Library Services
LIBRARY SERVICES
The G.R. Little Library is the interactive information resource center for the campus and community, serving as a research portal for students and faculty in support of their academic endeavors. The library is also open to the general public, who may obtain a library card and are encouraged to join the Friends of the Library.
With its extensive collections, services, and connections to external resources, the library ensures that all students and faculty have access to the information resources they need to fulfill the mission of the University. The library’s online public access catalog provides patrons with a searchable database of the library’s holdings. The library’s collections are classified according to the Library of Congress Classification System with a few minor exceptions.
The library offers access to a print collection of more than 245,000 monographs and reference works and an electronic collection of more than 200,000 titles; a journal collection of more than 49,000 titles online and in print; and a collection of more than 200 online research databases. In addition, the library offers a multimedia collection that includes documentary and popular films, sound recordings, e-books, e-audio books, and audio recordings. The library also provides access to WorldCat, a union catalog of the holdings of more than 10,000 academic and public libraries worldwide, whose resources are made available to ECSU patrons through its Interlibrary Loan service.
The library is service-oriented and patron-friendly. Librarians and support staff are available to assist patrons with a variety of library services and resources, including the University Archives. The library provides informational tours, lectures, classroom instruction, and information literacy tutorials, and librarians are available for one-on-one assistance and distance education exam proctoring. Additionally, conference rooms, a collaborative learning center, individual study carrels, a dedicated research computer lab, and other computers are available for use by the campus community.
Located on the second floor of the library is the Library Instruction Lab and the Claude Green Computer Lab, both are equipped for faculty and librarian-led instruction sessions. The labs hold 20 Dell PC workstations each and are used to support the library’s information literacy program. When not in use for instruction sessions, these labs are available as quiet study labs for students.
The Music Library is a branch of the G.R. Little Library. It is located in the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Building (Room 234) on the second floor. The library provides a carefully curated collection of resources for music students. It houses music scores, DVD's, CD's, music journals and music reference materials. The Music Library is open to all students as well as to the public and provides six computer workstations that allow students to print. The music librarian provides one-on-one library instruction and classroom instructions to the Department of of Visual and Performing Arts.
The Curriculum Resource Center (CRC), located on the second floor of the Gilchrist Building (Room 210), is the newest addition to Library Services. It houses state-adopted textbooks, children’s literature, reference books and other items vital to Education majors and faculty. The CRC also provides four Mac computer workstations for patron use.
Students are encouraged to participate in the library through work-study opportunities that are available throughout the school year.
For the most up-to-date library hours, please see the library website at www.ecsu.edu/library. Contact: Director of Library Services, (252) 335-3586.