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Faculty Support at RDP Library

Services and resources to support teaching and research at Red Deer Polytechnic.

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Library Collection

The Library provides a collection of physical and electronic resources to support RDP programs. 

Faculty are invited to help build the Library collection in their area of expertise. Send suggestions for additions to our collection to your Subject Librarian.

Reserves Collection

Reserves are high-demand items available for short-term loans, such as select textbooks and course-specific readings, laptops, and other equipment. The Reserve Collection is located at the Library Desk on the Main Floor.

Library Reserves Form

Textbook Collection

For many students, textbook costs can be a barrier. In order to provide another means of access, the Library has acquired a number of textbooks for our Reserves collection. Since we don't have the funds to purchase all the required textbooks, we have focused on acquiring textbooks primarily for introductory/first year courses and classes with multiple sections that cost more than $100.

The majority of these texts are available to checkout from the Reserves collection at the Library Desk for two hours at a time. Note that textbooks that include a single-user online access component will only be available without that access. 

Students can search the catalogue for a particular textbook or come and browse the collection.