| The Wesleyan University
Library is one of the finest small academic libraries in
the United States, with holdings of about 1.3 million
items including books, serial subscriptions, microforms,
and government documents. The library actively develops
and maintains a rapidly growing collection of
state-of-the-art electronic indexes and full-text
resources. The extent and variety of the library
collections provide strong support for the educational
mission of the University. As a member of the CTW
Consortium, Wesleyan shares an online catalog with
Trinity College and Connecticut College. The CTW system
provides easy access to, and daily delivery of, materials
for students and faculty from the other member
institutions. More information about the library's
collections, hours, and services is available at:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/
Olin Memorial Library is one of Wesleyan's most
architecturally significant buildings. The pleasant
environment and the richness of the collections combine
to make Olin Library one of the major focal points on
campus for study, research, and scholarly communication.
The Olin stacks contain materials in the humanities and
social sciences. Other collections housed in the building
include scores and recordings, the World Music Archives,
Special Collections, the University archival collections,
a microform center, periodical reading room, and United
States government documents.
Reference librarians in the Campbell Reference Center
are available to provide instruction on information
research and to assist and advise library users on
locating the information resources they need, whether
those resources are held at Wesleyan or are available
elsewhere in the world. Olin Library also contains the
Interlibrary Loan Office as well as library
administrative offices and processing units.
For more information about Olin Library or to take a
virtual tour of the building on the Web, please see:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/
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The Art Library is located at 301 High Street,
situated in the back of the Davison Art Center. The
library's collection contains books, current periodicals,
and reference materials in the fields of art and
architectural history, photography, and studio arts. Due
to the space available at Davison, many of the older art
books and all of the bound art journals are shelved in
Olin Library. The CTW online catalog represents the art
holdings in both locations. You may schedule an
appointment for individual instruction on how to find
resources for class assignments. For more information
about the Art Library and its services and holdings,
please see www.wesleyan.edu/libr/arthome/arthome.htm,
or call, 685-3326.
Regular semester hours are Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–11 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.–11 p.m.
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The Scores &Recordings Collection, located on the
third floor of Olin Library, houses the library's
collection of musical scores and sound recordings of both
spoken word and music. The collection also includes the
World Music Archives. The Scores &Recordings staff
includes the music librarian and two music library
assistants.
The regular circulating collection has 10,000 LP
recordings, more than 7,000 CDs, 300 cassette tapes, and
13,000 scores. The majority of the books about music
(classed ML and MT) are in the Olin stacks. Reference
books are located both in Scores &Recordings and the
Campbell Reference Center. Scores & Recordings also
has copies of Wesleyan master's theses and doctoral
dissertations in music. Videos, except for World Music
Archives material, are kept with other library videos in
the Reserve Room.
Scores circulate the same as books with the exception of editions of composers' complete works, which circulate only to faculty and graduate students. CDs in the regular collection circulate for two weeks to graduate students and faculty and one week to undergraduate students. LPs circulate only to graduate students and faculty for two weeks. Users can listen to LPs, CDs, and reserve tapes via headphones at any of our 20 individual listening stations. Mirroring the Music Department and its interests, the primary strengths of the music collection are world music and 20th-century experimental music. For more detailed information about the music collections at Wesleyan University, please visit: www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srdir.htm.
Regular semester hours are Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–11 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.–11 p.m.
For more information, contact: music
librarian 685-3899.
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The Science Library, located in the center of the
Science Tower complex, serves the departments of
astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth and environmental
sciences, mathematics, molecular biology,
biochemistry, psychology and physics. The Science Library provides
scientific indexes and abstracts, books, journals, maps,
videos, computer disks, and a variety of other materials. The CTW online catalog provides access to the holdings of all
the Wesleyan libraries, as well as those from Connecticut
College and Trinity College. The Wesleyan University
Library homepage on the Internet is a gateway to the
world of knowledge.
For more information about the Science Library, please
refer directly to our homepage on the Web at www.wesleyan.edu/libr/scihome/scilib.htm,
or call, science librarian, at 685-3714.
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The Theater Script Collection is located in the
Theater Department.. The library is
located in the Theater and Dance Studios and is open
during the regular working day.
For more information: 685-2950
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The W.E.B.DuBois Library is located on the second floor of the Malcom X House and can be accessed from the Malcolm X House dormitory entrance. The library has become a major source of information on many aspects of African American culture and literature.
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The World Music Archives, housed in the Scores
&Recordings Collection, is well known for its
holdings of world music recordings, some made as early as
the 1920s, with copies of original recordings made as
early as 1897. Its collections from South India,
Indonesia, Japan, and Native Americans are among the most
extensive in the world. Many of these were recorded by
Wesleyan faculty and students in the course of their
travels and fieldwork and deposited as a resource for
future researchers. In addition, the Archives hold
recordings of most Wesleyan concerts and student
recitals. All of these are available for in-house
listening and in certain circumstances, can be copied
with permission.
The World Music Archives staff can be reached Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., at 685-3826 or 685-3899, and will answer any questions about the use of the archives. More detailed information may be found at: www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srwma.htm.
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Special Collections & Archives is located on the
first floor of Olin Library and holds Wesleyan's rare
books, manuscripts, and the University Archives. The
collection includes more than 25,000 rare books from the
earliest examples of printing with movable type in the
1450s to current artists' books and over 3,000 cubic feet
of archival and manuscript material. Specific strengths
include the holdings of early printed books, Renaissance
books, British and American literature, poetry, and
examples of fine printing. The University Archives hold
significant collections of documents tracing the history
of Wesleyan from 1831 to the present time.
The SC &A staff provides in-depth reference
service as well as individual and group instruction.
Reading room hours are Monday –Friday, 1:30 –5
p.m. Please see the Special Collections &Archives Web
site for complete information on holdings and policies
at: www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/schome.htm,
or call 685-3864.
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