The staff of the Spencer Research Library encourage KU instructors to call on them to support their research program and teaching. The Library offers a full range of assistance in collaboration with other staff from throughout the KU Libraries.
One-on-one assistance: Librarians and archivists are available to meet individually with instructors to help plan use of Spencer Research Library resources (and those of other libraries at KU), suggest options for assignments that will meet course objectives, teach or co-teach a class session, and confer with students in beginning their research.
Making an appointment in advance of need (864-4334) will insure that the student or instructor will meet with the most appropriate person on the staff. It is not necessary to make an appointment to use the collections.
However, because portions of the collections are housed off site, it will require at least one working day—not including Saturday, Sunday or holidays—for such items to be retrieved.
Use of Seminar Rooms: Instructors who wish to use Spencer Library collections and services for their classes may apply to use one of the Library's two seminar rooms, for semester-long or single-session use. Occupancy is limited, in one room to a maximum of 15 persons, in the other, to a maximum of 35 persons. The larger seminar room is equipped with a variety of aids to teaching, including a ceiling-mounted projection screen, an Internet connection, and digital projection equipment.
Instructors will be asked to disseminate to their students Guidelines for Classes Visiting Spencer Research Library in advance of meeting at the Library. It is expected that a librarian will greet the class at its first meeting, by arrangement with the instructor, to welcome the group, give brief background information about the Library, and answer questions.
Application for use of a seminar room should be made to the Library (864-4334) well in advance of need.
The Library also offers a course in the History of the Book. Cross-listed in the departments of English, History, and History of Art, this three-hour credit course, open to juniors, seniors, and lower-level graduate students, is offered irregularly, in spring semester
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