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FRIEDSAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY 

LIBRARY INFORMATION for
St. Bonaventure University 
Buffalo Center students & faculty

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GENERAL INFORMATION  |  REFERENCE SERVICES  

INFORMATION PERTAINING TO McGRATH LIBRARY (HILBERT COLLEGE/BUFFALO CENTER):
BORROWING MATERIALS |  PERIODICALS | RESERVE   
PHOTOCOPIER  |  FOOD & DRINK   

OTHER INFORMATION:
ACQUIRING MATERIALS NOT IN McGRATH LIBRARY   
ACCESS TO OTHER LIBRARIES  |
COMPUTER RESOURCES (DATABASES & LAB INFORMATION)
LIBRARY HOURS

CONTACT INFORMATION 
(PHONE NUMBERS & E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR LIBRARY STAFF)

 

Please remember that the Buffalo Center & Main Campus Libraries are always available via telephone or e-mail to assist you!! 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Friedsam Memorial Library endeavors to make the world of information accessible to the university community.  To that end, the library has built, and continues to build, a strong traditional collection of materials (over 250,000 books, 1,300 periodical subscriptions and 60,000 bound periodical volumes), along with access to electronic sources either on CD-ROM, or online through the Internet.  In all this the library seeks not only to support university instruction with appropriate materials and access, but also to foster independent investigation and research by the university community.

Besides the main collection there are a number of specialized collections that the library maintains.  The Curriculum Center contains materials and textbooks supporting the School of Education.  The Government Documents Collection is composed of materials the library obtains through its status as a regional selective depository of federal and New York State government publications.

The library also has collections of unique resources that are of national and international importance.  In its coverage of the Franciscan movement, the Franciscan Institute Library is unmatched in the western hemisphere and can be equaled by only a few European libraries.  The Rare Book Collection contains nearly 10,000 items including late medieval manuscripts and early printed books.  The Special Collections section of the University Archives contains important materials on Thomas Merton, Robert Lax and Jim Bishop.

The Florentine-style building housing the library has one of the most beautiful reading rooms in the Western New York area.  The original building, constructed in 1937, was expanded in 1974, retaining as an interior design factor the outside brick walls and tying the new floors to the old by means of a dramatic staircase.  If you have not been to the SBU campus yet, please come down to visit!

 

REFERENCE SERVICES 

St. Bonaventure Buffalo Center students are welcome to utilize the reference services available at the St. Bonaventure campus library. Reference service can be obtained by sending e-mail to ref@sbu.edu or by phoning 375-2164.  The phone number for the Information Desk at Hilbert's McGrath Library is 649-7900, ext. 361. You can also use our 24/7 virtual reference service via the icon below:

 

 

BORROWING MATERIALS FROM THE McGRATH LIBRARY at HILBERT

McGrath Library generously extends borrowing privileges to St. Bonaventure Buffalo Campus students.  Books may be borrowed for three weeks (fines for overdue materials are 25 cents per day).  This excludes reference books, which are for library use only.  A valid and barcoded student ID (check with the circulation desk in McGrath Library) is required to check out books.  Students may not take out more than five books per day or have more than 15 books out at the same time.  A book may be renewed once (unless a "hold" has been placed on it).  The book must be brought back to the library to be renewed.  If the library catalog indicates that the book that you are looking for is checked out, stop at the information desk.  You may ask that the book be held for you upon its return.  You will be notified when it becomes available.

 

PERIODICALS AT McGRATH LIBRARY

Magazines, newspapers and journals available at McGrath Library must be requested at the Information Desk.  A pink slip is filled out and presented with a valid student ID.  Periodicals are for use inside the library only (not including computer lab or classrooms), and your ID is held until you return the items to the desk.  Periodicals may be photocopied.

 

RESERVE

Faculty members sometimes place books or articles on reserve.  This allows the material to be available for the entire class.  Reserve material may be requested at the Information Desk at the Hilbert Library.  It is for library use only and may be photocopied.  Your ID will be held at the desk.

An electronic reserve service is available from Friedsam Memorial Library via 
the Internet.  Passwords can be obtained by calling or e-mailing the SBU 
Information Desk at 375-2164, or ref@sbu.edu .  The link to use the service
may be found on the SBU library web page at http://www.sbu.edu -- Click on LIBRARY. 

 

PHOTOCOPIER

The photocopier is located on the first floor of McGrath Library.  Copies are $0.05 each.  The machine will take quarters as well as nickels and dimes.  Change for a dollar is available at the desk.

 

FOOD & DRINK

Food, drink and tobacco products are prohibited in the McGrath Library at Hilbert College.  Drinks are allowed in Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure University, provided that they are in covered, non-spillable containers.

 

ACQUIRING MATERIALS NOT IN THE McGRATH LIBRARY

Books and journal articles not available in the McGrath Library can be obtained either from the St. Bonaventure Library or through InterLibrary Loan. If the St. Bonaventure Library does not own the title you need, it can be ordered for you from another library.  In general, if the St. Bonaventure Library owns the material, you will receive it within 3 to 4 days. If it is necessary to obtain material through InterLibrary Loan, material should arrive in 1 1/2 to 2 weeks.  If you need a journal article, there will be a ten cents per page photocopy charge.

When you wish to request material, please:

FOR BOOKS

Check SBU's Online Catalog to see if Friedsam Memorial Library has the item.  If it is available, please submit request to McGrath Library staff on the Hilbert campus.  Inform the staff member that the book is available through Friedsam Library.

If the item is not available through Friedsam Library, please ask the McGrath Library staff to order it for you via InterLibrary Loan.

FOR ARTICLES

Send e-mail to Theresa Shaffer at tshaffer@sbu.edu.  

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Fill out a form that is found at the Information Desk in McGrath Library (the form will be forwarded by the library staff to Mrs. Shaffer at St. Bonaventure).

All materials will be available for pick-up at the circulation desk in McGrath Library on the Hilbert campus.

ACCESS TO OTHER LIBRARIES

An InfoPass card is available by application. Applications are available from the St. Bonaventure Buffalo Center office. These cards make it possible to borrow books from certain libraries, including SUNY/Buffalo and other area libraries.  After filling out the application, please either give it to one of your professors to send back via interoffice mail, or mail it yourself to Theresa Shaffer, Reference/Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Friedsam Memorial Library, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY  14778.

To search the catalogs of other libraries in the region, many of which participate in the InfoPass program, visit this site:  http://www.wnylibraries.org  

COMPUTER RESOURCES (Databases & Lab Information)

Please visit the libraries' web sites often!!  There are frequent changes to bring you the most up-to-date information and resources.  From the library's web page, you can access databases specifically licensed for St. Bonaventure University students, as well as use specially selected links to Internet resources.

The St. Bonaventure University library web address is http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam

The Hilbert College library web address is
http://www.hilbert.edu/resources/library.asp 

FRIAR Online Catalog:  Use the "Searching Online Databases" page for FRIAR access.

Databases:  Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure offers several computer resources, most of which are available over the Internet.  Please use the "Online Databases" page for complete information.

NOTE:  If you need a password, please pick up a database sheet at the Buffalo Center office or SBU table when you are at the Buffalo Center office, or call the Information Desk at the SBU library (375-2164 or email: ref@sbu.edu.  Please provide your student ID number to obtain a password, since we have to be very careful that only SBU students have access to these passwords!)

St. Bonaventure University has a computer lab on the Hilbert campus, which offers complete Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Office software suite. The lab is located on the first level of the library building, in the hallway beyond the glass door past the restroom area.  You may enter the lab anytime when the library building is open.  As long as you are in the lab before the library closes, you may stay as long as you like.  Outside doors are locked when the library closes, and the doors will lock behind you when you leave.

St. Bonaventure Buffalo Center students are welcome to use the computer resources available at the Hilbert library as well.  Besides the online catalog, the library subscribes to a variety of other electronic databases.  Most of these include full-text articles.  If a password is needed to access a database, a librarian will log on for you.    

 

LIBRARY HOURS

Hilbert College Library Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Friday:  8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Saturday:  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday:  Noon - 4:00 p.m.

St. Bonaventure University  Monday - Thursday:  8:00 a.m. - Midnight Friday:  8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Saturday:  10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday:  Noon - Midnight

The libraries are closed on certain holidays and hours may vary around breaks. Summer hours are also different. Please check the monthly calendars posted in the library and in Bogel Hall for the Hilbert College Library, and the web site of the St. Bonaventure University library (go to http://www.sbu.edu and click on LIBRARY). 

 

LINKS TO LIBRARY CONTACT INFORMATION

For the St. Bonaventure University Library

For the Hilbert College Library