Library Services for Faculty

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Library Services: For Students | For Faculty | For Visitors

• The faculty of Kilgore College are encouraged to use the Randolph C. Watson Library themselves and to encourage their students to make use of the library.




• Circulation Policies

  Faculty may check out materials for an entire semester. Items may be renewed between the Fall and Spring semesters. Checked out materials must be returned at the end of the Spring semester. Faculty are not charged fines, but are responsible for lost item fees if materials are not returned to the library.




• Forest Trail Library Consortium

  Available to all patrons in good standing at their participating home library.




• InterLibrary Loan

  Books and periodical articles are available for borrowing from other libraries. Faculty may use the InterLibrary Loan service in their research and study.




• Library Advisory Committee & Faculty Liaisons

  The Library Advisory Committee meets at least twice a year to make recommendations for library services, coordinate collection development for all disciplines, promote library services, and disseminate information regarding library services. Contact your faculty representative or library liaison if you have questions about library services and/or purchasing requests.


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• Library Instruction

  Faculty may schedule a time when their students can come to the library and be given library orientation and/or instruction. The Library also offers "a la carte" instruction on Wednesday evenings and Thursday afternoons for those students who need further instruction.




• New Patron Registration

  New faculty, adjunct faculty, part-time staff, and full-time staff members are encouraged to register at the library to enable access to the online databases from home/off-campus. Registered users may also check out books and review their library account online.


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• Purchase Requests

  Faculty are encouraged to request items in their discipline for the library. Faculty are a part of the selection process of materials for the library.




• Reserve Requests

  Faculty may place items on reserve in the library. Reserve is for a limited time. Reserve items may be used in-library only or checked out.




• TexShare Card Program

  Available to all patrons in good standing at their participating home library.


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