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Since your web browser does not support JavaScript, here is a non-JavaScript version of the image slideshow: The Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, located on the west end of the campus, currently houses 500,000 volumes in two buildings, the Copley Building and Camino Hall. Its collections include books, journals, reference works, government documents, pamphlets, newspapers in many languages, maps, videos, sound recordings, microforms and rare books. TheAccess Services department is located next to the main entrance. Its staff assist students in finding and checking out the materials available in the library including books; interlibrary loan and Circuit items; current and back issues of periodicals; media materials such as video, DVD’s, LP’s and cassette recordings; and reserve materials. The Media Collections are near the entrance to the library, just past the Access Services counter and to the left. These contain collections of DVD’s, videocassettes, CD’s and CD-ROM’s. Newer titles are classified with Library of Congress call numbers and are in separate drawers from the older titles, which are classified with "VC" (Videocassette) and "CD" call numbers. The Microform Collections contain research reports and back issues of newspapers and journals. They are housed in cabinets just beyond the Media Collections. Microform viewers are located with them. The journals for the current year are kept on the main floor of the Copley building in the northwest corner, beyond the microform viewers. Across from the Reserve Desk is the light reading collection, also known as the McNaughton collection. This is a leased collection of books intended primarily for leisure reading. It contains many current works of fiction and nonfiction from The New York Times Best Seller List and popular authors. There are over forty PC workstations with printing capabilities and 1 CD-ROM station on the library’s main floor and six workstations in the stacks for quick catalog searches. The PC workstations are provided for library research hence word processing and spreadsheets are not available. The PC workstations provide access through the Internet to SALLY, the library’s catalog, to subscription databases, to electronic reserves and to other web resources. The Reference Department is located on the main floor of Copley Library, across from the Access Services desk. Reference librarians provide research assistance to students by helping them formulate research strategies and locate suitable information resources, and they offer instruction in the use of all library resources, whether print, electronic, microform or audio-visual. Books in the reference collection provide summaries, introductions, definitions, background information, and citations to further resources on all subjects. This collection is an excellent place to begin a research project. Reference resources include dictionaries, thesauri, general and specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, directories, atlases, statistical resources, indexing and abstracting resources, and biographical dictionaries. The Mother Rosalie Hill Reading Room occupies the main and mezzanine library floors of Camino Hall. It is modeled after a reading room at a university near Madrid in Spain and is thought by many to be one of the most beautiful and quiet study spaces on campus, with seating for 300 students. Wi-Fi pickup for laptops is available. The Hill Reading Room houses the art, music, and photography collections with Library of Congress call numbers beginning with M, N, and TR. The Children’s Literature Room, at the northeast corner of the Hill Reading Room, contains a large collection of children’s books, many of them prize-winners, such as Newbery and Caldecott books. This collection is meant primarily to support the university’s academic programs, but faculty and students frequently bring their children to it to check out books. The Music Listening Room is at the southeast side of the Hill Reading Room. It was established in the early 1990’swhen a local radio station switched its classical music collection to CD’s and donated its entire LP record collection to Copley Library. The room holds over 9,000 LP’s and has several record players with headphones. The University Archives, located on the mezzanine floor in the Camino Wing, contains documents, photographs and publications related to the history of the University of San Diego. Access is by appointment. The Camino Stacks are at the East end of the library downstairs from the main entrance and to the left. Camino houses books with Library of Congress call numbers beginning with P through Z. Journals that are more then a year old are sent off and bound into book form and are kept downstairs in the Camino Stacks. Journals are arranged in alphabetical order by title. The Seminar Room is located on the west side of the ground floor of the Copley Building and is used by the librarians to hold classes. This room can be used for group study space when librarians are not using it. Only librarians may reserve it and other rooms in the library. The Media Viewing Room is located on the west side of the ground floor of the Copley Building, in front of the Seminar Room. This room is equipped for small group viewing of videocassettes and DVD’s. The playback machines are capable of operating under several international video standards, including PAL, for viewing foreign films. The room can comfortably accommodate up to six students The Copley East Stacks Room is downstairs from the main library entrance, to the right down the corridor and through the doors on the right. The East Stacks Room houses the Library of Congress call numbers beginning with A through DK269. The Pre-shelving area is also located in the Copley East Stacks room. This area is important because it is where returned books are stored awaiting permanent shelving. If the SALLY catalog notes that a book is available and it cannot be found in its proper place, this is the first place one should look. The Copley West Stacks Room is downstairs from the main entrance, to the right down the corridor and through the doors to the left. The West Stacks Room houses the Library of Congress call numbers beginning with DK269 through L. Technical Services, on the ground floor of the Copley Building, is responsible for the cataloging of the all the resources acquired by Copley Library, for the preservation of all library collections, and for book repair and binding. The printing system for Copley Library is available at a single station located near the Reference Desk on the main floor. It consists of a computer, which lists the print jobs in queue, a magnetic strip reader, a printer, and a campus card machine. Payment for printing is done through the campus cash process using either one’s ID card or a gift card purchased through the Campus Card Office.
The Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, located on the west end of the campus, currently houses 500,000 volumes in two buildings, the Copley Building and Camino Hall. Its collections include books, journals, reference works, government documents, pamphlets, newspapers in many languages, maps, videos, sound recordings, microforms and rare books.
TheAccess Services department is located next to the main entrance. Its staff assist students in finding and checking out the materials available in the library including books; interlibrary loan and Circuit items; current and back issues of periodicals; media materials such as video, DVD’s, LP’s and cassette recordings; and reserve materials.
The Media Collections are near the entrance to the library, just past the Access Services counter and to the left. These contain collections of DVD’s, videocassettes, CD’s and CD-ROM’s. Newer titles are classified with Library of Congress call numbers and are in separate drawers from the older titles, which are classified with "VC" (Videocassette) and "CD" call numbers.
The Microform Collections contain research reports and back issues of newspapers and journals. They are housed in cabinets just beyond the Media Collections. Microform viewers are located with them.
The journals for the current year are kept on the main floor of the Copley building in the northwest corner, beyond the microform viewers.
Across from the Reserve Desk is the light reading collection, also known as the McNaughton collection. This is a leased collection of books intended primarily for leisure reading. It contains many current works of fiction and nonfiction from The New York Times Best Seller List and popular authors.
There are over forty PC workstations with printing capabilities and 1 CD-ROM station on the library’s main floor and six workstations in the stacks for quick catalog searches. The PC workstations are provided for library research hence word processing and spreadsheets are not available. The PC workstations provide access through the Internet to SALLY, the library’s catalog, to subscription databases, to electronic reserves and to other web resources.
The Reference Department is located on the main floor of Copley Library, across from the Access Services desk. Reference librarians provide research assistance to students by helping them formulate research strategies and locate suitable information resources, and they offer instruction in the use of all library resources, whether print, electronic, microform or audio-visual.
Books in the reference collection provide summaries, introductions, definitions, background information, and citations to further resources on all subjects. This collection is an excellent place to begin a research project. Reference resources include dictionaries, thesauri, general and specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, directories, atlases, statistical resources, indexing and abstracting resources, and biographical dictionaries.
The Mother Rosalie Hill Reading Room occupies the main and mezzanine library floors of Camino Hall. It is modeled after a reading room at a university near Madrid in Spain and is thought by many to be one of the most beautiful and quiet study spaces on campus, with seating for 300 students. Wi-Fi pickup for laptops is available. The Hill Reading Room houses the art, music, and photography collections with Library of Congress call numbers beginning with M, N, and TR.
The Children’s Literature Room, at the northeast corner of the Hill Reading Room, contains a large collection of children’s books, many of them prize-winners, such as Newbery and Caldecott books. This collection is meant primarily to support the university’s academic programs, but faculty and students frequently bring their children to it to check out books.
The Music Listening Room is at the southeast side of the Hill Reading Room. It was established in the early 1990’swhen a local radio station switched its classical music collection to CD’s and donated its entire LP record collection to Copley Library. The room holds over 9,000 LP’s and has several record players with headphones.
The University Archives, located on the mezzanine floor in the Camino Wing, contains documents, photographs and publications related to the history of the University of San Diego. Access is by appointment.
The Camino Stacks are at the East end of the library downstairs from the main entrance and to the left. Camino houses books with Library of Congress call numbers beginning with P through Z.
Journals that are more then a year old are sent off and bound into book form and are kept downstairs in the Camino Stacks. Journals are arranged in alphabetical order by title.
The Seminar Room is located on the west side of the ground floor of the Copley Building and is used by the librarians to hold classes. This room can be used for group study space when librarians are not using it. Only librarians may reserve it and other rooms in the library.
The Media Viewing Room is located on the west side of the ground floor of the Copley Building, in front of the Seminar Room. This room is equipped for small group viewing of videocassettes and DVD’s. The playback machines are capable of operating under several international video standards, including PAL, for viewing foreign films. The room can comfortably accommodate up to six students
The Copley East Stacks Room is downstairs from the main library entrance, to the right down the corridor and through the doors on the right. The East Stacks Room houses the Library of Congress call numbers beginning with A through DK269.
The Pre-shelving area is also located in the Copley East Stacks room. This area is important because it is where returned books are stored awaiting permanent shelving. If the SALLY catalog notes that a book is available and it cannot be found in its proper place, this is the first place one should look.
The Copley West Stacks Room is downstairs from the main entrance, to the right down the corridor and through the doors to the left. The West Stacks Room houses the Library of Congress call numbers beginning with DK269 through L.
Technical Services, on the ground floor of the Copley Building, is responsible for the cataloging of the all the resources acquired by Copley Library, for the preservation of all library collections, and for book repair and binding.
The printing system for Copley Library is available at a single station located near the Reference Desk on the main floor. It consists of a computer, which lists the print jobs in queue, a magnetic strip reader, a printer, and a campus card machine. Payment for printing is done through the campus cash process using either one’s ID card or a gift card purchased through the Campus Card Office.
