Virtual Meeting with a Librarian

 

LIBRARIANS ARE AVAILABLE:

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

FRIDAYS: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

SATURDAYS: 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM (Birmingham Campus)

 

 

Click on the link below to submit your request

Virtual Library Assistance Request

 

 

We welcome your research-related questions (including off campus access) in by chat, email, virtually, and phone.

                Chat with a Reference Librarian during the hours the Library is open.  

                                                            Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 8:00pm

                                                            Friday - 8:00am - 4:00pm

                                                            Saturdays - 8:00am - 12:00pm (Fall & Spring Semesters only)

 

 

                                                                                                                                        

                  Submit a Virtual Library Assistance Request form to meet virtually with a librarian for one-on-one assistance. 

Call the Library circulation desk at (205) 929-2068 - Birmingham campus or (205) 929-3526 - Bessemer campus

                      Ask by email: askalibrarian@lawsonstate.edu  

 

Library Instruction

Librarians can provide instruction sessions tailored to a specific class or topic area. Sessions can be developed around any skill level or disciplinary interest.

We aim to enhance the academic experience of LSCC students, to improve their research skills, and to foster information literacy and critical thinking. The Library highly encourages faculty in all departments to include library sessions in those courses that have a research component. Together we can introduce your students to:

  • effectively searching, locating, and evaluating information
  • popular and scholarly resources relevant to a specific assignment
  • basic and advanced searching of library resources, such as databases
  • discipline-specific resources and scholarly communication within that discipline

Librarian-led classes can be held in library spaces (computer labs) or in the class's regular location.

To arrange a session, contact your Library Liaison or submit an Instructional Request.

Library Liaisons are experts who help students and instructors make the most of LSCC's research services.

Your liaison is your main point of contact for the Library. As an information expert familiar with your discipline or field, your liaison provides in-depth research support and expertise.

    Your liaison can work with you to:

    • find the material you need to get your work done
    • understand and navigate library resources
    • connect you with specialized services
    • develop research strategies
    • connect you with experts for a specific research endeavor

    If you are an instructor, your liaison can:

    • provide classroom instruction for your students
    • serve as an "embedded librarian" in Blackboard
    • design research assignments
    • provide software demonstrations for citation tools, databases, and more 
    • create research guides for classes or assignments
    • unearth materials for your own research

    Look up your liaison by clicking the link below:

    Library Liaisons

     

    A Research Consultation is a one-on-one appointment with a librarian for extensive, in-depth research assistance. We require at least two business days notice for all appointments. 

    If you need assistance today:


    1. Call to speak with a library staff member

    Birmingham Campus - 205.929.2068

    Bessemer Campus - 205.929.3526

     

    2. Chat with a librarian  

    If all service areas are closed, please consult the Research Guides associated with your subject

     

    If you’d like to request an in-depth appointment, please fill out the Research Assistance form.

    Borrowing & Renewing

    1. Credentials: In order to borrow items from the library, the borrower has to bring a valid identification card issued by Lawson State Community College.

    2. Length of Loans: Students may borrow books for 14 days, with one renewal. Books may be  renewed in person, by telephone or online. The Circulation Desk’s phone number is (205) 929-2068 (Birmingham campus) or (205) 929-3526 (Bessemer campus). There is a four book limit for this service.

    Printing and Copying

    Due to Covid19 printing is a little different in the library.

    Beginning Fall 2021-You must have your Lawson State Student ID card in order to print/copy. At this time there is no cost for students but there is a limit for 20 pages of printing. 

    1.  Sign in at the circulation desk with your Student ID and A# (you must wear a mask to enter).

    2. The library staff will direct you to a computer.  After you gain access to your document.  Press " file" and "print" as you normally would.  

    3.  Choose a printer to print to-- choose : "LawsonSecurePrinting"  and PRINT

    3. Students may print up to 20 pages at no charge,  (this may change in the near future).  

    4. When you have finished printing all of your documents let a library staff member know that you are ready for your documents.  They will pick up your print jobs for you. 

    5. Make sure you have all of your douments before you leave.

    6. If you need a stapler or a holepuncher- those are located in the library for your convenience.  

    NOTE** All jobs are printed and deleted.

    Information for Students

    What are Course Reserves?

    Course reserves are items (books, films, articles, etc.) that instructors put behind the circulation desk or make available online for the class they are teaching.

    Not all classes will have course reserves and the library does not have textbooks for every class. To search for course reserves follow the link below. 

    Course Reserves

     

    Information for Faculty

    Who May Place Materials on Reserve?

    Only class instructors may put materials on reserve for the classes they are teaching in a given semester.

    How Do you Place Materials on Reserve?

    The faculty member must complete a request form (see link below) citing each item that is to be placed on Reserve in the library. 

    Course Reserve Request

    Birmingham Campus

         There are 38 computers and one printer access located in the library.

         Our Ebony Computer Lab has 18 computers.

     

    Bessemer Campus

         There are 13 computers and one printer access located in the library.

         Our Success Center Computer Lab has 16 computers and one printer access.

     

    Bessemer Campus

        The library at this location has:

    •  Three quiet study rooms (first come first served)
    •   Group study room 
    •   Three study carrels (each carrel has an accessible outlet).

     

    Birmingham Campus

    The library at this location has: 

    • Collaborative Learning Center
    • Various study carrels

         

    If there are materials you'd like to see added to the library's collections, submit a purchase request and we will look into acquiring it. We can purchase both physical and electronic copies of materials. 

    Purchase Request