Welcome to Barton College! The following information is intended to orient you as new employees to an overview of the resources and services available to you through Barton's Willis N. Hackney Library. The links found within each section of this page will lead you either to more in-depth information about each of the following topics or to the actual resources described here, so feel free to explore them in more depth at your leisure.

Materials Available in and through the Library

Library Home Page (http://library.barton.edu)

This is the primary gateway to library resources.

Books (Tips for Locating/Using)

• Print
• Electronic (E-books)
• How to Find via Catalog

Journals / Magazines / Newspapers (Tips for Locating/Accessing)

• Print and Microform
• Electronic
• Journal Finder
• Using Indexes to Find Articles
• Indexes Listed by Subject
• Indexes Listed by Index Title
• NCLIVE

Other Online Resources (Selected Internet Sites and Non-Article Databases)

• Listed By Subject
• Listed by Title

Circulation Policies

Detailed circulation policies for library materials can be found on the library's Circulation Policies web page, but in general, most books circulate for faculty and staff for an entire semester (although for all others for 28 days) and videos for 7 days for all patrons. Overdue notices are sent, either via email or campus mail, to faculty when items are not returned on time. Faculty and staff members do not accrue overdue fines, although we encourage faculty and staff to return items in a timely manner so all may have access. However, for lost or damaged books, faculty along with all other patrons will be assessed a replacement charge.

Although students and other patrons are not permitted to check out either reference materials or periodicals, faculty and staff may do so, with assistance from the circulation supervisor or reference librarian on duty.

Accessing Online Resources from Home / Off Campus

Services Available to Faculty / Staff through the Library

Class Orientations Reference librarians offer orientations in library research resources to classes at individual instructors' requests. Both introductory and upper-level class orientations are available, either in the library classroom or in various computer labs or classrooms around campus, depending on the needs of the instructor and students. To set up a class orientation, contact the reference desk at 252-399-6502 (x6502 on campus).

Interlibrary Loans Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service which allows all our patrons, including faculty and staff, to obtain books or journal articles that Hackney Library does not own. We work with libraries all across the country to obtain materials that our patrons need. For faculty and staff, in most cases, ILLs (books and articles) are free. Articles are often faxed to us, and for book requests, the lending library will send the entire book to be checked out to our patron. Because these items come from other libraries and are often sent through the mail, there is normally a delay of seven to ten days before interlibrary loans are received. To request a book or journal article on interlibrary loan, patrons may fill out electronic forms found under the "Interlibrary Loan" link in the Library Services section in the blue sidebar on the Library's web page. More detailed information about our Interlibrary Loan policies and online forms may be found on the Interlibrary Loans page as well.

Reserves Books and other materials--whether they come from the library's collection or from an instructor's personal collection--may be placed on Reserve by instructors for in-library use by students. Items that have been placed on Reserve are located behind the Circulation Desk. Reserve materials may only be used by students in the library and are circulated for three hour periods to ensure availability to all students in a given class or classes. (There are sometimes exceptions for overnight reserve checkout when faculty request it.) A Reserve Notebook is kept at the Circulation Desk containing complete lists of items placed on reserve by individual professors. The lists are arranged in alphabetical order by the instructor's last name, and then by course number.

Items may be placed on reserve by contacting the library's Circulation Supervisor at 252-399-6500 (x6500 on campus).

Services Available to the Barton Community through the Library

Fax Services The library operates a fax machine which can be used for both the transmission and receipt of documents. There is no charge to receive faxes, however we do charge to transmit them (either from individuals or from departmental budget codes). The charges are as follows:

• Domestic (Within United States): $2.00 for the first 5 pages, $1.00 for every additional set of 5 pages.
• International: $4.00 for the first 5 pages, $2.00 for every additional set of 5 pages.
• Faxes within Wilson County and to 800 or other toll-free numbers: Free.

The library fax number is 252-399-6571. If you plan to receive a fax, please ask the sender to include on the cover sheet your name and a phone number where you can be reached. This will enable us to contact you in a timely manner. After notification to the recipient, faxes received are placed in a basket at the library circulation desk for pick-up.

Quiet Study Areas Individual study carrels and both individual and group study rooms are available for students, faculty, and staff to use for more quiet study. The group study rooms are equipped with either whiteboards or chalkboards, and whiteboard markers/erasers and chalk/erasers are available for checkout from the circulation desk.

Collaborative Study Areas Group tables, sofas and easy chairs, plus the library classroom, are available for collaborative study on the library's first floor. Quiet conversation and collaboration are encouraged on this floor.

Use of Video/DVD Players The library has several VCRs and DVD players on which students, faculty, and staff may watch videos or DVDs in the library. Most of these are on mobile carts which can be moved to individual or group study rooms as needed.

Paperback Book Exchange Hackney Library has a small but growing Paperback Book Exchange, which contains leisure reading books for students, faculty, and staff to borrow when recreational reading is desired.

Popular Magazines We also subscribe to a few popular magazine titles, and the most current issues of these are displayed for easy access (these may not be checked out but must be read while in the library).

Disabled/Handicapped Services The library has a computer work station with assistive technology and ADA-compatible furniture, which is located in a small study room on the second floor of the library. The key to the room (which is kept locked because of the expensive equipment) may be checked out at the circulation desk. The work station is equipped with a programmable mouse with a trackball. Assistive software installed on the computer includes Jaws for Windows (screen-reading software for the visually impaired), Magic (screen-magnification software), Kurzweil Screen Reader (software for the learning disabled), and Dragon Speaking Naturally (voice-translation software).

Instructional manuals and cassette tapes to assist in using the software are available next to the computer. A printer/scanner is also available. Barton students and members of the Wilson community who need assistive technology have first priority in using the computer.

This project is 80-percent supported with federal LSTA funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.