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checkout to faculty members. All room and equipment reservations are handled by the
Circulation Department.
The Faculty and the Library staff share responsibility for building the library collections and for
new acquisitions. Acquisition funds are allocated to academic disciplines from the Library's
annual budget. Order requests from faculty members are charged against this disciplinary
allocation. Order forms may be submitted electronically via the Library website. The Library’s
annual budget cycle conforms to the College fiscal year, which begins on June 1 preceding the
academic year. Order requests are charged against a Department’s allocation until April 1 of the
academic year. On that date, any unspent departmental allocations revert to the Library’s general
fund.
A librarian is assigned to each discipline as a liaison, to facilitate collection development and
instruction and to keep department members informed on a regular basis of allocations to their
disciplines and of current expenditures and fund balances. Additional information about
ordering materials is available from the library liaisons or library staff.
As members of the academic community, librarians are collaborators in meeting the Faculty’s
expressed mission to transmit knowledge and seek understanding. The librarians work with
fellow faculty members and students in research partnerships, in team-teaching, and in
specialized instruction. Librarians are expected to hold at least the Master of Library Science
degree or its equivalent and, as faculty members, are expected to share in the responsibility and
benefits of that status. Specific criteria and eligibility for promotion and retention will be
determined by the Promotion and Tenure Committee, with approval of the Faculty, the Provost,
and the President, as stated elsewhere in the
Faculty Handbook
.
IV.M. SUMMER SCHOOL
The summer term permits students to accelerate their progress toward graduation, make up
courses missed, and, in some special circumstances, make up missed Exploration Term projects.
Although faculty members are employed for the academic year extending from September
through graduation, individual faculty members may teach in the summer term for extra
compensation. A faculty member who wishes to teach in the summer term should notify the
Chair of his or her Department during the fall term, before the summer term schedule is
completed.
Faculty members are also compensated for doing individualized study contracts with students
during the summer.