Marianne Poxleitner
Wednesday                                                                                                                         November 4, 2009
12:10-1:00

How to find, use, and copy Reserves-

Reference Desk:

The reference desk can provide assistance in using the library catalog and helping you locate the Reserve/ Circulation Desk.

When using the library catalog, you can look up a reserve by searching your professor’s last name, the department, or the course number.

The reference desk can help you find a specific book or topic within the library.

Circulation Desk:

You can locate reserves here. Reserves are articles, books, or videos that your professor may have reserved for you to check out.

There are two kinds of reserves; ones that can be checked out of the library but returned the same day, and then ones that cannot leave the library at all.

How to check out items:

You will need your ID card to check out anything from the library; it serves as your library card.

Books can be checked out for up to 4 weeks at a time.

CD’s and Videos can only be checked out for up to one week.

Reserve items can be checked out between 1 hour to 1 day, depending on the professor’s request, unless the reserve cannot leave the library.

How to make copies:

Making copies of a Reserve- you must first check the reserve out and then take it to the copy center. Colored copies cost 25 cents while black and white only cost 5 cent. You will need either your student ID card or your username and password to access the copy machines.

Reference Desk Interviewee- Theresa Kappus

Circulation Desk Interviewee- Miriam

Interview done by- Erin Stickley, Samantha Beerman, Samantha Blake, Frankie Green

Librarians and “Class Matters”

Libraries provide a variety of free community activities, which can improve a child’s education and development. These programs also help parents facilitate their child’s learning and transition into school.

In the story about Angela Whitiker, her first son was not prepared for a school-setting and had no way to. Angela could not afford to help develop her son’s education because she didn’t have the money or time to spare. If a program like the one in the article existed for Angela, it is possible that she could have helped her son become better educated and this may have kept him off the streets. The program encourages kids to spend more time in a positive environment. This library’s program is helping to empower people like Angela to succeed in bringing up their children. This library is helping to address the issue of education among members of the lower or working class.

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