As
the center for intellectual endeavor at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, the Olin C. and
Marjorie H. Bailey Library actively responds to the research and instructional
needs of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students and faculty. The library works with all members of
the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community to establish a nurturing environment that promotes
scholarship, learning, creativity, and the freedom of inquiry that is the
foundation of a democratic society.Ìý
°Â¾±³Ù³ó¾±²ÔÌýBailey Library are its collections, research support services,
the Writing Center, the Wilbur D. Mills Collection, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
College Archives, the Arkansas
United Methodist Archives, and three instructional spaces where peer
learning, library instruction, and classroom instruction occur. The adjacent
Jennings L. Snoddy Academic Resource Center features a 24-hour accessible
student computer lab (part of which can be converted into a teaching
classroom), the Testing Center, a seminar classroom, and 24-hour study rooms.
The library service desks, printers, a digital scanner, audiovisual and
microfilm viewing rooms, classrooms (including the Learning Commons and a
library instruction lab), the Writing Center, the Mills Collection, and the
Snoddy Center are on the first floor. Current and past issues of print
periodicals, the reference collection, a browse-able video collection, and
microforms are also on the first floor. The second floor has main collection
books, including juvenile books, the archives, a seminar classroom, and group
study rooms. Individual desks and tables are located throughout the library for
private study. Works of art from the college’s permanent collection are on
display, and the library also provides space for temporary and student
exhibits.
LIBRARY SERVICES AND RESEARCH SUPPORT
Library
services include access to print and
electronic collections,Ìýresearch
support services,Ìýinstructional
sessions, and interlibrary
loan. Librarians are happy to help locate quality resources
supporting research and classroom work and to assist with the critical
evaluation of academic information. Countless hours can be saved by asking a
librarian to recommend reference works, research databases, websites, or
library collections that are appropriate to research needs. Librarians provide
individual research assistance and lead library instruction
sessions, arranged with Classroom Teachers, to meet the research needs
of students in their classes. Librarians also conduct tours and workshops on
particular topics. Library Associates, highly trained student workers, support
the research needs of their peers  or during
evening hours.Ìý
If
needed information is not in the Bailey collections, librarians can identify
relevant materials within other libraries’ print and electronic collections and
provide easy access through cooperation with other regional libraries or
through Interlibrary
Loan.Ìý
COLLECTIONS AND ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF KNOWLEDGEÂ
Bailey
Library boasts an excellent small academic collection with 237,000 bound
volumes, 40,400 ebooks, over 3,600 films, and access to over 123,000 electronic
journal titles. The library’s books, ebooks, government documents, and media
are searchable on the , where
students and faculty can also access their library accounts.
Bailey
Library provides electronic access to 50 subscription ,
including both multidisciplinary and subject-specific databases. Our online  instruct students and faculty how to find and
use our different databases and other resources.Ìý
Students
may borrow materials from the main book collection for the length of the
semester. Materials placed on reserve by instructors, videos, CDs, and bicycles,
and a telescope may be borrowed for shorter periods of time. For details about
borrowing policies and procedures, consult the Bailey
Library website.Ìý
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students can also borrow materials from the University of Central Arkansas’  and Central Baptist College's , upon
presenting a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ ID. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
College Archives is
dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and to making
available its collections to researchers. Students and other researchers can
access some materials by searching finding aids and digitized materials on the Archives’
website. Other materials may be accessed by appointment.ÌýÂ