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Faculty-Staff Handbook IX. Libraries IX.A. General Information
IX.A. General Information About the Libraries The Libraries' website, http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/ is a gateway to a wide variety of online books, magazines, journals, encyclopedias, databases and a wide assortment of other digital collections that may be accessed from anywhere on or off campus. Access to the collections is provided by infoLINK, the Libraries'catalog, and metaLINK which offers CrossSearch capabilities to search across several resources simultaneously, including infoLINK Library Catalog as well as other online catalogs, reference databases, citation databases, subject gateways, and e-journals. Also available is Grokker, a search tool which categorizes and visualizes information in a topical map format for easy retrieval. The University Libraries include:
The Libraries have 2,313,597 volumes, including print volumes, government documents, and electronic books, all searchable via the Libraries' online catalog. The collections also include over 41,985 journal holdings in electronic and print, and more than 1.8 million titles on microfilm; there are, as well, 3,061 CD-ROMs, 118,510 sound recordings, 2,866 videos and DVDs, and 120,000 maps. Subject Librarians http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/subs.html The subject librarians provide a range of services to faculty. The subject librarians focus on a particular area or discipline. They:
Research Assistance Librarians provide individualized assistance in locating materials on a topic or using the many online resources provided by the Libraries for your research and teaching needs. In-person telephone, e-mail and Instant Messenger research assistance are offered. E-mail inquiries are answered within 24 hours. For more information, see http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/reference.html Instruction Services http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/instruct/index.html Librarians collaborate with BU faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) in support of the teaching mission of the University. Our instructional services include:
Borrowing Privileges Faculty and professional staff may borrow materials for a one-year loan period with a current BU ID card. Bound journals may be circulated for three days; current periodicals are due at 5 p.m. on the day borrowed. All books may be recalled immediately if needed for Reserve, or after two weeks if requested by another patron. The Libraries' automated circulation system requires the use of an official Binghamton University identification card. Faculty and staff are responsible for replacement fees for lost books according to the following schedule: Lost books
Unresolved obligations will be referred to the Office of the Vice President for Administration. Electronic and Physical Reserves Articles, book chapters, student papers, and non-copyrighted materials such as lecture notes and exams may be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week via Blackboard. Books, videos, DVDs, cassettes, CDs and other items (both from the Libraries and from instructors' personal collections) that have been placed "on reserve" by faculty to supplement classroom materials are available at the Bartle Library Circulation Desk, the Science Library Information Services Desk or the UDC Information Services Desk. The loan periods, established in consultation with the instructor, can be two hours, three hours (for media only), one day, or two days. For further information, see the Course Reserves web page at http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/eres/. Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary loan expands the range of research materials available for scholarship and instruction. Materials not owned by the University Libraries may be obtained from other state, national or international libraries. Binghamton faculty can submit paperless requests using ILLiad computer software, accessed from our library home page (http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/) or from the many online search tools, such as WorldCat available through our membership in the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC). We are members of several library consortia: SCRLC (a regional group which includes Cornell); SUNY (including all SUNY research centers); The Research Libraries Group (RLG), where membership includes on-site access privileges across member institutions and facilitates resource sharing among member institutions; and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), which provides quick turnaround of materials. We will notify you, via e-mail, when items arrive. Articles can be accessed electronically and books/microfilm (returnable items) can be picked up at either the Bartle Library Circulation Desk, the Science Library Information Services Desk and the UDC Information Services Desk during library hours. Requests are processed within the guidelines of the American Library Association Interlibrary Loan Code and US copyright legislation. Special Collections The Special Collections department is comprised of three major research components: rare books, manuscripts and archives; sound recordings; and the University Archives. Notable among the rare books are collections (chiefly literature and history) donated by prominent Binghamton attorneys Archibald Howard and George Hinman; the Herbert Reichner Collection, which focuses on the history of printing and publishing; the William J. Haggerty Collection of French Colonial History; and the personal libraries of Austrian actor and theatre director/producer Max Reinhardt; William Klenz, a well-known composer and former Professor of Music in Harper College, and Edwin A. Link, Jr., the father of flight simulation. Titles of interest to scholars include the Latin edition of the Nuremburg Chronicle (1493) and the first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1855b). Special Collections' manuscripts and archives contain a diverse selection of materials which span several centuries and continents, and includes posters from Pre-Soviet Russia; photographs, correspondence, theater prompt book and scene designs that document the life and career of Max Reinhardt; photographs, family and business correspondence, and records from Edwin A. Link and the various Link enterprises; records and photographs of the Anitec Corporation; and papers of prominent local individuals and families including the Rose Family, David Bernstein and Lamont Montgomery Bowers, the former personal secretary to John D. Rockefeller. The Frances R. Conole Archive of Recorded Sound was donated by a former member of the library staff, Philip Conole, who developed his collection to document the history of recorded performance, especially opera. The University Archives include campus publications; records from administrative and academic offices; books written, edited or translated by faculty; and recordings or videos of campus events. Most of the materials in Special Collections can be located in infoLINK, and finding aids for some of the archival collections are available on the Special Collections web page. Special Collections is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, see http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/special/index.html Preservation The Preservation Unit is located in Special Collections, but it repairs and maintains materials from all of the Libraries' collections. The services of the staff are available to the campus community for consultation and referrals. Memberships and Affiliations The Binghamton University Libraries maintain a variety of memberships that extend access to research materials and services. Membership in the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) provides access to the Center's extensive collection that complements and supplements the collections of the major research libraries of North America. Materials owned by the Center are available by placing orders through Interlibrary Loan. For more information about CRL's collections, visit http://www.crl.edu/. Membership in the Research Library Group (RLG) provides Binghamton University faculty on-site access to other RLG libraries upon presentation of your valid BU faculty ID. Exact privileges may vary from library to library. We recommend calling the destination library before you visit. For more information, visit http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=382. Membership in OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) allows Binghamton University to include its library catalog records in WorldCat, the world's largest database of research material. WorldCat provides global access to our collections and provides the Binghamton University community with access to the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by over 57,000 OCLC member libraries worldwide in 112 countries and territories around the world. For more information see http://www.oclc.org/default.htm Membership in the Inter-university Consortia for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides Binghamton faculty, staff, and students with access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. ICPSR also offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. See http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html. The Libraries participate in the SUNY Open Access Program. Upon presentation of a valid State University ID card from one's home campus, a reader is entitled to the same use of the collection, and the same services and facilities, as the library offers its own community, including borrowing privileges. See http://olis.sysadm.suny.edu/openaccess/over.htm for more information. SUNYConnect is a joint initiative of the SUNY Office of Library & Information Services and the libraries of the 64 SUNY campuses to create a virtual library for the State University of New York. It is the largest public university library system. In addition to providing access to shared database resources, SUNYConnect offers a combined catalog (http://136.223.18.41:8080/F) for all SUNY libraries. SUNYConnect increases the purchasing power and influence of all SUNY libraries. The Libraries support a variety of resource sharing agreements and consortia, including the New York State Higher Education Initiative (NYSHEI) http://www.nyshei.org/default.cfm, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) http://www.cni.org/ and Portico http://www.portico.org/ . Consortial purchasing arrangements with other SUNY libraries, Nylink, Waldo, and NERL allow the Libraries to purchase resources at favorable rates. The Libraries are also are selective depositories for U.S. Federal and New York State government publications. IX.B. Food, Drink and Noise Policy The purpose of the food and drink policy is to aid in the preservation of library materials and electronic equipment and to ensure a comfortable environment for research and collaboration. For more information, please see http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/fooddrink.html and http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/noise.html.
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