

The SCS staff assist users who do not know how to access library resources and do not understand the Indiana University organization, including military personnel overseas, international students, and others


They are Bloomington staff, but the users they serve are “owned by” IUPUI and have IUPUI network IDs. One example is access for staff at the School of Continuing Studies who support distance learning students. Staff employed by a University unit that serves departments, faculty or students on more than one campus and must assist those users in accessing or using resources on a campus other than the staff member’s own campus.User must access resources for his/her own class work and for teaching and supporting assignments. Users who have dual roles on multiple campuses (e.g., instructor on one campus and graduate student on another).Oncourse access is tied to the campus where the class is taught. The same issues noted for students on campus affect distance education students, but these students are much more dependent on Oncourse. Students enrolled in distance education courses on more than one campus.Often the student takes only one class on another campus, but must use resources through Oncourse for that campus as part of the requirements for the class in which he/she is enrolled. These students are based on a variety of campuses, but most often have a smaller campus as a home and take classes on a larger campus. Students taking courses on more than one campus who must do research or read electronic books and journals for required readings on a campus where he/she is not resident.These resources may differ from the resources on the user’s home campus. Often the faculty member/instructor teaches only one class on another campus, but must assign readings, create/grade assignments, and use Oncourse resources for that campus as part of teaching responsibilities. Faculty members and instructors (adjunct faculty, lecturers, etc.) who teach one or more classes on multiple campuses.This additional semester does not need to be contiguous with the semester during which the faculty member is teaching.Īccess is provided to users in the following roles: Faculty members will be granted access during the semester when they are teaching and an additional semester prior to the semester in which they teach. Students will be granted access during the semester when they are enrolled. The Indiana University Libraries provide a process to allow students or faculty members taking classes/teaching on a campus other than their own to access library electronic subscription resources from the second campus. Such a policy will define the process for verifying the need for educational access and granting it through the Libraries.Īccess for research purposes is governed by an alternate policy (pdf).Įducational Electronic Resource Access Policy UITS managers have asked the Libraries to provide them with procedures and a form that can be used by Support Center staff on all campuses to answer questions from users about how they can get access to the electronic resources purchased by campuses other than their own home campuses. As a result, the Libraries need a policy and procedure to expedite access to electronic library resources for faculty and students teaching or taking classes on a campus that is not their home campus. A growing number of students and faculty are pursuing teaching and learning activities on multiple campuses.
