Due to some shifting of display cases in the Arts Library, the microfilm/fiche reader has been relocated from its previous spot near the computer workstations to one of the study tables in the reference area.
For patrons in need of a reader/printer, you may sign out our microfilm for use in Young Research Library’s Microform & Media Services (2nd floor).
This year, the Arts Library replaced our older flatbed scanners with a new KIC model. The new scanner is located next to the two library photocopiers. It costs 16 cents per image to e-mail or save to a flash drive, and has a number of capabilities. It can create color or black and white scans, and goes up to 400 dpi in JPEG, PDF, or TIFF files. It also has the capability of cropping images, and scanning one or two pages from a book at a time.
Though used more heavily by patrons in Art and Architecture, this scanner can also be quite useful for researchers in performing arts fields. It is preservation friendly, so we often allow scans of rare film periodicals in cases where photocopying isn’t allowed. It also creates much crisper image reproductions, when a particular image photocopies poorly or needs to be created in color.
If you’d like a short tutorial on using the KIC scanner, please let me know.
Do you know about the overflow shelves?
As any visitor to the Arts Library quickly learns, we have more books than physical space. In addition to titles stored at SRLF, recently returned books are often on 3rd floor shelving carts. But, we also have an “overflow” area on the 1st (bottom) floor, arranged by call number with the oversize titles on the left-hand wall shelves. These books are often in tight call number ranges where we can’t reshelve them right away. It’s a useful additional place to look when you can’t find a book on the regular shelves.
As always, if you can’t find locate materials on the shelves, ask that we put a search on the item for you. A search request can also be made online.
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