Library Resources to Support Faculty Teaching

The Leonard Lief Library plays a significant role in supporting both faculty teaching and scholarship/research through its collections/resource access, instructional services, technology, and research support programs.

Teaching Support

Library Faculty provide information literacy and research instruction, helping students develop the skills needed to find, evaluate, and use information effectively. They also collaborate with faculty to integrate information literacy into courses and assignments. In addition, librarians can provide specialized research instruction classes tailored to specific subjects or research needs.

• Learn about the Library’s Information Literacy Program
• Request an Information Literacy Class

Liaison Program

A Library Liaison connects each academic department with a specific librarian who serves as that department's primary library contact. These librarians are assigned subject specialties and work directly with faculty to support teaching, research, and collection development.

• See a list of Library faculty and their subject areas
• Request to meet with a library liaison

Course Materials

The Library is able to help faculty find print and electronic materials for use in their classes

• Learn more about Zero Cost Textbooks/Open Educational Resources and how to adopt them for your classes
• Request Books or Articles be put on Course Reserve (print or electronic)
• Recommend course materials for purchase or recommend purchase of a Streaming Video
• View the Library's Collection Development Policy

The Library licenses many electronic books (e-books), which can be used for teaching or integrated into your Brightspace Course Shell.

• View a list of e-book-focused databases
• Watch video instructions for adding Course Reserves and Research Guides to Brightspace via the Library Resources link
• Request research guides or e-reserves be connected to your course

Scholarship/Research Support

The Library supports faculty research and scholarship by sharing our research expertise, providing access to materials from libraries at CUNY and beyond, and enhancing the visibility and impact of scholarly work through open access publishing and institutional repositories

• Request a research support consultation with a subject librarian
• The Library participates in Transformative Agreements to make scholarship open/accessible
• Faculty can also use the CUNY Academic Works repository to increase the reach of and access to their research and scholarship
• Borrow Books from across CUNY or SUNY via the CUNY Libraries Inter-Campus Service (CLICS)
• See a list of other CUNY Libraries to use their materials
• Access Articles, Books, and other materials from other institutions via InterLibrary Loan
• Access research materials in-person from other NYC Colleges and Universities via the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MARLI) and METRO Referrals
• The Library's Special Collections provide unique primary-source materials, including rare books, photographs, oral histories, maps, digital collectionsand institutional records that support original scholarship

For all other inquiries about services for faculty, please contact the Library for more information.