penfield library

Where Ideas, Learning, and Innovation Connect

When We’re OpenRegular Library Hours for

Semester:

• Monday – Thursday

8 am – 11 pm • Friday

8 am – 9 pm • Saturday

10:30 am – 9 pm • Sunday

11:30 am – 11 pm

Reference Serviceswww.oswego.edu/library/askalibrarian

• Chat• Phone (315-312-4267)• Email

(askalibrarian@oswego.edu)• Chat anytime with a librarian

from another college—immediately.

• Research Appointments• Texting• Roving Reference

Library Spaces• Variety of

Study Areas• Computers

and Computer Lab

• Cafe

24 Hour Study Room

Open 7 days a week, 24 Hours whenever classes are in session.

Group Study Rooms

12 Study Rooms and Group Presentation Rooms Available for Student Use

Continuous Improvement of Spaces

Penfield continues to move toward creating a Learning Commons with technology rich collaboration spaces such as our “IGLUs”

Penfield’s Resource Sharing Partnership

Penfield is a leader in Resource Sharing, and a major partner in the IDS Project, an

award winning resource sharing consortium.

Penfield’s Café serves a variety of Starbucks coffee, and food that can be taken to wherever students are studying.

We have a lot going on…

Community Outreach

Penfield offers booksales open to the community, has a well established food for fines program, and offers reference services and computer use to community members.

Penfield also works collaboratively with local schools and school librarians.

Liaison Program• Subject Librarians have established relationships with specific departments,

delivering instruction, collection management, and outreach for the library.

• Faculty and Librarians work collaboratively to connect resources and teaching to evolving curricular needs.

Special CollectionsExtensive college and local history collection.

Growing online presence with digitized collections.

Major collections such as President Millard Fillmore’s papers, E.A.Sheldon papers, and Oswego Safe Haven collection.

Penfield hosts a “display to archives” program each year celebrating the scholarly and creative activities of faculty and staff.

Computer Science Faculty Damian Schofield gives advice on how to succeed in scholarly publishing.

Innovative Technologies

• Technologies for students• Multimedia production facilities• Resource sharing technology• Technology rich professional environment• Staff experienced in Instructional Design• Well staffed library technology team

Campus Partnerships• Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

housed in Penfield.• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs in

Penfield.• Office of Learning Services hosts tutoring in Penfield.• Several collaborative projects and staff sharing with

Campus Technology Services.• Librarians partner with Honors and other programs.• Librarians collaborate with teaching faculty as

members of most college committees and councils.

Fast Facts

• 470,000 volume collection• Over 100 databases• Over a half million visitors per year• 300 library instruction classes per year• 13,000 reference questions per year• 15,500 ILL transactions per year

For more Information

• @Penfield Newsletter

• Library Website• About Penfield Lib

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