New Faculty: 10 Things You Need to Know First

10 Things You Need to Know First about the Franco Library Learning Center Resources and Services




10. Call 610-796-8223 for library help. Email to a reference librarian: library.calendar@alvernia.edu


9. Call 610-796-8398 for WebCT or classroom technology help. We have lots of DVDs, VHS, and CD's for classroom use.


8. Call 610-796-8395 or email marti.smith@alvernia.edu for Dr. Marti Smith. Complaints, suggestions, and rave reviews! See her for copyright questions.


7. You and your students have 24/7 access to over 20,000 full-text, mostly scholarly, electronic journals and a bunch of ebooks. We can show you how to use them.


6. We are happy to do classes in the classroom or in the library. For day classes, contact Leon Weber (8352) or Curtis Datko (568-1534); for late afternoon and evening classes, contact Kristin Brumbach (5635) or Marti Smith (8395). We have a librarian on duty every Saturday available to teach classes. Watch the blog for further details.


5. We can direct students to citation guides and how to use the guides. The Learning Center in Bernardine Hall (610-568-1494) has citation workshops and helps students with papers.


4. Locations: IT and I.Q. Web, and WebCT help are upstairs with the book collection. The Library Learning Commons, multi-media stations, reference collection, and library services are downstairs.


3. On the first floor you will also find coffee/hot beverages stations for for $1 per cup. Spring water and a vending machine are located in the same area.


2. Our electronic resources are available 24/7. Make sure you know how to get in off campus. resourcesUse your network login to get into the Franco LLC computers.


1. Always, always ask for help.