For general information about GTC Libraries, including contacts, locations, hours, and general information about services and resources, refer to Library Services located in Part 6: Support Services for Students. The following services have been developed to foster effective partnerships with faculty and other college employees:

• Expanded Borrowing Privileges - Faculty and staff may request extended loan periods and borrow items that generally do not circulate, e.g., reference books, periodicals. While employees are not charged late fines, they are expected to keep library records current so that other users can determine when borrowed items will be returned. Employees are responsible for replacement costs for lost or damaged materials.
• Information Literacy Sessions - Information Literacy is a skill set that GTC librarians strive to help students develop. Librarians are available to lead class sessions, in both live and online formats, to inform students about available resources, demonstrate search methods, and promote information literacy and the critical evaluation of information. Sessions may involve either a general library overview or a customized workshop pertaining to a particular subject or assignment. Faculty may request sessions by contacting any librarian or by using the information literacy request form.
• Information Literacy-Core Content - GTC Libraries offer online videos, modules, and quizzes to address the College's Core Competencies: Communication, Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, and Professionalism. Each can be added to Blackboard as a graded assignment. Content previews and instructions can be found in the Teaching Resources Research Guide.
• Faculty Training - As library services, resources, and technologies change, faculty may desire occasional training to remain informed. Library staff members are happy to coordinate faculty training through the Center for Professional Excellence, for an academic school or department or for individual instructors. Course Reserves - By reserving items, instructors ensure that every student in a class or program can access limited resources. Faculty may reserve either personally owned or library-owned resources that comply with copyright laws and policies. Reserved materials are shelved behind the library desk by course number. Faculty may provide reserves for in-house use only or choose a loan period of one day to three weeks. For details or to place items on reserve, contact (864) 250-8602 or complete the reserves request form.
• Collection Development - Faculty participation is essential to developing a resource collection that meets student needs. Faculty requests that comply with the library collection development policy will be honored as funding permits. The library will also request occasional faculty assistance with determining the removal of resources. Purchase recommendations can be made directly through the purchase request form or by contacting Jan.Daniel@gvltec.edu.
• Assignment Development - GTC librarians are happy to provide assistance for faculty as they develop student assignments. Together, faculty and librarians can take steps to ensure that adequate resources are available to support an assignment before it is given. Advanced understanding of an assignment on the part of library staff also leads to higher levels of service for students when they visit the library to work on the assignment.
• Research Guides/LibGuides - GTC Libraries have developed a series of online subject-based research guides that steer students toward the most relevant and reliable sources of information on a particular topic. Once a research guide is published, an instructor can easily provide a direct link within the course Blackboard shell and/or online course shell. Instructors are invited to request research guides and to partner in their development. To explore existing guides, visit the library's research guide page.
• Open Educational Resources (OER) - GTC Libraries has developed an OER research guide with information and access to collections of free course materials published online by other college instructors. Librarians also offer assistance with searching, evaluating, adopting, adapting, creating, and licensing OER materials by request.
• Copyright Assistance - In addition to the college's copyright and intellectual property rights administrative policy 6-2, located on Resources4me under GTC Information>Administrative Policies, copyright research guide (opens a new window) is provided to help students and employees legally use copyrighted materials. As a copyright officer, the director of Learning Resources will assist faculty and staff with copyright questions, but this service does not guarantee compliance with the law or replace professional legal advice.