Library Handbook for Faculty

• Library Hours
• Library Staff Phone Extensions and Email Addresses
• Library Mission and Purpose Statement
• General Information
• Internet and Other Electronic Search Capabilities
• Collection Development
• Circulation and Reserves
• Bibliographic Instruction
• Interlibrary Loan
• Employee Job Descriptions
  • Evening Reference Librarian
  • College Librarian
  • Library Assistant
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Dean of Information Technology
  
  

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  Library Telephone Extensions and Email Addresses

  The Library staff includes two professional librarians and two support staff members.
  
  

  	Extension Numbers	Email Addresses	Title
  Gary F. Paikowski	903.463.8707	paikowski@grayson.edu	Dean, Information Technology
  Lisa Harris	903.463.8637	lharris@grayson.edu	Librarian
  Roland Commons	903.463.8637	commons@lis.unt.edu	Reference Librarian
  Frances Haratyk	903.463.8788	haratykf@grayson.edu	Assistant to Dean
  Mary Stringer	903.463.8637	stringerm@grayson.edu	Library Assistant

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  General Information

  The mission of the Grayson County College Library is to meet the appropriate informational needs of both the individual and the community, and to provide quality services and materials. The Library is committed to cooperating with other information agencies whenever possible, and to continuous improvement.

  Library holdings include approximately 60,000 volumes, 100 periodical subscriptions, and 550 videocassettes.

  The Library provides 15 public-access Internet computers for students and the public. Microsoft Office is also available for use on these computers. Through EBSCOhost, G.C.C. has access to Masterfile Fulltext 1000(an online periodical index and abstracting service with 1000 full-text journals), and to C.I.N.A.H.L. (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). Staff members who need an email address should complete an email address registration form at the Library. If you wish to incorporate Internet into your assignments or to schedule the 15 computers for your class, please speak with a librarian.

  The library is a member of Texshare, a Texas resource-sharing consortium. Through Texshare, students and faculty at G.C.C. have access to many databases. Faculty and students may register at the first-floor desk for a TexShare card which allows borrowing from any of the participating TexShare libraries.

  In addition, the Grayson County College Library is a member of BARR, the Bibliographic Association of the Red River, a four-library consortium whose members include Grayson County College, Denison Public Library, Sherman Public Library, and Austin College. Grayson County College and the two public libraries share the same online public access catalog. BARR cardholders have specified lending privileges at each of these libraries. The BARR card must be presented in order to check out materials. A courier service delivers books between these libraries Monday-Friday.

  
  

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  Collection Development

  • Library Materials Selection
  • Receipt of new library materials
  • Weeding Policy

  Receipt of New Library Materials

  New materials are shelved near the Circulation Desk. Unless checked out, books remain on the New Book shelves for two months. If you want a new book held for you at the Circulation Desk, or placed on Reserve, please call the Library. The Library is "open stack," and students are encouraged to browse. New books are shelved in the area near the circulation desk for easy inspection by faculty and students.

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  Circulation and Reserves

  Books are charged and discharged at the first floor circulation desk. To charge (check out) books or audiovisual materials, a BARRCard must be presented. BARRcards may be obtained at the first floor desk upon presentation of identification (driver's license). BARRcards may be used also at Sherman Public Library, Denison Public Library, and (after completion of an application form), Austin College's Abell Library. BARRcard holders may request a book from any of the BARR libraries by completing a Courier Request Form. The book is usually delivered to the Library within two or three days.

  Faculty with a G.C.C. BARRcard may borrow books for four weeks, renewing the material once if necessary. To enable all users to have access to audiovisual materials, these are checked out for three days only. Periodicals are to be used only in the Library while overdue fines are not charged to faculty and staff, they are urged to keep books no longer than necessary. It is expected that faculty and staff will pay for any nonreturned materials in the same way that other borrowers reimburse the Library

  Any staff member may request that a G.C.C. item currently checked out be held for him/her upon its return.

  Faculty placing materials on reserve at the first floor desk will be asked the course name and number, and length of time the reserve is needed. Please bring your reserve items to the Library before you announce their availability to your students so that the items may be processed and ready. Examples of items placed on reserve include sample exams, study guides, periodical articles, personal copies of books, class notes, and textbooks not available when necessary at the beginning of the semester.

  Most reserve items are checked out for one hour. Extended reserve is also available. Presentation of a BARRcard is required by students who wish to use reserve materials.

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  Bibliographic Instruction

  A librarian is on duty at all times to provide information or to guide students in the use of specific reference tools. Students and instructors are encouraged to ask librarians for help. As librarians in a teaching environment, we assist the students in learning to use research tools and encouraging them to evaluate their sources, rather than do their research for them.

  In order for students to be prepared for future courses and to gain a minimal level of bibliographic literacy, Library Orientation is accomplished through an English 1301 lab assignment. Every student in English 1301 will participate in a bibliographic instruction lab session which will cover BARRCat, electronic search indexes including EBSCOHost, evaluating sources, and basic library circulation policies. Students must complete a written lab assignment which requires hands-on experience with library resources.

  In addition to this general library instruction session, course-related sessions are available. Students generally respond better to library assignments if they know where to start, which indexes to use, where important subject reference tools are, or what professional journals in the subject are available at the Library. Examples of subject-specific sessions that have been taught are history, office occupations, criminal justice.

  If you plan to assign a research paper, please check with the librarians to make sure adequate materials are available for the specific assignment. with advance notice, materials can be placed on reserve so that all students will have access to them if everyone is working on the same subject.

  Please contact a librarian if your students will be working on a research paper or project with will require knowledge of specialized subject tools. A librarian will work with you to schedule a special course-related session.

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  Interlibrary Loan

  Interlibrary Loan is a service that expand the resources available to Grayson County College. Materials unavailable within the BARR system may be requested by completing an Interlibrary Loan form. Books or periodical articles may be requested. A minimum of two weeks should be expected for materials delivery. The Library does not charge for this service, but should the lending institution require payment for the loan or photocopy, the patron is notified. There is an online request form for Interlibrary loans on the library section of the GCC website.

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