/Information/Research Assistance

Reference Desk - 2nd floor - (904) 620-2616,  email libhelp@unf.edu, or web form. The Reference Department is the primary information center for the University of North Florida Library, providing library patrons with user education, research assistance, consultation, and numerous guides to the many print and electronic resources available. Materials housed in the adjacent reference collection are to be used in the library.

Requests that the Library purchase resources

If the Library is unable to order a requested title, please check our full-text electronic resources or order the material through Interlibrary Loan.

Books, New Orders -- Acquisitions Department -- (904) 620-2550 -- electronic order form -- submit forms or printed catalogs: ATTN: Library Acquisitions, Bldg. 12/1002. If the requestor prefers not to use web forms, the Acquisitions Department requires that either special request cards be used (available from the Department), or that clearly marked, printed bibliographies or publishers' catalogs be submitted. Please put your name and academic department on each request and supply as complete bibliographic information as possible. If the Library's monographic collections need development in your subject specialty, please let us know, and we will be happy to work with you to the extent possible. For additional information, contact Kathleen Cohen.

Subscriptions and Standing Orders -- Serials Department -- (904) 620-2550 -- Electronic order form. Library Serials Department, Bldg 12/1005. Requests for journals, annuals, business services, electronic accesses, and other materials requiring an ongoing committment for their acquisition are carefully evaluated by Library Faculty, and a very limited number of new titles are ordered each academic year, usually in the late fall. Because of the extreme scrutiny applied by the Library to all new requests for these types of acquisitions, it is extremely important for faculty to supply, in writing, an explanation of how a given title, or list of titles, supports the requestor's teaching or research. All requests -- for titles or for further information -- should be submitted to Vicki Stanton.

Audio-Visual Media and Curriculum Materials -- Media Department -- (904) 620-2912. Use electronic order form or send written requests to: Library Media Department, 12/1013. Requests for the acquisition of compact discs, videos, and audio-visual materials of all kinds, in addition to K-12 educational materials such as specimen textbook sets, kits, and childrens' books should be requested after consulting with Diane Kazlauskas, Head, Media Resources Department.

Thesis/Dissertation Information

As required, two copies of theses/dissertations completed by UNF graduate students are kept in the Library: one in Special Collections (non-circulating) and the other in the General Collection (circulating). The "Thesis Deposit Policy and Guide to Thesis Preparation" (available at the Reference Desk) defines the policies and procedures. Submission, binding, and signoff is done through the Library's Serials Department, 12/2005, (904) 620-2550.