The OSU Library for Faculty and Staff - Edmon Low Library
Engage with Us
The OSU Library connects faculty and staff with the people, services, and tools needed to support teaching, research, and daily work. Whether you need help identifying a subject librarian, exploring a subscription database, measuring research impact, or locating specialized materials, we are here to assist.
Explore Resources
Faculty and staff can access millions of books, journals, databases, multimedia resources, and government documents through OSU Library Search. We also assist in navigating digital collections, archival material, and OSU's institutional repository, Open Research Oklahoma. If we do not have what you need, Interlibrary Services obtains it quickly from libraries worldwide.
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Collaborate on Research and Learning
We partner with faculty and staff to strengthen courses and research through customized instruction sessions and meaningful engagement with primary sources. Librarians design and deliver sessions on information literacy, research strategies, AI and data literacy, OER discovery, and discipline-specific resources aligned with your learning outcomes. You can also request a wide range of services to support teaching and research, including document delivery, course reserves, and more.
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Distinctive Collections
Distinctive Collections offers unique opportunities to enrich teaching and research with rare, archival, and digital materials. Staff can help you integrate primary sources, spatial data, and digital scholarship tools into engaging and meaningful learning experiences.
- Special Collections and University Archives
- Maps and Spatial Data
- Oklahoma Oral History Research Program
- Government Documents
- Digital Scholarship Center
- Branch Libraries
Support for Open Educational Resources
The Library collaborates with faculty and staff to identify, evaluate, and adopt high-quality open educational resources. We assist with locating open textbooks, integrating OER into existing courses, and creating or adapting openly licensed materials. Our goal is to help you reduce student costs, improve access, and support innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
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Grow Your Expertise
The Library supports lifelong learning through workshops and tailored instruction. We offer training on research tools, data literacy, AI literacy, citation management, copyright, and more. You can participate in campus-wide programs such as Data Bytes and Carpentries workshops or schedule one-on-one sessions with a librarian.