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Adams History Room

  • Joan Titley Adams History Room
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, 3rd floor
  • The collection houses rare books and archival and historical medical materials. The Administration Office Staff can help locate materials and answer questions of an historical nature. Access to the History Collection is available Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, unless other arrangements have been made. These materials do not circulate without the approval of the Library Director (852-5775).

 

 

 

ATM

  • Cash machines are available for your convenience.
    • Ekstrom Library: 1st floor lobby, two ATM machines with a $2 fee for non-member cash withdrawals.
      • Problems concerning the ATMs should be reported to the Office of the Dean (Rm. 203, 852-6745) from 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, and to the circulation desk during evenings and weekends.
    • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: Near City Café, 1st floor near the library.

 

 

 

Audio Collections

  • Ekstrom Library: Media Resources, 1st floor. Circulate for 3 days for faculty, staff, and grad students [limit 6]. This collection consists mainly of poetry, some read by the author.
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: Located on the East side of the 2nd floor. Circulate for 3 days.
  • Music Library: 1st floor (in-house, 2-hour closed reserves). Consists of CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, videocassettes, audio cassettes, and vinyl LPs, to be used in listening or viewing carrels.

 

 

 

Bellarmine College

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

Book Drops

  • Libraries with Book Drops: Ekstrom, Kornhauser and Music Libraries.
  • Kornhauser Library: located on Abraham Flexnor Way, behind the Kornhauser Library.
  • Belknap Campus, North Information Center: Serving Ekstrom, Kersey and Music Libraries, this drop is on the east side of the drive by the Information Booth and library patrons can return materials from their cars.

 

 

 

Brandeis Collection

  • Law Library: Handmaker Rare Books Room (Law Library, 2nd floor). The Law Library owns the most comprehensive collection of the papers of Justice Louis D. Brandeis, for whom the Law School is named. The collection is available to users by appointment. Non-circulating.
  • University Archives & Records Center: Includes the historical records of Louis D. Brandeis' Boston law firm.

 

 

 

Cardinal Card

  • Cardinal Cards (the official UofL ID) are required for printing from the computers and for using most photocopiers.
  • Add money to a Cardinal card online at http://louisville.edu/campuscard/cardinalcash/ or at any value port. Visitors can also purchase a Cardinal card from any value port:
    • Art Library: by circulation desk
    • Ekstrom Library: 1st floor and in Photocopy Room, 3rd floor.
    • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: 2nd floor, near elevator.
    • Law Library: by circulation desk.
    • Music Library: Photocopy Room, third floor.

 

 

 

Distance Learning Library Services

  • Ekstrom Library, 2nd floor north (next to the Delphi Center)
  • Offers a wide range of services to students and faculty involved in UofL's distance education programs.
  • The library maintains printed music, audio and video media, and as well as monographs and journals to support the curriculum of the School of Music.

 

 

 

Fax Service

  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: available from the Interlibrary Loan area. Local faxes are free. Long distance faxes are charged to a credit or calling card
  • Refer to IT Store, Miller IT Center.

 

 

 

Foreign Language Tapes

  • Ekstrom Library: Media Resources, 1st floor. Tapes and players are available.

 

 

 

Government Publications / Federal Government Depository

  • Ekstrom Library: 2nd floor; 852-6747. The Government Publications collection is a selective depository of federal documents and has a collection of over 500,000 items (paper, microform, and electronic) including approximately 400 current journal titles. The department is divided into two areas - General Collection and Special Collections. Most of the collection is located on the 2nd floor, but reference materials are in the Reference Collection on the 1st floor. Questions should be directed to the Reference Desk (1st floor; 852-6747).
  • Law: Basement. The Law Library's Government Publications section is a selective depository and contains approximately 80,000 items.

 

 

 

Grawemeyer Collection

  • Music Library, 3rd floor; 852-5659.
  • All compositions submitted to the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition competition become the property of the University of Louisville and are deposited in an archival collection. The collection includes scores and recordings for over 1,200 entries, many of which are unpublished and unavailable elsewhere. This is a closed collection which can be seen by special appointment.
  • Search the collection.

 

 

 

Hillerich & Bradsby Collection

  • The Hillerich & Bradsby Company Collection consists of over 4000 photographs and the papers of the H&B Public Relations Department.
    • Photographs: Ekstrom Library, Lower Level, Photographic Archives; 852-6752
    • Papers: University Archives & Records Center (Ekstrom Library, 4th floor); 852-6674

 

 

 

Indiana University Southeast

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.
    • Library phone number: (812) 941-2485 (circulation desk)
    • Address: 1001 Grant Line Road; New Albany, IN 47150
    • Library website: http://www.ius.edu/Library/

 

 

 

Jefferson Community College

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

Jefferson Community College Southwest

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

L&N Railroad Historical Collection

  • University Archives & Records Center (Ekstrom Library, 4th floor). Materials do not circulate. A copy machine is available.
    • Phone: 852-6674
    • Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm

 

 

 

Louisville Free Public Library

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

Louisville Imprints

  • Music Library.
  • This collection consists of music published in Louisville as well as printed music composed by native Kentuckians is located in the Music Library. A printed catalog is available (Music Library Reference ML 136 .L69k6 1991.) More information concerning the collection can be found on the School of Music Web site.
    • Phone: 852-5659

 

 

 

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

Metroversity Libraries

 

 

 

Microform Copiers

  • Art Library: $.20 per copy, dimes only (self-serve)
  • Ekstrom Library , Current Periodicals and microforms: $.10 per copy or can scan to send by email
  • Law Library: two machines located on 1st floor; $.10 (self-serve)
  • University Archives and Records Center: one machine, $.20 (self-serve)

 

 

 

Online Mediated Searches

  • Ekstrom Library, Reference Dept: Searches on databases are provided by a librarian on a fee-based system. The fee is $20 per hour for University students, faculty and staff. Patrons may also conduct their research on databases accessible from the libraries' homepage and available CD-ROMS. 852-6747.
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: Searches on health-related topics are done on request for UofL students, faculty and staff. Fee-based searched are done for other health professionals and attorneys. 852-5771.

 

 

 

Oral History Center

  • University Archives & Records Center (Ekstrom Library, 4th floor); 852-6674
  • Co-Directors: Carrie Daniels, University Archives and Tracy K' Meyer, Department of History.

 

 

 

Patient Records, Former Louisville General Hospital

  • University Archives & Records Center (Ekstrom Library, 4th floor); 852-6674
  • Requestors must provide Medical Record Number when requesting a patient file. The index to the medical record numbers is at the University Hospital Medical Records Department. Former patients must give name and date of birth to secure record number.
    • Phone: 562-3062.
    • Address: University of Louisville Hospital, 530 S. Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202.
  • After requestor has the patient number, she/he must send a written request to Sherri Pawson at the University Archives, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. Records are stored off-campus and retrieved on a weekly basis.

 

 

 

Phones, Public

  • Campus phones
    • Art Library: located in hallways of Schneider Hall
    • Ekstrom Library: located next to restrooms on each floor
    • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: at the end of the Circulation Desk by elevator; also on the 1st floor by the steps leading to the library entrance
    • Law Library: available in Law School, not in library
    • Music Library: in School of Music building, not in library
  • Courtesy phones
    • are free for local and campus calls. In order to get off campus, dial 9 before the number. These phones have a five minute time limit and are not to be used for return calls.
    • Art, Law, Music Libraries: none
    • Ekstrom Library: Next to the Reference Desk. 3-minute limit.
    • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: at the end of the Circulation Desk by elevator; also on the 1st floor by the steps leading to the library entrance

 

 

 

Printing

  • Printing from the computers costs 11 cents per page and requires a Cardinal Card (University ID) or a visitor's card.
  • Color printing is available for $.30 per page. Prints must be sent from designated printers. Ask for assistance at the Ekstrom Library Reference Desk.

 

 

 

Proxy Borrowing for Faculty

  • Faculty can grant a student or staff member the ability to check out materials in their name after a special form granting permission has been completed and submitted to the circulation desk of the participating library. The proxy will still need to have the faculty member's ID card.

 

 

 

Rare Books Collections

  • The items in these collections cannot be checked out.
  • Art Library: The Art Library's Rare Books Collection is a closed collection. Please see a staff member for an appointment. 852-6741
  • Ekstrom Library: Lower Level. The Rare Books section of the Special Collections Department maintains collections of rare and valuable (historical) books. They host special exhibits of important parts of their collections in the Rare Book exhibit space. One of their most famous collections is the Edgar Rice Borroughs Tarzan collection. 852-6752
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: collection of the history of medicine, especially in the local area. Located in the Joan Titley Adams History Room on the 3rd floor at the top of the steps.
  • Law Library: Handmaker Rare Books Room contains the Louis D. Brandeis Collection.
  • Music Library: collection of rare music manuscripts located in Archive room.

 

 

 

Recital Tapings

  • Music Library: All tapes available at 1st floor Circulation Desk for in-house listening. A fee schedule is available for cassette copies of recitals

 

 

 

Records Management Program

  • University Archives & Records Center: Ekstrom Library, 4th floor; 852-6674.
  • The university's records management program, which deals with the retention and destruction of university records is administered by the University Archives & Records Center.

 

 

 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

  • Ekstrom Library: 2nd floor, Current Periodicals & Microforms. 852-6302.
  • Produced for over a century, the Sanborn maps chart the growth and development of Kentucky cities from 1905-1992. They are large scale plans drawn to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. In addition to the outline of the buildings and out-buildings, the maps indicate building use and constructions materials. Also included are the owners names and types of items manufactured. Available on microfilm.

 

 

 

Scanner

  • Art Library: This public scanner can be used to send color or black-and-white images to a disc (free) or to Miller IT CopyIT Center ($0.60-$1.20).
  • Ekstrom Library, Learning commons: 1st floor. The scanner is available to UofL and Metro Lab patrons. The scanner includes character-recognition facility.

 

 

 

Slide Projectors

  • Art Library: has 2 slide projectors which are kept in the Conference Room and can be used by patrons within the library. 852-6741

 

 

 

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

Spalding University

  • A member of the Metroversity Libraries program which allows UofL faculty, staff and students to borrow materials from nine local local libraries.

 

 

 

 

Tarzan Collection

  • Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Nell Dismukes McWhorter Memorial Collection
  • Ekstrom Library, Lower Level, Rare Books
  • The world's largest institutional collection of works by the creator of "Tarzan," including all appearances in print, posters, film and videotape, manuscripts and memorabilia. For more information, contact George McWhorter, the collection's curator at 852-8729.

 

 

 

Tax Forms

 

 

 

 

TTY Phone

  • Ekstrom Library: 1st floor lobby.
  • This phone has TTY (typewriter telephone) capacity for our deaf and hard of hearing patrons.

 

 

 

Typewriter

  • Ekstrom Library: The Learning Commons (1st floor) has a typewriter available.

 

 

 

Urban History Collection

  • University Archives & Records Center: Ekstrom Library, 4th floor east; 852-6674

 

 

 

Value Port

  • Value ports are located throughout campus to conveniently allow patrons to add cash to their Cardinal Cash account.  At a value port a customer can also check their Cardinal Cash balance and purchase visitor cards.  Please follow machine instructions before adding cash to a value port.  Value ports do not give change.

  • Value port locations:
    • Art Library: by circulation desk
    • Ekstrom Library: 1st floor and in Photocopy Room, 3rd floor.
    • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: 2nd floor, near elevator.
    • Law Library: by circulation desk.
    • Music Library: Photocopy Room, third floor.

 

 

 

Vending Machines

  • Art Library: Vending machines are located on the ground floor of Schneider Hall.
  • Ekstrom Library: Vending machines are in the Tulip Tree Café.
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: Vending machines are available on the ground floor in a room near the stairs to the library.
  • Law Library: Vending machines are available in the basement of the "old part" of the Law School. This is the part in the middle with columns. [NOTE: On weekends and after 9pm on weekdays, the snack area is only available to law students and faculty who have a Thorn security card.]
  • Music Library: Vending machines are located in the School of Music Student Lounge (not in the library).

 

 

 

Videos

  • All videos can be found in Minerva, the libraries' catalog.
  • Art Library: Circulate for 3 days to faculty and Fine Arts grad students, otherwise non-circulating. Ask at service desk.
  • Ekstrom Library:
    • Ekstrom Library Media Resources Collection
      • Faculty, Staff and Grad students can check out videos for 2 days.
      • Grad students are limited to 6 videos at a time.
    • Ekstrom Library Media - SGA video collection
      • available to undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty
      • 3 day checkout
      • 5 day limit
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library: Some circulate for 3 days to U of L patrons. Others are on reserve and cannot leave the building. The circulating videos are located on the audiovisual stacks across from the circulation desk. Items on reserve are kept at the circulation desk. Equipment for use of these materials in the library is available on the upper floor and in group study rooms.
  • Law Library: Any patron can check out a video for 4 hours, but the item must be viewed in the Media Room (basement of the Law Library). The videos are kept at the Circulation/Reference Desk in the Reserve area.
  • Music Library: The 1st floor Listening Area contains pre-recorded CD, videocassette, audio cassette, and vinyl LP resources that may be reviewed at the listening carrels. DAT recordings of recitals are converted to cassettes that may be used as closed reserve items in the 1st floor Listening Area.

 

 

 

Womens Manuscript Collection

  • University Archives and Records Center: Ekstrom Library, 4th floor east; 852-6674

 

 

 

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