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- Southern
University and A & M College
is a member of LOUIS
(Louisiana Online University Information System) - the ON-LINE
catalog of all academic libraries across the state.
- Faculty can submit their
book request via the WEB.
- Faculty can submit their
Reserve materials electronically.
- Faculty can request
ILL (Interlibrary Loan) materials ON-LINE.
- Faculty and Ph.D. students
(only) may check books out for a semester, but must return or renew
the books at the end of each semester.
- SU subscribes to a Document
Delivery system called (SU
Uncover).
- The Library is a part
of DEED-Net (Distance Education Electronic Delivery Network).
- The Library has several
FULL-TEXT database available via the Web.
- The Library has an Electronic
Reference service called "ASK
A LIBRARIAN".
- Faculty and graduate
students may obtain a LALINC card from the Circulation Desk to check
out materials from participating LALINC Libraries in the state.
- Faculty can access the
Library's ON-LINE catalog from their office, home or any computer with
Internet access.
- The Library displays
NEW BOOKS on the 1st floor near the Circulation Desk.
- Students and faculty
can access reserved course materials on the Web via ERL
(Electronic Reserve Library).
- The Music Listening
Center (MLC) has been upgraded.
- The Library has several
Mobile computing workstations available for checkout by University faculty.
This workstation includes a Laptop computer, INFOCUS Projection System
and Projection Screen.
- The Library is an $11
million facility with over 1 million volumes and was built in
1984.
- There are 4 floors with
a seating capacity of 1,400 and over 154,400 square feet of space.
- The Library subscribes
to 1,967 journals.
- Forty-five (45) CD-ROM
drives are available on the Local Area Network (LAN).
- Twenty-Five (45) CD-ROM
databases are loaded on the LAN.
- All Library faculty
and staff have e-mail addresses, access to the Internet, and PCs on
their desks.
- The Library Learning
Resource Center (LLRC) has over 60 computers available for student use
as well as two Xerox copier/printers and one color laser printer.
- The LLRC provides the
latest versions of word processing, desktop publishing and spreadsheet
applications software. Internet access is also available on all
workstations.
- The LLRC has three multimedia
graphic workstations with scanners.
- The J. Bennett Johnston
Teleconferencing Room is located on the 4th floor. This distance
learning facility accommodates 30 users.
- Faculty and students
using the Library have access to the Internet on three floors.
- A Systems & Technology
Office was established in 1993 and is responsible for all technology
in the Library. A Library Automation Advisory Committee assists
this office and the Dean on technology matters.
- The Library has written
grants which have been funded and has been co-investigators with other
departments on several other funded grants.
- The Library utilizes
the team approach in providing resources and services to the faculty,
staff, students and administrators.
- The Library publishes
a popular quarterly newsletter,CADE
Books and Bytes, which can be accessed through the Internet
at http://www.lib.subr.edu/data/bookbyte.htm.
- E-mail addresses for
students are provided by the Library Learning Resource Center (LLRC).
- In compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, the Library provides facilities to
meet the needs of the disable.
- Special collections
includes S. U. Archives, Camille S. Shade African-American Collection,
and the Music Listening Center.
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