New Faculty: Teaching Resources

Faculty can request to have books, DVDs, and other course materials placed on reserve for a semester. Often, faculty will place course materials on reserve so that all students have access. Students can borrow these materials for a few hours or overnight.

Faculty may place personal copies or library copies on reserve, depending on availability. You can check the library’s catalog to see if the library already owns a print or e-book copy of course texts. Please read our Textbook Policy to learn about adding traditional textbooks to the collection.

Course Reserves Request Form

Librarians and Research Services staff are available to collaborate with faculty on research and information literacy instruction and assignment design. We can help your students:

• Learn about the variety of resources available to them
• Feel more confident about using the library and its resources
• Select appropriate resources for their assignments and projects
• Approach and evaluate sources more thoughtfully and critically
• Use sources ethically, with an understanding of citation guidelines
• Develop their ability to find, comprehend, and utilize data

Instruction sessions are typically related to a class assignment, but can also be more general. Please contact your Subject Librarian or Research Services staff to plan an instruction session or discuss potential research activities.

Special Collections/University Archives collaborates with faculty to create meaningful instructional sessions and assignments intended to engage students' critical thinking and expand their information and visual literacy skills. These collaborations provide opportunities for students to work closely with special collections in the form of rare books and manuscript collections, and the university archives collection.

Contact scua@bucknell.edu or 570-577-3101 to arrange an instructional session for your class. 

Information literacy skills are essential for success in our academic, personal, and future professional lives. Development of information literacy and technological competency across disciplines is one of the goals of a Bucknell education.  

In collaboration with faculty, librarians and Research Services staff are active partners in the development of these vital skills through one-on-one interactions with students in the Research Help area, through research consultations, and through course-related information literacy instruction.

To learn more, please visit our Information Literacy Guides:

Information Literacy Tool Kit

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL)

Information Literacy: Assignment Design

Information Literacy: Reading Strategies