BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY

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BIO-MEDICAL LIBRARY

• TRAINING PROGRAM

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Bio-Medical Library Services

• Who ? What? Where? Why?

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Where in the LIBRARY is

• Carmen San Diegos service center?

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U OF MN LIBRARY LOCATIONS
Title Statistical abstract of the
United States -----------------------------------
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ON CALL NUMBER
STATUS WILSON Gov Pub (Short
Enter HOL 4 for holdings Loan) ENT/FISH/WILD Gov
Pub Enter HOL 5 for
holdings ST PAUL CENTRAL Gov Enter HOL 6
for holdings Pub WILSON Reference
Enter HOL 7 for holdings (Non-Circulating) WALTER
Enter HOL 8 for holdings JOURNALISM
Reference Enter HOL 9 for
holdings (Non-Circulating) BIO-MED
Enter HOL 10 for holdings -----------------
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UPSTAIRS
Services

• WHATS FOUND WHERE

DOWNSTAIRS
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Reference Services-2nd floor

• Locate specific information
• Identify bibliographic citations
• Teach clients to use library tools
• MNcat
• Computer based databases
• Internet access
• Research methods and techniques

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Additional Reference Services

• Teaching
• In the classroom
• In the library
• Interlibrary Borrows
• Mediated Bibliographic Searching
• 1 to 1 Reference Conferences

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Biomedical Information Service3rd floor room
305

• Library services to non- U of MN clients
• Corporate clients
• Individuals
• Courier pickups
• Pick up shelf
• ASK - Are you a U of MN student , staff or faculty

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Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology
and Medicine5th floor
Manuscripts Incunabula Periodicals Archives Books
Artifacts
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Technical Processing3rd floor, northeast corner

• Serials acquisitions and cataloging
• Bindery preparation
• Marking
• Acquisitions
• Cataloging

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Just What is Access?
Circulation Services Stack Maintenance Reserve
Services Photocopy Services Interlibrary Loans
and Borrows
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Circulations Many ServicesOverwhelmed? Want to
surrender?

• Charging and discharging
• Fines and lost book bills
• Directing clients to locations or services
• Building security
• Handing out held materials
• Explaining and enforcing library rules