Examples of Collaboration with Academic Departments

Anthropology

Received purchase requests from new faculty member and gave her overview of titles that supported

her syllabus.

Biology

Purchased DVDs for new faculty member to show in class.

Child Development

Created Children’s Book Collection and celebrated it by hosting story hours for Child Study Center

students.

Drama

Worked with Drama department chair to create a local subject heading “Plays-LMC” to help drama

students locate plays. Worked with drama department chair to purchase a couple hundred plays to

support new Drama department.

ESL

Worked with ESL department to create a new collection of ESL Readers.

Philosophy

Purchased books for an instructor teaching a new course.

Physical Education/Kinesiology

Set up a trial of a Sports Medicine Video Collection to support new program.

Spanish Language

Worked with Spanish instructors to create a new Spanish language collection.

Travel

Created a guide to help travel instructors locate library resources to support their classes.