Services for Faculty

Borrowing from the Library
  •  Faculty may borrow up to 20 items for 4 months. 
  •  Books are loaned to faculty for each academic quarter.
  •  Loans of Videos, CDs are limited to 2 items (of each type) and can be borrowed for 2 weeks.
  •  Special Collection material can be borrowed for one week.
  •  Reference material may be loaned for one day, after consultation with a librarian.
  •  Faculty may borrow selected journals.
  •  Replacement fees will be assessed to lost items.
  •  You are responsible for all materials checked out to your account. The library strongly advises against loaning items you have borrowed to another person. In the event of loss, you will be liable for the applicable replacement fee.
Course Reserves

Faculty will often place items “on reserve” in the library. Since many students need to share these items, they can borrow them for 2 hours to use in the library only. In some cases, students can photocopy limited pages of the reserve item. You can check the library catalog for available items and request to reserve them for your course by sending an email to [email protected].

Textbook Loan Program

The PL offers a unique textbook loan program free of charge to its students. After the end of each academic year, the faculty members of the different schools and departments place orders for textbooks to needed for their respective courses for the upcoming year. These textbooks are then loaned to the students at the start of and collected at the end of each academic quarter. The textbooks are stored in the basement of the library and updated regularly upon requests by the faculty members. You can view a detailed list of the textbooks in the Textbook Database.

Request for Textbook Distribution
Lenovo Tablets for Exams and Classes

120 Lenovo tablets are available for lending for the exams and classes upon faculty request. To order tablets for your class or exam, submit a tablet request form (find the link below) at least a day before so that the librarian in charge and the ICTS prepare and provide the tablets in time.

Request for Tablet Distribution

New Book Acquisition Recommendation

Instructors may request acquisition of new books to add to the library collection by filling and submitting the form below.

Book Recommendation Request Form

Library Instruction Sessions

Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Faculty, the Computer Services Department and the Library, all AUA students have the opportunity to develop and master the information literacy skills they need to succeed in the academic world and beyond.

The Library offers customized instruction sessions for AUA students and Faculty. A successful Instruction session should be scheduled at least a week in advance.

  • Any time throughout the semester you can request an instruction session on specific topics by filling and submitting this form.
  • You can find scheduled library sessions in the Library Events Calendar.

Librarians provide instruction in the following areas:

Using the Papazian Library Catalog
Research Advice
Locating factual information
Locating articles and documents in the library collections
Using journal indexes (online and paper)
Database search strategies

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services

You can obtain periodical articles and book chapters not found in the library collection through the Interlibrary Loan Document Delivery Services (ILL/DDS) by completing and submitting the request form below. This service is restricted to faculty and students.

ILL/DDS Request Form

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services are based on the reciprocal and cooperative agreements with the following libraries:

ILL/DDS requests are reviewed Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The form should be completed fully, without the use of abbreviations. When the article is received, you will be notified by email. The normal turnaround time for receiving the requested papers is within two-three business days. Books will be received in approximately 2 weeks and can be collected from the Circulation Desk.

Only AUA faculty and students may request photocopies of periodical articles, conference papers, book chapters, sections of reference works, and government documents in compliance with the Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The law states that the photocopy “is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.”

Contact us for further assistance.

Department Liaisons

Librarians serve as a point of contact for faculty and will be glad to answer questions about library collections, student instruction sessions, reserves, etc.

Please contact the staff assigned to your department for assistance.

Acopian Center for the Environment (ACE)

Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC)

The Krikor Soghikian Public Health Reference Room

Legal Research Center

Department of English Programs

Turpanjian Center for Policy Analysis

Moodle Support

Moodle is the learning management system used at AUA. You can find Moodle basics for instructors in the Moodle guide for instructors on our Libguides

For help and support you may contact:

Tatevik Zargaryan:      [email protected]