Information for Instructors

Kalamazoo Valley librarians can work with instructors to develop and deliver library instruction to meet the needs of students. We can visit your in-person classes, connect as a guest via Zoom, or create modules for you to insert into Canvas. We also offer Research guides and one-on-one research consultations via phone or Zoom. Our Online Tutorials and Canvas modules feature topics such as library catalog and database instruction, choosing and narrowing research topics, keyword searching, introduction to source evaluation, citation resources, and reading and media suggestions.

Request Library Instruction

TTC Library Instructional Lab

The TTC Library Instructional Lab holds 24 students plus an instructor. To get started on a request, please login to Astra, select Events→Request Event→Library Instructional Lab, and fill out the form. Bookings are tentative until instructors receive an email confirmation from library staff. We ask requests be made at least 10 days in advance. We understand this timeline is not always possible. It is unlikely we can accommodate requests for same day or next day classes.

We try to respond w/in 48 hours
Requests are not approved until the requestor receives an approval notice.
Instructor requests for usage of the Lab that do not include library instruction will be declined.

Any TTC instructional session that has 25 students or more will need to be held in the instructor’s classroom. Please contact us at libraries@kvcc.edu to make arrangements.

For instruction at the ACC campus, contact Jim Ratliff.

Reserves

The library maintains a collection of textbooks and other assigned material used for specific Kalamazoo Valley Courses. The libraries have hundreds of assigned and supplementary materials in the course reserve collection. Most course reserves have a limited loan period of 3 hours. Please contact Ashley Bergkamp for more information or take a look at our reserves page here

Requesting Books

We now offer interlibrary loan services through Melcat. If you can’t find something in our catalog, search Melcat and borrow from one of over 170 libraries around the state.

Search Melcat here: MeLCat

For help with Melcat: MelCat help

To suggest books for our collection, please fill out this form

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