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Reference Our Reference staff is available to assist all patrons with their information needs. Services include planning search strategies, selection and use of electronic and print databases, use of the Reference collection, and directional assistance as well as individual instruction on the use of all library equipment. The Reference staff also has a Starting Your Research page that includes subject guides, course Web pages, and other information to assist students in starting their research.
Access Services The Access Services Desk is the place to go to check books out, to return books, to pick up items that have been requested from other libraries, and to obtain items that are on Course Reserve. University patrons must present a valid University of Maine system ID to check out library materials, including reserve items. Members of the community who are 12 years old and older may request a free Courtesy Card, which will allow them to borrow materials from the regular collection. The Access Services Desk also sells Venda-cards to use in the library photocopiers and microform copiers, and the staff is able to answer questions about the use of these machines.
Most items in the collection may be borrowed for four weeks, with one four-week renewal (provided they have not been requested by another patron). Exceptions to this are items from the video and DVD collections, which circulate for two weeks with no renewals, and reference materials and periodicals, which do not circulate outside the Library. There is a 10-item limit on juvenile and young adult books and a 5-item limit on compact discs, videos, and DVDs.
Interlibrary Loan Mantor Library participates in several services to provide access to materials that it doesn’t own. The first is called the URSUS Requestor; this function allows patrons in good standing to place an online request for books and government documents from any URSUS library. It generally takes three to five days for these items to arrive.
The second option, to be used when a desired item is not available from an URSUS library, is called Maine Info Net. After searching URSUS, a button appears on the screen that allows a patron to search "Maine Info Net," which includes the holdings of the Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin libraries. If the book is held by one of these libraries, the patron has the option of placing an online request. These items generally arrive within a week.
A third option is available when the desired book is not available via URSUS or Maine Info Net, or when the material needed is an article from a journal that is not held by Mantor Library and is not available from one of the full-text databases. In this case, the patron completes a interlibrary loan form. Printed forms are available from Access Services or Reference and are submitted at the Access Services Desk. An electronic form is also available. There is usually no charge associated with this service, and items generally take three days to three weeks to arrive.
In each case, loans are subject to system-wide or institutional lending policies which may involve fines for items returned late. Patrons should check at the Access Services Desk, either in person or by telephone, to see if materials have arrived; Library staff does not ordinarily call or send reminders.
Information Literacy Information Literacy involves much more than knowing how to read a book or operate a computer. The Mantor Library Information Literacy Program integrates library instruction into many courses offered at UMF. A library instruction session geared to students' particular needs can provide special help for preparation of class assignments, as well as a general orientation to library services.
The goal of the Mantor Library's Information Literacy Program (ILP) is to foster information literacy by helping students build good research and critical thinking skills. These skills include the ability to understand how information is organized, how to locate relevant quality information, how to evaluate information resources, and how to use information in an ethical manner. The skills emphasized by the program will allow participants to make intelligent, informed decisions about information, regardless of its format. In addition to class instruction, students are encouraged to contact library staff for individual assistance any time they need it.
The program provides faculty with an opportunity to integrate information literacy into courses taught at UMF. Instruction offered ranges from basic library orientation to sessions tailored to specific projects or assignments in a course. The ILP Team can provide instruction for introductory courses or upper level research seminars in any subject area, covering a variety of library resources, information sources, and effective search strategies. The Team can also assist faculty in integrating information literacy into a course, series of courses, or an entire degree program (examples).
In addition to library instruction sessions, the ILP Team can work with faculty to integrate information literacy into the Web or Blackboard component of courses. Faculty can also arrange for an individual training session covering any of the library’s resources (we even make office calls!). The library is always interested in partnering with faculty to provide students with the services and assistance they need to make their academic experience at UMF a success.
To plan an instruction session, develop an collaborative information literacy project, or to schedule a library session, contact Laurie MacWhinnie, Head of Reference Services, by phone (778-7219) or e-mail (macwhinn@maine.edu).
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