New-Course Library Materials
Grants
General Purpose
To enable faculty members preparing
new courses to build the library collection in support of those
courses, the library book budget provides New Course
Grants.
Size of the Grants
New Course Grants are $500 each.
Once the library's General Grants allocation is exhausted, no further
grants will be issued during that year.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a New Course
Grant, the course must be new to the curriculum and have Program
Review Committee and Educational Policy Committee approval. Topics
courses, which you intend to offer on a regular basis, are also
eligible.
Since the number of New Course
Grants available is typically less than the number of new courses
approved, the determining factor for a successful grant application
will be the ability of the existing library collection to support the
course. Each faculty member may not receive more than two grants of
any type during a fiscal year.
Applications
Applications for New Course Grants
should be made, in writing, to Tom Karel, Collection Development
Librarian. The application should specify the name and number of the
course, when it was approved, and when it is to be offered. The
application should include an assessment of the existing library
collection in support of this course. The application should be
signed by the faculty member and by the liaison librarian for the
department..
Standards of Book Selection
Selection of books ordered on these
grants is to be done in accordance with the Library's Collection
Development Policy and any library selection policy which the
department may have. These funds are to be spent on books to be used
by students in a course or by the faculty member in preparing for a
course, but not for a faculty member's research.
These funds cannot be used to
initiate a new periodical subscription or standing orders, since
these are ongoing commitments.
Submitting Book Orders
Orders should be submitted to the
liaison librarian on regular library book request forms. The word
"Grant" should be in the "Dept." space on the order form. All funds
are to be committed by March 31, or they will revert to the
library.
Access to Other Library Funds
Receipt of this grant should not
decrease the amount of access the faculty member has to the regular
department library allocation.
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