Getting to know your library: Fun facts and figures'

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Getting to know your library Fun facts and
figures.

• Brought to you by
• MSU Libraries PR Committee

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Which main library entrance is closest to the
fountains?
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Beaumont Tower entrance
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Where is the oldest book in the library?
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Located in Special Collections

• Basement East
• The oldest printed book in the MSU collection is
  Scriptores rei rusticae from 1472.

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How big is the MSU Libraries collection?
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The MSU Libraries has

• 4.5 million volumes
• 3,218,000 Books
• 33,760 Journal Subscriptions
• 3,527,000 Microforms
• 9,000 CDs
• 10,000 Record Albums

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Where is the U in the Library?
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It is in two places

• It is YOU
• And the two wings form a U
• Only the basement and first floor connect the two
  wings

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Where do I begin?
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Main Library Reference, 1East

• Save time on your path to academic success.
• Start _at_ reference.
• Staff there can guide you in identifying,
  locating, and using library resources.

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Have a concern or suggestion?
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Use the Suggestion Box
Replies are posted on the bulletin board
Suggestion Forms
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Lost your computer disk?
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Information Desk, 1 Center

• Inquire about Lost Found at the Information
  Desk.
• Get directions there, too!

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Where can you find bus schedules in the library?
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Bus Schedules

• Below the bulletin board across from the
  Information Desk, 1Center.

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What is Circulation?
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Circulation, 1Center

• Book check-out
• Pickup location for ILL, InMich, Holds, found
  searches
• E-token printer problem solutions
• Update your library record

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How do you pull an all-nighter in the library?
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CyberCafé, 1 West

• Refuel your mind and body at the CyberCafé.

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Feeling squeezed?
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Compact Shelving

• Expand an aisle using compact shelving!
• Located in Basement, 3East

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Whats closer than Kinkos for copies?

• And where can you buy
• Disks
• Bluebooks
• Pens?

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Copy Center on 2 West

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Who is the largest publisher in the world?
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The United States Government

• Visit 3 West for U.S. government publications,
  and Michigan, Canadian, and international
  documents.

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Need to use a scanner?
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DMC, 4 West

• Go to the Digital Multimedia Center where you
  can
• Scan items
• Watch movies
• Listen to sound recordings
• And more

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What library location has art on its walls as
well as on its shelves?
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Fine Arts Library, 4West (art and music)
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Are all the collections in the Main Library
building?
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No, there are branch libraries

• These are just 3 of the larger branches
• Farthest away is Gull Lake Library in Hickory
  Corners

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Whats the largest computer lab on campus?
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Its the Main Library!

• 300 PCs/MACs
• Netlinks
• Wireless Zones
• E-token printers
• E-token color printer

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for 24 hour access to electronic resources such
as Proquest, Infotrac, WilsonSelect
Project due, check out

• www.lib.msu.edu