Welcome to the Barton College Parent Library Orientation!

Hackney Library is committed to helping students succeed academically while here at Barton College by providing the resources and services they need to do so. Some of these are listed below:

Resources to Help Your Child Meet His/Her Information Needs

Library Home Page (http://library.barton.edu)
This is the primary gateway to library resources--from it students can access most of the following resources (both from on campus, and from off campus with Barton login):

QuickSearch Enables one-stop simultaneous searching of general databases and online catalogs for the following:

• Books
• Electronic Books
• Magazine articles
• Journal articles
• Newspaper articles

Library Online Catalog Lists / Provides Access To:

• Books (Traditional paper format)
• Electronic Books (E-books are read on the computer screen)
• Government Documents
• Audiovisuals (Videos, DVDs, audiotapes, computer software)

Journal / Magazine / Newspaper Articles Available via indexes in the following formats:

• Print (Available in stacks on the first floor of the library)
• Electronic (Available full-text through NCLIVE and other online databases on both on- and off-campus computers)
• Microform (Microfilm and Microfiche available in the library using special readers/printers/scanners)

Other Online Resources Selected Web Sites and Non-Article Databases

• Listed By Subject
• Listed by Title

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 in the library by instructors for in-library use by students. Items that have been placed on Reserve are located behind the library's 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.

Interlibrary Loan Services Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service which allows all our patrons, including students, to obtain books or journal articles that Hackney Library does not own. We work with libraries all across the country to share materials that our patrons need. In most cases, books and journal articles obtained on ILL are free. 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, students may fill out electronic forms on the library's web page.

Instructional Help Available for Students Through the Library

In Person:

During library orientations provided to individual classes

During individual consultations with the reference librarians

Online:

Through email (reference@barton.edu) to reference librarians

Through chat via NCknows (24/7 Reference Help) to reference librarians across the US

Through Help pages available from all pages on our library web site

Through Research Guides from class orientations available on our library web site (Barton login required to access individual guides)

By Phone:

Reference help is available by phone when we are open at 252-399-6502 ( or x6502 from a campus phone)

Services Available to Students through the Library

Use of Hard-wired Computers The library provides access to 18 hard-wired networked student computers throughout the library. From these computer stations, students may search the library catalog and access all online library resources, complete assignments using Microsoft Office products, send and receive emails, surf the web, save to writeable CDs, sticks or flash drives, floppies, or their own folder on the network. They may also print to adjacent printers at these stations.

Use of Loaner Wireless Laptops in Library Several loaner laptops that can access the library's wireless network are available to Barton students for check-out from the circulation desk for in-library use only. A Barton ID and the signing of a contract agreeing to terms of use each time the wireless laptop is checked out are required. Note: Personal laptops may also be used in the library with a wireless network password available from a reference librarian.

Use of Disabled/Handicapped Access Computer 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.

Laminating, Binding, and Transparencies Hackney Library offers the use of its do-it-yourself spiral binding machine to faculty/staff and students (spiral spines and front/back covers are 50 cents each). In addition, the library provides pocket lamination (8-1/2 x 11" size) for 50 cents each. Transparencies for use in the copy machines may be purchased for 25 cents each at the Circulation Desk.

Use of Black/White and Color Printers In addition to several black/white printers available in the library, students also have the use of a color printer, located behind the circulation desk on the first floor. Charges for printing are deducted from each student's print quota, which is renewed each semester.

Use of Black/White and Color Copier and Scanner The library has a combination black/white and color copy machine that is also networked to scan documents to email accounts. The copier's attached coin-op will take dollar bills and coins (and make change) to make copies. Black/white copies are 10 cents per page, and color copies are 25 cents per page. There is currently no charge for scanning documents to email.

Fax Services The library operates a fax machine which can be used by students for both the transmission and receipt of documents. There is no charge to receive faxes; however, we do charge to transmit them. 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.

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

Collaborative Study Areas Group tables, a brainstorming table with whiteboard, 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 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 to borrow when they need a break from their academic pursuits.

New York Times Best-Seller Fiction and Non-Fiction Hackney Library has contracted with Eastern Book Company to purchase selected titles from the New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Lists, both fiction and nonfiction. These new purchases circulate for two weeks instead of the usual 28 days while they are shelved initially in a New Books collection on the first floor across from the reference desk. Eventually, they are moved to the permanent collections upstairs, at which time the circulation period for them becomes the standard 28 days.

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).

Use of Local Public Library Hackney Library has a special arrangement with the local Wilson County Public Library to allow current Barton students (even those whose permanent address is outside the county or state) to obtain library cards to check out materials from the public library's circulating collections (Barton ID is required when applying for a public library card). Access to the public library's collections, especially its fiction and children's/young adult books as well as its leisure magazine collection, helps augment our own limited collections in these areas, both for coursework and for leisure reading. The Wilson County Public Library's main location is just a few blocks' walk from campus.

Food / Beverages Drink and snack vending machines are available on the first floor in the lounge area of the library. Refreshments may be taken anywhere in the library as long as care is taken to protect library resources from damage caused by spillage and as long as trash and debris are placed in proper receptacles.

Library Hours & Who's Who in the Library

Library Hours
Regular semester hours are as follows: Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am-11 pm; Fridays, 8 am-5 pm; Saturdays, 10 am-5 pm; Sundays, 2-11 pm. Weekend College hours and special holidays and other exceptions are listed on the Library Hours page.

Library Contact Information and Faculty/Staff