Services for Faculty & Staff
- Instruction
- Request Materials
- Book Related Services
- Reserves
- Borrowing Library Materials
- Room Reservations
- Research Assistance
- Interlibrary Loan
- Scholarly and Professional Publication
Instruction
Request an Information Literacy Session
- A librarian will visit your class or host your students in the library to facilitate a lesson and/or activity.
- Request an embedded librarian for your course, who will be present in your course’s Blackboard shell, usually in a designated discussion board. Suitable for both distance and on-campus classes.
Collaborate with the Instruction Librarian
- Work with a librarian to create tailor-made solutions to your students’ information literacy needs.
Request a Research Guide
- Libguides are created by librarians to provide suggested resources for class themes, particular assignments, or links to class readings.
Ready-made library & searching skills assignments
- UTEP’s Instruction Librarians have created several general exercises for students to complete to help them sharpen their information literacy skills.
Request Materials
- Use this form to request books, films, and other materials the Library doesn't own.
Book Related Services
Reserves
Borrowing library materials
circulation Policies
| User Type | Main Stacks | Browsing | Children's | Documents | Journals | Video / CD / DVD | Checkout Limit | Renewals | Fines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTEP Faculty | 1 year | 28 days (may renew online) | 14 days (may renew online) | 1 semester | 3 days | 5 days | Max 99 books Max 5 videos/CDs/DVDs Max 3 journals |
1 renewal (limited online renewals) | Lost item (billed after 28 days overdue): $25.00 replacement fee + cost of item |
| UTEP Staff | 28 days | 28 days | 14 days | 28 days | 2 hours | 5 days | Max 25 books Max 5 videos/CDs/DVDs Max 2 journals |
3 renewals (may renew online) | $0.25/day Lost item (billed after 28 days overdue): $25.00 replacement fee + cost of item |
Borrowing Privileges Suspended When:
- 3 or more items are overdue
- Fines exceed $100.00 (faculty) or $25.00 (staff)
Room Reservations
Rooms 204A, 204B, and 336 can be used for library instruction sessions.
- Room 204A is located on the second floor of the library and is equipped with 36 computers and an overhead projector. Contact The Information Literacy Team to reserve the room.
- Room 204B, also located on the second floor, is equipped with 40 computers and an overhead projector. Contact The Information Literacy Team to reserve the room.
- Room 336 is located on the third floor of the TSC and is equipped with computers and an overhead projector. Contact Technology Support to reserve the room.
Room 309
- Located on the third floor and can accommodate up to 20 individuals. The room is equipped with a blackboard and a large mobile flat-screen TV.
- Contact Lydia Limas to reserve room 309.
Room 410
- Located on the fourth floor and can accommodate up to 30 individuals. The room is equipped with a blackboard.
- Contact Lydia Limas to reserve room 410.
Blumberg Auditorium
- Located on the first floor and can accommodate up to 99 individuals. It is equipped with a computer and two projectors.
Collaboration Hub
- For use by faculty and staff, it's located on the first floor and operated by ORSP:
Research Assistance
Discuss your research needs with someone who works with your subject.
Interlibrary Loan
- Policies
- Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
- Contact: (915) 747-5678, libraryill@utep.edu
Scholarly and Professional Publication
- -- ScholarWorks@UTEP is an Institutional Repository (IR), or digital archive, of the research being done at UTEP. Items eligible for inclusion in ScholarWorks@UTEP include pre-prints, post-prints, working papers, photographs, dissertations, and technical reports, just to name a few.