Post on 25-May-2015
Where Ideas, Learning, and Innovation Connect
When We’re OpenRegular Library Hours for
Semester:
• Monday – Thursday
8 am – 11 pm • Friday
8 am – 9 pm • Saturday
10:30 am – 9 pm • Sunday
11:30 am – 11 pm
Reference Serviceswww.oswego.edu/library/askalibrarian
• Chat• Phone (315-312-4267)• Email
(askalibrarian@oswego.edu)• Chat anytime with a librarian
from another college—immediately.
• Research Appointments• Texting• Roving Reference
Library Spaces• Variety of
Study Areas• Computers
and Computer Lab
• Cafe
24 Hour Study Room
Open 7 days a week, 24 Hours whenever classes are in session.
Group Study Rooms
12 Study Rooms and Group Presentation Rooms Available for Student Use
Continuous Improvement of Spaces
Penfield continues to move toward creating a Learning Commons with technology rich collaboration spaces such as our “IGLUs”
Penfield’s Resource Sharing Partnership
Penfield is a leader in Resource Sharing, and a major partner in the IDS Project, an
award winning resource sharing consortium.
Penfield’s Café serves a variety of Starbucks coffee, and food that can be taken to wherever students are studying.
We have a lot going on…
Community Outreach
Penfield offers booksales open to the community, has a well established food for fines program, and offers reference services and computer use to community members.
Penfield also works collaboratively with local schools and school librarians.
Liaison Program• Subject Librarians have established relationships with specific departments,
delivering instruction, collection management, and outreach for the library.
• Faculty and Librarians work collaboratively to connect resources and teaching to evolving curricular needs.
Special CollectionsExtensive college and local history collection.
Growing online presence with digitized collections.
Major collections such as President Millard Fillmore’s papers, E.A.Sheldon papers, and Oswego Safe Haven collection.
Penfield hosts a “display to archives” program each year celebrating the scholarly and creative activities of faculty and staff.
Computer Science Faculty Damian Schofield gives advice on how to succeed in scholarly publishing.
Innovative Technologies
• Technologies for students• Multimedia production facilities• Resource sharing technology• Technology rich professional environment• Staff experienced in Instructional Design• Well staffed library technology team
Campus Partnerships• Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
housed in Penfield.• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs in
Penfield.• Office of Learning Services hosts tutoring in Penfield.• Several collaborative projects and staff sharing with
Campus Technology Services.• Librarians partner with Honors and other programs.• Librarians collaborate with teaching faculty as
members of most college committees and councils.
Fast Facts
• 470,000 volume collection• Over 100 databases• Over a half million visitors per year• 300 library instruction classes per year• 13,000 reference questions per year• 15,500 ILL transactions per year
For more Information
• @Penfield Newsletter
• Library Website• About Penfield Lib
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