The following is a broad listing of services the library offers and
availability by population.
1 = Undergraduate
& graduate students, including distance learners
User Services
Point-of-service
instruction &
assistance as well as in-depth information
counseling appointments - all by professional
librarians (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
Reference services for on-campus and distance learners provided by telephone, e-mail,
or IM. (1, 2 ,3)Borrowing
privileges for books in the library’s circulating
and reserves collections (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5)
Library display cases, an electronic information kiosk, photocopiers, and new book displays (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
3-hour use of videotapes, DVDs, and audiotapes (1, 2, 3, 4)
Support in building and improving technology literacy skills provided by a technology training specialist
in the Student Technology Instruction Center (STIC) (1)
Assistance
with integration of technology into courses provided
by the director of educational technology services (2)
Instruction
sessions for classes of all levels & in
all disciplines by a librarian, in the library’s
electronic classroom (2)Reservations
for library meeting rooms (2, 3)
Course
reserves services (2)
Learning Resources
An extensive print and electronic reference collection, newspapers, scholarly journals and magazines (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
A circulating book collection of upwards of 90,000 items, including children's and curriculum collections (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
Electronic
databases , e-books, and other resources -- accessible online from the library or home (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)Access to materials of other libraries through reciprocal borrowing agreements and
interlibrary
loans (1, 2 ,3 ,4)
DALNET membership, which facilitates easy access to catalogs
of other members’ libraries , including WSU, UDM, and DPL (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
Facilities
and Equipment
Convenient
hours of operation : 7 days a week, daytimes and
evenings, during the school year (shorter hours during
the summer & between terms) (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
Public
computers with Internet access and MS Office software
in the reference room, including an assistive-technology equipped workstation
(1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5)
Friendly, and service-oriented atmosphere in the
air-conditioned comfort of the library's own wing of
the Liberal Arts Building with a mix of study and
learning spaces (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)
Student Technology Instruction Center (STIC) : a drop-in computer lab and a technology instruction lab
(1)Faculty Technology Center (L013) for assistance in incorporating technology into teaching and learning
(2)
Self-serve
use of equipment such as: typewriters, audiotape
duplicating machine, and a laminating machine (1, 2 ,3 ,4)
The Beyond Words Gallery
of changing art exhibits (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6)