Student Handbook 2008-2009

Lynn Scott Cochrane	Director of Libraries, cochrane@denison.edu, (740) 587-6215
Peggy Rector	Assistant to the Director, rector@denison.edu, (740) 587-6225
Circulation Desk, Ext. 6235	Reference Desk, Ext. 6682

The William Howard Doane Library/Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center is open seven days a week when classes are in session, until 2 a.m Sunday-Thursday evenings. The library holds well over one million books, periodicals, government documents, video materials, microforms and electronic resources and databases. Stacks are open for browsing and 750 seats are available. There are also departmental libraries in the Chemistry and Physics Departments. Media Technology Services (MTS), a division of Computing Services, is housed on the main floor of the library in the Learning Commons area. MTS is responsible for campus audio visual equipment. Starting in Fall, 2007, the Denison Art Department's printmaking classes and offices will be housed on the Library's lower level until Cleveland Hall renovations are completed.

As a member of the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium, Denison University offers access through a combined online catalog, CONSORT, to a collection of millions of volumes. CONSORT allows users at Denison and three other campuses to borrow books and other materials from off-campus while doing an online search. The electronic catalog can be searched from computers on and off campus via the web. A daily delivery service and shared electronic databases are other consortial features available to students, faculty and staff. In addition, CONSORT is part of the OhioLINK statewide consortium, giving library users access to Ohio's rich and diverse library holdings of well over 30 million volumes.

The loan period for books, documents, and sound recordings is 21 days, with a 7-day fine-free grace period. A detailed circulation policy is available at the Circulation/Reserve Desk and on the library web site. CHECKING OUT BOOKS AND USING RESERVE MATERIALS REQUIRES YOUR DENISON IDENTIFICATION.

Reference Librarians are available to help all users with research and library use questions and an active library instruction program provides opportunities for classes to learn about information resources and research skills. The library has a state-of-the-art electronic classroom for its instruction sessions. To supplement Denison's CONSORT and OhioLINK's holdings, the Interlibrary Loan service borrows books and acquires copies of articles from other libraries throughout the world. Access to over 100 on-line databases and numerous full-text resources are available via the Library web page: www.denison.edu/library. Archives and the Special Collections have material about Denison's history as well as other unusual or rare materials. Microform scanners and copiers are available as well. Additional information about library policies and resources, connections to CONSORT and OhioLINK and to other remote library catalogs, and listings of and access to Internet resources are available through the Denison Home Page.