Page 2 The Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library: Specialized Collections, Campuswide Services With its monumental North Building and its modern South Build- ing rising high above the Diag, the Har- lan Hatcher Graduate Library stands as one of the most prominent structures on the Central Campus. The building contains the Library system's primary research collection in the humanities and social sciences, but the entire campus community draws upon its special services and departments. The Graduate Library's total col- lection exceeds two and one-half mil- lion volumes written in several hundred languages and covering a broad array of subject specialties. Al- though focussed on the humanities and social sciences, the collection supports a wide range of scholarly activities. Its strengths include English and French local history; papyrology; history and culture of Germany, the Netherlands, and Central Europe; classical archae- ology; English literature; the history of science; social and political move- ments; and area studies encompassing South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Near East, and Slavic countries. A collection of this magnitude clearly requires a great deal of shelving space: ten floors in the North Building and another four in the South Building. But a library is much more than books and serials. The Graduate Library of- fers a congenial atmosphere for study and a wide range of services to help its patrons find and use the materials they need. Information Center - 2nd Floor North The Information Center is the place to go for assistance in working with the reference collection, the cata- log, and the online circulation system. Patrons may also wish to stop by the Center to request items through inter- library loan, delivery of books from the Buhr remote shelving facility, re- search consultations with specialist librarians, and other special services. The Information Center is located just outside the main Reference Room and is staffed whenever the library is open. Main Reference Room - 2nd Floor North The Reference Room collection of over 20,000 volumes contains a wide variety of encyclopedias, cata- logs, directories, and other works the staff has found to be essential in re- sponding to patrons' questions. Of particular note is its microfiche collec- tion of telephone books from around the United States and its Grants Col- lection. Grants Collection The Reference Room's Grants Collection offers many materials help- ful in identifying potential sources of funding support for research and other projects. The Collection itself con- tains a number of reference books that describe foundation, corporate, fed- eral, and private sources of funds. These are supplemented by files con- taining the annual reports of selected foundations and microcard copies of the federal tax records (990 PFs) of Michigan foundations. A designated Grants Librarian in the Reference De- partment offers general assistance in identifying and locating appropriate research materials for persons seeking grant funding. Index Room - 2nd Floor North The Index Room, next to the In- formation Center, houses a collection of major periodical and newspaper indexes, indexes to book reviews, and the most important bibliographies in the social sciences and humanities. In addition to having paper versions, some of these resources-Psychologi- cal Abstracts, Resources in Education, Current Journals in Education, and Social Sciences Index-are available in CD-ROM format. The Information Center staff can make appointments with patrons for fee-based searches of other bibliographic data bases. Catalog Services The introduction of the MIRLYN Public Catalog offers full catalog access to materials received by the Library in the past decade, as well as to all periodicals currently received. In fact, over the next three years, the Library's entire catalog is scheduled to become available in MIRLYN. At present, however, the Graduate Library's Public Card Catalog offers the only consolidated listing of our holdings of materials recorded up to May 1988. The staff at the Information Center will aid in coordinating patrons' use of the card catalog, MIRLYN, and the Geac automated circulation system (which will continue in use for much of this school year). Reference Consultations In addition to help offered at the Information Center, reference service is available over the telephone and through the MTS message system. The Information Center telephone numbers are 764-9373 and 764-9366, and its MTS address is "Graduate Library Reference." Questions placed over MTS normally receive a response within one working day. Reference Department librarians represent the major selection areas within the Graduate Library. They are available for research consultations whenever patrons need to discuss re- search for apaper, thesis, article, book, or other project in which our special- ists' expertise would be helpful. These meetings offer more in-depth, indi- vidualized attention than is possible at the Information Center. Reference li- brarians are also available for general and subject-oriented instruction on li- brary resources and research strategies to classes through course-related lec- tures, tours, and data base demonstra- tions. Microform Reading Room - Room 203 North The MRR contains hundreds of thousands of newspapers, periodicals, dissertations, government publications, university catalogs, ERIC reports, manuscripts, and other items in microfilm, microfiche, and other formats. Microform readers, reader-printers, a separate card catalog, and indexes and guides are available. The Room's collection contains Pravda, the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Ann Arbor News, Michigan Daily, and other newspapers; many scholarly and popular journals; University of Michigan dissertations; ERIC documents, FBIS and government reports; college catalogs; and such special sets as the Schomburg Clipping File on Black History, the British Manuscripts Project, and the National Inventory Documents Service on American Archives. Serials Services and Records - 2nd Floor South This unit holds the Graduate Library's collection of some 5,000 un- bound periodicals and 150 domestic and foreign newspapers for use in its reading room. In addition, its staff provides information on serial hold- ings throughout the University Library system. The Department also receives serials and maintains records in the Central Serials Records and the Vis- ible File. Personnel are available whenever the Graduate Library is open. Documents Center - Room 320 North The Documents Center provides access to and reference services for the publications of government bodies. The University receives approxi- mately 82% of all items published by the federal government each year. It is also a depository for the State of Michigan, the United Nations, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the South Pacific Commission, and the government of Canada. Many U.S. documents published since 1983 are located in the Docu- ments Center itself. Its holdings focus especially on categories related to economics, foreign relations, federal laws, social welfare, the civil service, education, and statistics. Many spe- cialized documents are sent to our The Music Library is a part of the School of Music on North Campus. Branch continued from page 6 Music Library, 3239 Moore Bldg., North Campus, 764-2512 The Library's collection of over 100,000 volumes includes books on music and dance, performance and study scores, and sound recordings in several formats (LPs, CDs, and video cassettes). The collection's emphasis is on classical music, but jazz, musical theater, and pop music are also repre- sented. Rare materials include strong holdings in 18th-century opera and chamber music, the Women's Music Collection, which contains about 2000 compositions written by women from 1750 to 1950, and the Montgomery Collection of Popular American Sheet Music-about 22,000 pieces, includ- ing some 4,500 by Black composers. Online searching in humanities data bases is available upon request. Sound recordings can be listened to in the library; they do not circulate. Our MTS address is "Music Library." Natural Science Library, 3140 Kraus Natural Science Bldg., 764-1494 is available; online reference service is provided on a daily basis, Monday through Friday. Upon request, bibliographic instruction sessions and course reserve service are provided. Special strengths of the collection include soil surveys and unique copies of masters theses from the Depart- ments of Biology and Geological Sci- ences (in LS&A) and the School of Natural Resources. Over 40% of the collection is stored at the Buhr remote shelving facility; stored materials are available by means of a paging system, Mondays through Fridays. Buhr re- quests submitted by 10am are usually delivered by 2pm the same day. Physics-Astronomy Library, 290 Dennison, 764-3442 The collections of the Physics-Astron- omy Library are made up of some 65,000 volumes. Primary users are faculty and students in the Physics Department and Astronomy Depart- ment. The physics collection contains predominantly upper level material in high energy, solid state, particle, and low temperature physics, astrophys- ics, and acoustics. The astronomy collection contains both general and Services include reference and data base searching in such data bases as Inspec, SciSearch, and Spin. Public Health Library, M2030 School of Public Health II,764-5473 This library serves faculty and stu- dents associated with the School of Public Health, as well as the U-M aca- demic community as a whole. Materi- als housed in the Public Health Library encompass a broad range of subjects related to public health, including en- vironmental and industrial health; ma- ternal and child health; population planning; health behavior and health education; community health pro- grams; biostatistics; nutrition; epi- demiology; and public health policy and administration. The collection is also notable for its U.S. Public Health Service and World Health Organiza- tion publications and its comprehen- sive selection of documents generated by the Michigan Radioactive Waste Control Committee. The Reference Collection houses a variety of impor- tant statistical sources, such as the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics' Vital and Health Statistics and Vital Statistics of the United States, Mortal- ity and Natality. Pamphlets, books, and journals of the Health Services Management and Policy Collection are also available. Library services include refer- ence assistance, bibliographic instruc- tion, and online data base searching. Social Work Library, 1548 Frieze Bldg., 764-5169 With holdings of some 37,000 vol- umes and 500 periodicals, including reprint collections, a vertical file, and strong collections of current informa- tion pertaining to social work and so- cial welfare, the Social Work Library primarily serves the research and teaching needs of the U-M School of Social Work. Scholars in other areas of the social sciences are drawn to this library's relevant collections, as well. Special services include online data base searching, bibliographic in- struction, and reference. A lift is avail- able for entrance to the library by handicapped patrons. Questions may be sent to "Social Work Library" via MTS. Taubman Medical Library, 1135 E. Catherine Street, 763-3071 The Alfred Taubman Medical Library collects biomedical science books and journals to serve the information needs of the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and University Hospitals. Professional assistance in locat- ing information, verifying references, and conducting research is generally available seven days a week. Online searches in a wide variety of data bases are available for a fee and are com- pleted within 24 hours. Do-it-yourself searches of MEDLINE and PsycLIT Rare and Handle w The University Library was a pioneer in the tradition of protecting rare and valuable books. The segrega- tion of these books at U-M began in the early 1900s, when the Department of Rare Books and Special Collec- tions started building collections of international distinction. It now houses a variety of materials, some of purely intrinsic value, others that have been obtained because they are part of a body of literature valuable to many research enterprises. The Department occupies the seventh floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library. An exhibit area immediately adjacent to the elevator lobby offers a changing display of materials, made up, for the most part, of items owned by the Department. These exhibits are open to all, as are the collections them- selves, in general. Individual materi- als must be consulted in the nearby reading room, which is staffed during all open hours, lOam to noon and 1 to 5pm, Mondays through Fridays, and 10am to noon on Saturdays during the regular school year. Visitors are ad- vised to call ahead for hours during the spring and summer terms and holiday and intersession periods. Catalogs of Departmental hold- ings, including manuscripts and non- book materials, are located in the reading room. An attendant can assist in the use of the catalogs, including the online bibliographic data base on seri- als and pamphlets in the Labadie Collection, to help identify materials for research, to advise in requests for photocopying and filming, and to give general research assistance and an- swer questions about the collections. The Department is a microcosm of the Library as a whole. It collects materials on virtually every subject of importance to teaching and research in the University, but the emphasis is on primary source materials-manu- scripts, first editions, eyewitness ac- counts, key texts in the history of The South Wing of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, home of the largest single library collection on the Michigan campus. branch and divisional libraries for placement among relevant collec- tions. The Center now offers a number of electronic data bases, including Op- text, for access to the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations; the Hannah Associates data base ondaily governmental happenings in the Michigan and Ohio legislatures; and the Economic Bulletin Board, pub- lished by the Department of Com- merce. Circulation Services - North and South Lobbies Library materials may be charged out and renewed at the north and south circulation desks. The north desk also takes requests for delivery of items from Buhr, initiates searches for unlo- cated materials, places currently circu- lating items on hold or recall, and collects fines. Map Library - Room 825 South This unit offers reference service for its collection of 260,000 government and commercial maps-- topographic, geologic, historical, demographic, etc.--for all areas of the world. It also provides such related items as atlases, gazetteers, tracing tables, journals, aerial photographs, and satellite images. Area Programs - Room 110 North Four area programs are housed within the Graduate Library building: Slavic, Near East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Each program is staffed by specialists with pertinent language skills who perform compre- hensive library services for their col- lections in cooperation with the University's multidisciplinary area study centers. A separate reference collection is maintained for these pro- grams in Room 110 North. Photoduplication Services - Room 2 North This unit provides photocopying on a fee basis. It is especially helpful for copying materials that are not well suited for use at self-service photo- copying machines. Photoduplication machines are located in many areas of the building. They may be operated by using coins or magnetic VendaCards, which are sold from machines in sev- eral locations in the Library system. Seating is located throughout the Graduate Library and most is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Ph.D. candidates may apply for as- signed carrels; any student may apply for a book locker. Hours: M-Thurs, 8am-midnight; F, 8am-10pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, Jpm-midnight. The schedule varies during holidays, breaks, and interses- sion periods. Collections and services in the research materials pertaining to the Natural Science Library support history of astronomy, astrophysics, advanced scholarship in biology, and galactic and extragalactic astron- geology, and natural resources. Principal reference titles include omy. Special features include star complete sets of Science Citation charts and extraterrestrial maps. The Index, Biological Abstracts, and two collections are integrated in the Bibliography and Index of Geology. library and both books and bound Online searching of RLIN and other journals are shelved together and cir- data bases via Dialog, BRS and STN culate. Buhr Facility Provides Space, Safety Z i Crowded stacks at all U-M li- braries and the need to protect valu- able books led to the opening several years ago of the Buhr remote shelving facility, about a half-mile west of Central Campus. According to Jim Cruse, Head of Circulation Services, the Graduate Library is overstocked at 110 percent capacity and other campus libraries are experiencing even worse conditions. "We are trying to identify material, based on date of publication and past use, to be put at the Buhr facility," he says. Out-of-print books and books judged to be at risk are also shelved at Buhr. "Large sets or portfolios that have loose photos are irreplaceable," Cruse says. At the facility, materials are protected in a controlled environ- ment, averaging 65 degrees at 50 per- cent relative humidity, from the ef- fects of sunlight, pollution, high tem- perature and humidity, and poor han- dling practices. To maximize use of space, Buhr is a "high-density facility," where books are arranged in closed stacks by size rather than by call number se- quence and where staff members re- tneve materials for patrons. A com- fortable reading room is provided for persons who need to review non-cir- culating items. To facilitate easy access to circu- lating items, materials held at Buhr are so identified in the card catalog and/or in the Library's automated circulation system. Items requested at library service desks on Sundays through Thursdays are delivered for pick-up by patrons on the next day. Friday and Saturday requests are filled on the following Mondays. Patrons may also visit Buhr in person to borrow circulating items directly. The Buhr building, located at 200 Hill Street, is open from 8am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.