Library support
for your courses

Spring 2022

Andrea Baruzzi • Science & Engineering Librarian

Simon Elichko • Social Sciences & Data Librarian

What we'll review...

• Course Materials
  • First two weeks (remote)
  • Regular semester
  • Streaming video
• Virtual Visits & Class Support
  • Zoom classes and appointments
  • Guides and digital projects
  • Special collections
• How to get in touch

Course Materials

Consider assigning digital materials available
from the Libraries including journal articles, ebooks,
streaming video and audio, news, and more.
 

Explore available resources:

• Tripod   (books, articles, AV)
• Database Finder   (licensed resources)
• News Guide   (Swat access to NYT, WSJ, etc.)
• Streaming Video Guide   (licensed resources)

First two weeks of the semester

Course Materials

Digital + print resources in Tripod

• Schreiben lernen : a writing guide for learners of German (record shows both physical and digital copy)

• ENGL 052B (results from a course reserve search; note that for some titles the print and digital copies are separate records - see Exit West)

First two weeks of the semester

What about scanning?

• Check with your AA
• The library cannot provide full book scans this year, but we might be able to help with a chapter or two (depends on availability; ask your subject librarian)

Course Materials

Regular Semester

Course Reserves

• Provides students with free access to course materials
• This year, the libraries are providing print copies and
  digital access where possible
• Reserves are managed by the library for your subject:
  • Cornell: sciences, engineering, math
  • Underhill: performing arts
  • McCabe: humanities and social sciences
• Link to share with your students:
  Course Reserves + Textbooks

Course Materials

Regular Semester

Limits on (digital) textbooks

Many traditional textbooks are unavailable for any library to purchase in digital form, regardless of budget.
 

The library is unlikely to be able to provide digital access to textbooks from Pearson Education, Scholastic, McGraw-Hill Education, Cengage Learning, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  Most likely, we can provide print copies. Students can also use TAP funds for digital or print access.
 

Example textbooks:

• Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications
• Macroeconomics
• Fundamentals of Astrophysics  (Cambridge, interactive content)

Course Materials

Regular Semester

How to Put Items on Reserve

• Should already be on reserve:
  Items in course materials lists submitted to the College & Community Store
   
• Items in Tripod, but not in your bookstore lists:
  Email reserves@swarthmore.edu
   
• Items not in Tripod:
  • Suggest a Purchase form (books, ebooks)
  • Film/Video Requests form (streaming, DVDs)

Virtual Visits
& Class Support

• Zoom classes
• Research Guides
• Virtual appointments
• Special collections

Class Visits

Choosing topics

Developing research questions

Identifying keywords

Exploring research tools

Searching

Evaluating sources

Virtual visits can range from short presentations to longer interactive workshops.
 

Some of the topics librarians can
cover with your students:

Digital Scholarship projects (Scalar, Omeka)

Virtual Appointments

Librarians are available to meet with students individually or in small groups.

Research Guides

Research guides for courses can highlight resources and provide tips for effective use

Subject Librarians

Andrea Baruzzi

science, math, engineering

Pam Harris

educational studies, modern languages & literature,

psychology

Roberto Vargas

Art & Art History, Classics, Latin American & Latino Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion,  Spanish, English

Simon Elichko

economics, gender & sexuality studies, Peace & conflict studies, political science, sociology & anthropology

Donna Fournier

dance, music, theater

plus Jessica Brangiel, Film & Media Studies

How can Special Collections support
your teaching?

• Instruction sessions​ in historical topics strongly represented in our collections
  
  

• Primary source literacy ​tools: examples of numerous documentary genres, 1600s-present
  
  

• Digital humanities​ project source material: digitized images, corpora of transcriptions, historical datasets, library metadata
  
  

• Applied learning​ opportunities for students in projects such as document transcription, research, and creating physical or digital exhibits

What's in Special Collections?

Peace, nonviolence, pacifism, and conscientious objection

Quaker history and spirituality​

Women’s history, including political rights and feminism

African-American history, including abolition and civil rights

Native American history

Prison reform

Environmental activism

Swarthmore College history

Swarthmore borough history

Friends Historical Library

Peace Collection

Artists' Books

College Archives & Rare Book Room

Internationalism

What questions do you have?

Contact Us

Andrea Baruzzi (abaruzz1)

Simon Elichko (selichk1)

Subject Librarians

Library Staff

Chat help is also available. Look for red button on
the Libraries site and Tripod.