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Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2024

KSL Administration - Monday, August 26, 2024
 Faculty News 

Kelvin Smith Library is a committed partner in providing resources and services that enhance instruction, research, and scholarship. Library staff meet in-person or virtually for consultations during any stage of the research and publishing lifecycle. Contact KSL for assistance in finding, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing research data, sharing your scholarship, assignment design, and customizable instruction sessions in a wide variety of disciplines. 

Each academic department from the Case School of Engineering, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Weatherhead School of Management is assigned a Research and Engagement Librarian with background and expertise in the departments they serve. We look forward to working with you!
Funding provided by University Administration proved to be extremely valuable in securing new, high-quality content over the summer. To ensure optimal use of the funding and to reach the widest audience, library staff implemented a thoughtful and strategic approach in prioritizing purchases, including gathering feedback from faculty, staff, and students and analyzing turnaway data to identify unmet needs in the collection. The most impactful example is the Taylor & Francis all journals package, that provides access to over 2,000 new journal titles. 

KSL maintains an Instruction Hub, a growing resource dedicated to enhancing student understanding of how to approach, evaluate, incorporate, and share research. Faculty can directly embed Canvas content on a variety of subjects, from how to access databases and how to check out a book, to more in-depth instruction on digital tools and primary sources via Special Collections. If you would like to suggest new content or schedule an instruction session with a librarian or digital scholarship partner, please fill out the Instruction Form. If you have further questions, contact your liaison librarian or KSLinstruction@case.edu.
 
Supplement your teaching with physical Course Reserves such as books, DVDs/Blu-ray discs, and CDs.

 

Provide engagement with unique resources, contextualize historical objects and events, and teach primary source and visual literacy with Kelvin Smith Library’s rare books and manuscripts collections and the records of Case Western Reserve University. Access digitized content at Digital Case, and discover specialized collections, such as archived materials from historic Karamu House, the nation’s oldest African American producing theatre.

Find books, A/V items, streaming video, research guides, and information about all CWRU libraries at catalog.case.edu. Explore “Other Sources” on the catalog page for access to electronic journals, databases, and interlibrary loan services. 

Since its launch in November 2022, faculty works have been downloaded over 2,400 times by readers in 92 different countries and across most continents– an impressive milestone! Improve the visibility, usage and impact of your research by submitting to Scholarly Commons @CWRU, the university’s institutional repository. 

 

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship, an interdisciplinary learning space located on the first floor of KSL, offers cutting-edge equipment and software, along with reservable spaces for meetings and classes. Specialists in digital scholarship are available by appointment (freedmancenter@case.edu) to provide consultations on project design, mapping, data visualization, video and media production, copyright and publishing guidelines, and more.