LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES

- SU LIBRARY RESOURCES -

and

- BEHIND THE SCENES -

IN BIRD LIBRARY

COURSE: IST 511

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:Scott Nicholson

DATE: April 18, 2007

Library Web site

LIS Subject Guide

LIBRARIAN: Elise Calvi

Reference Librarian, Information Studies

(315) 443-4807

AGENDA

 

1) Organization of functions in academic libraries / discussion

2) Behind the scenes in ...

3) Information resources for Library and Information Studies

4) Services

 
 

ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY FUNCTIONS

 

About Medium and Large Academic Libraries

 
  • Iceberg
  • Relationship to the outside world - users, institutional administration, vendors, the profession
 
 
 

 

Behind the Scenes

  • Technical Services
    Charles Tremper, Head, Cataloging Department
 
  • Arts & Humanities
    Lisa Bankert, Supervisor, Arts & Humanities Services
 
  • Maps & Government Information
    Lesley Pease, Head, Social Sciences & Area Studies Services Department
 
  • Media Services
    Charles Russo, Supervisor Media Services Department

 
 

INFORMATION RESOURCES

 

Overview - Primary Finding Aids

  • SUMMIT
    Holdings of SU library (mostly!)
 
  • Databases Menu
    Mixed bag of resource types / figuring out what's what
 
  • E-Journal Locator
    Brings together information about e-journals we get via different arrangements
 
  • Subject Guides

  • Window on the resources on a subject - in SU Library and sometimes beyond

 
  • Can you think of other finding aids?

 

Library Science Resources

  • Library & Union Catalogs
  • Reference Works
  • Databases
  • E-Journals
  • E-Books
  • Print collection - books, print journals, microforms, AV media - locations and LC classes
 

Library of Congress Classes - Information Studies

In Bird

Z

Bibliography, library science, information resources           

HM 561-570

Communication of information; computer network resources

HM 846-855

Technological innovations; information society

KF 2971-3194

Intellectual property

LC 149-160

Literacy, illiteracy, computers and literacy

LC 5800-6581

Distance education

In Sci./Tech.

Q 300-390

Cybernetics, artificial intelligence, information theory, knowledge representation

QA 76.9
Security, digital rights management, human computer interaction

T 58.4-.9

Information technology

 
 

SERVICES

 

Reference

Locations and modes of service

  • Reference desks at 1st, 3rd, and 4th floors of Bird; branches
  • Email, IM, phone

Subject-focused reference services

  • Subject guide web pages
  • In person by appointment
  • Email
  • phone

 

Instruction

  • Classes for students on request of professor - custom or pick from a menu
  • Online "How to" guides and tutorials
  • Citation support

 

Access Services

  • Inter-Library Loan
  • Reserves - electronic and print
  • Recall, renew, request books in process

 

Computing, Printing, Photocopying, Digitization

  • Net ID PCs
  • Other PCs
  • Multimedia equipment
  • Photocopying locations, costs, copy cards
  • Borrow laptops
  • Wireless
  • DISC

Elise Calvi

4/18/2007