LibGuides: for Faculty: Hello

Welcome to the faculty of Northwestern State!

Information about the University abounds, mostly from department heads, deans, directors, vice presidents, and president, and on the official Northwestern State website. The 2021 Faculty Handbook is the current official document. The Provost's Office (also known as the Vice President of Academic Affairs, VPAA) is the chief academic unit of NSULA, and its webpages offer various information and documents.

The links above are given for convenience; the pages are located in the corresponding sections of the University website.

Faculty Orientation--Academic Library
Ten slides to get you started.
Faculty Flyer
Basic orienting information, printable as a one-sheet pamphlet.

Northwestern State University Libraries
Another wealth of university information, with faculty librarians and trained staff.
"Learning the Library," the introductory LibGuide.
More Library Guides are listed on the LibGuides main page.

To request that the library acquire an item for its collections, click here.

Writing and Scholarship--Are You in the Habit?

Should you write every day?--a blogpost from SSP.
Not necessarily, says Chris Smith. Scholarly Kitchen [blog], September 19, 2018.
Inspiration collected by Maria Popova n Brain Pickings
From Ursula LeGuin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ted Hughes, Margaret Atwood, H.P. Lovecraft, and Joyce Carol Oates, among many others. Brain Pickings is Popova's site of selections from great writers past and present.

Student Success Includes Library, Research, and Information Literacy

The Academic Library's Contribution to Student Success: a Typical Case Study
How Library Use Increases Retention and Student Success
Student learning, success, and lifelong advantage are increased by library use and instruction. Read the official report from ALA/ Association of College and Research Libraries.
The Library as a Destination
--more popular than movie theaters, zoos, national parks, or sports arenas, or concert halls. What does this mean?
Student "Success"
Library Journal's Steven Bell writes that "student success" should be based on individual students, not aggregate data.

Legitimate or Illegitimate Scholarly Journals

Think. Check. Submit.
A cross-industry tutorial led by representatives from ALPSP, DOAJ, INASP,
ISSN, LIBER, OASPA, STM, UKSG, and individual publishers
Beall's List
Jeffrey Beall created a well-regarded list of predatory publishers and journals. It is still updated, though not so thoroughly.
When Authors Get Caught in the Net
The blog of the Society for Scholarly Publishing often features articles about electronic journals, open access, and other relevant issues in 21st-century publishing.