ADJUNCT FACULTY HANDBOOK
MISSION STATEMENT
The Library's mission is to provide faculty, staff, and students access to resources, instruction, and services that are paramount to the Law School's objective of advancing practical legal scholarship. The Library is committed to offering services that promote legal research and meet the information needs of its primary users. In pursuit of this mission, the Library provides information and materials through a wide range of print, multimedia, and electronic resources.
Subject to the needs of its primary users, the Library provides limited access to services and resources to members of the Bar, the general public, and other educational institutions.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
For a full listing of staff and their telephone numbers please consult the most current employee location phone list or the library staff directory. All staff have email access and routinely check for messages.
LIMITED ACCESS
Our Limited Access policy requires all Cooley students, faculty, and staff to show their Thomas M. Cooley ID when entering the Library. If you do not yet possess a Cooley ID you may show your attorney Bar card.
OTHER FACULTY LIBRARIES
Library space is provided for faculty on the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th floors of the Cooley Center. Each location has a small specialized collection and a computer workstation. In addition, computer connections to electronic resources are maintained on the 4th floor of the Cooley Center in the Adjunct Faculty Office. The libraries at Oakland and Grand Rapids also have space for faculty. For additional information, please contact your campus's Head of Public Services.
CENTER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
The Center for Instructional Support, located in the 7th floor of the Cooley Center, houses a variety of resources related to teaching and learning including a professional development library. The Center's primary mission is to support faculty who seek to enhance their teaching and continuing professional development. Along with scheduled conferences and workshops, discussion forums and group formations are offered to encourage dialogue and foster community interaction.
For more information about the Center or to sign-up for a scheduled session, go to the Center for Instructional Support TWEN page. The Center page is posted in the course listing as "Faculty: Center for Instructional Support." You may also contact the Director of Instructional Support & Distance Education at ext. 2007.
If you wish to borrow resource items from the Faculty Development Library located in the Center, please help yourself. Simply write the last 7 digits of the item's barcode and your name in the black binder kept near the collection.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION FOR CLASSES, READING LISTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The Library provides bibliographic instruction for classes upon request. Activities range from compiling reading lists or bibliographies to presenting formal lectures on how to do research in a particular field.
Possible topics include:
• Specialized Legal Research;
• Internet Research; and,
• Advanced Computer Assisted Legal Research (CALR).
To request a guest lecture, please contact your campus’s Head of Public Services. We kindly request two weeks advance notice.
Course reserve material is housed at the Circulation Desk. When possible the photocopied material may be posted in digital format on the Library's web site or on TWEN (For more information on TWEN, see the section in this manual entitled “TWEN”). Please submit all requests for materials to be placed on Course Reserve (i.e., temporary, course-related material) to the Circulation Librarian at your particular location. All photocopies placed on Course Reserve must comply with the copyright law.
Due to space considerations, past exams are not placed on Course Reserve. For more information on exams, see the section in this manual entitled, "Exams in the Library and on the Network."
PHOTOCOPY REQUESTS
Keep in mind the following Copyright Law guidelines. You may generally copy:
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One chapter or no more than 10% of a book, thesis or dissertation;
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One article from a periodical or newspaper;
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Federal and State documents in their entirety unless it is stated on the document that it is protected by copyright restrictions; or
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An unpublished work in its entirety, for the author only.
When a photocopy request is in violation of the above guidelines, the Associate Dean for Library and Instructional Support will be notified.
For large copy jobs, please contact Mail Center/Recycling at 517 371-5140 ext. 2162.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Books, journal articles and materials not available in the Library may be requested from other libraries through interlibrary loan or through MELCAT (Michigan Electronic Library Catalog). Contact the Interlibrary Loan Department at ext. 3304 for more information or to place your request.
BOOK DELIVERY AND RETURN
Books are checked out for an entire term only if they are commensurate with the particular class the adjunct is teaching. Please see our policies page for more details on other items of interest. You may return books via campus mail or at any of the libraries.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
The Library posts a New Acquisitions List each month on the library catalog homepage. The lists includes materials newly acquired and cataloged by the Library.
LIBRARY BOOK ORDERS
Adjunct faculty members may recommend or request books for purchase by the Library for the Library collection. Please direct requests by contacting your library's reference desk or by using the "Request" feature in CoolCat. Each request is considered by the Collection Development Team, and you will be informed of the action taken.
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
You may schedule audio/visual equipment for classroom use through the Operations Department, extension 2154.
Faculty in Grand Rapids and Oakland should contact their secretary for current procedures.
Any faculty secretary should have forms available for scheduling audio/visual euipment. Any additional room reservations beyond your prescheduled classroom location and time can also be made through the Operations Department. Some classrooms are equipped with electronic podiums. The Library has two electronic classrooms located on the fourth floor that you may schedule and reserve through the Library Computer Lab by contacting either Karin Blitzer at ext. 3321 or Linda Blankenship at ext. 3322.
WESTLAW & LEXIS
Cooley faculty are entitled to Lexis and Westlaw access for the duration of their class terms. Please note the conditions:
• Access is for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY and does not extend to use for personal practice or commercial purposes.
• Passwords can be obtained through the Associate Director for Library and Instructional Support at ext. 3402 or by contacting your library's reference desk.
• The Cooley Law Libraries provide training and support for both services.
• Lexis and Westlaw representatives are also available for training and consultations.
For more information, or to obtain assistance with either a password or online search, please consult your liaison or the Reference desk.
TWEN
TWEN or The West Educational Network, is a virtual classroom support software created and maintained by Westlaw. It enables faculty to create an online classroom environment with discussion lists, live chat capability, electronic document posting and more. This is a terrific avenue for professors to digitally post photocopied materials for use by their students. This service is open to all Cooley faculty and adjuncts and is accessed via your Cooley Westlaw password. The library offers training and support for TWEN. If you would like more information or training, please contact the Associate Director for Library and Instructional Support at ext. 3402 or the Library Web Technician at ext. 3312.
EXAMS ON THE NETWORK AND IN THE LIBRARY
The Library has a restrictive policy regarding Thomas M. Cooley exam material. Students have access to this material dating from 1996 to the present. Exam material produced before 1996 is archived. Exam material is defined as Exams, Answer Guides, Model Answers and Blue Books. Students gain access to exam material in three Library locations:
Unless expressly released by faculty, multiple choice examination questions are not part of our collection.
Please contact Lou Ann Hall, Exams Coordinator, at ext. 2950 for complete details concerning submitting exams. Some general guidelines include:
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Submit documents that are 100% word processed. If there are any graphics or handwritten notes, exams are more difficult to scan into the system and clean up after the conversion process.
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Submit clean documents - no margin notes or comments (if possible). Submit comments in typed format attached to the end of a document.
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Transcribe submitted Bluebook Award exams and your written comments. All student-authored works should be accompanied by a written permission statement from the student.
Although you must submit exams to the Dean's office, we also encourage you to create exam packs and/or make exam study materials beyond the questions themselves available for students through the Cooley Bookstore and its Cooley Prints program.
ACADEMIC COMPUTER SERVICES
Call your Library liaison with any questions about our Academic Computer Services program including Lexis and Westlaw. Also feel free to contact the Reference Desk with questions regarding the other databases available which includes: Hein Online, CIS nivers, Net Library, Matthew Bender, RIA Checkpoint and Legal Scholarship Network. Contact the Reference Desk to arrange for instruction on the various online research services such as Lexis, Westlaw, TWEN and the use of our online catalog COOLCAT.
The adjunct faculty offices are provided with a personal computer loaded with the following applications:
For instruction or questions regarding office support software (Word or Filemaker) please contact the Information Technology Department at ext. 2100.
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