Marx. S. “Improving Faculty Use of Technology in a Small Campus Community.” T. H. E. Journal 32, no. 6 (January 2005): 21-3               This article focuses on the getting university faculty to use technology and computing resources in their classrooms in a way that will benefit the students. Since most professors have many other responsibilities, they don’t always have time to see what is available to them and how they can add technology to their current lessons. The procedure they talk about in the article was done at a small campus but it could also be made to work at a larger one. Since the library is already the one common place that people from all parts of campus go for information, the library could be the place that resources for the entire faculty about using technology could be housed. The academic library itself has technological resources that many of the professors may not know about so it would give the library a good way to teach those professors what they have to offer.             At the Imperial Valley campus in the article they have very few technological resources. Most academic libraries don’t have all the resources they would like but many times the library does have a large numbers of computers and other resources. The article mentioned how they had or wanted a digital camera, laptops, a projector and other resources for faculty to use. The library already has means to check items in and out and to track them, so it would be the perfect place to keep items like that. The NC State computer science department has many of the same resources and more that faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students taking certain classes can check out. This is done by a staff member in the computer science department, a guy who maintains some of the computer labs, so many times when you need him he will be out of his office or busy with his regular job. In the library they could check out these items and give you the resources to tell you how to use it and possibly even some ideas on how faculty can use it in their classes.             The other major part of their work at Imperial Valley was to educate the faculty on some of the different resources that were out there and ways they could be used with educating students. They held workshops that were well attended and well received. The academic library is a central location that these types of workshops could be held. They usually have rooms that can be used for classes and the proper connections for most computers and other equipment. If the computer tech staff hosted some these workshops they could be offered campus wide and benefit the entire school.             There are some problems and drawbacks that letting the library host these types of resources and workshops. The equipment being talked about is very expensive and many times very sensitive. Allowing faculty access to check them out is a great idea but if they aren’t properly trained on how to use it there’s a chance it could be broken. And there’s always a chance that a clumsy or absent-minded professor drops or loses a $1000 projector, whose responsibility would it be to fix or replace it? Also what penalty would there be for returning an item late if it is needed by another faculty member? Hosting workshops has the drawback of taking up space and resources that the library may need for other uses. If the library staff is involved in teaching some of these then their time is taken away from their library duties which could take away from helping patrons. A problem actually mentioned in the article is getting more people to attend something like this. If the same professors attend all the workshops then their students will benefit but those in other classes will not. As new advances in technology arise they should be used to help students where applicable. Keeping the faculty up to date with these advances could part of the academic library’s responsibility if it doesn’t take away from their other functions.