General Information

WELCOME

Welcome to the North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) Library. The SLIS Library contains over 40,000 volumes and subscribes to over 456 library related journals and periodicals. The library collects materials on the topics of library science, information science, children's literature and other related fields.

The SLIS Library is located on the third floor of the James E. Shepard Memorial Library. The close proximity of the SLIS Library and the other NCCU libraries (James E. Shepard, the Music Library, Curriculum Materials Center, and the Law Library) provides students with easy access to non-library and information science resources .

The Library supports resource sharing between area colleges and universities. It is a member of the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). This consortium facilitates the sharing of materials in all member libraries including North Carolina Central University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University, as well as to other online catalogs. Moreover, this support allows students, faculty and staff of the School full access to information in any form and from any location.

To borrow material from the collection NCCU Faculty, Students and Staff must present a validated NCCU ID Card. The James E. Shepard Memorial Library Circulation Department issues Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) cards which allows NCCU Faculty, Students and Staff checkout privileges at UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Duke University. The UNC-Co-Op Card is issued from the Shepard Library Reference Department to NCCU graduate students, faculty and staff. This card provides checkout priviliges at any of the remaining thirteen state supported Universities. Durham County Public Library and its branches along with the libraries of the Durham County schools are also available to SLIS students. All other patrons using the SLIS Library must present a valid borrowers card that has been issued from their institution.

MISSION STATEMENT

  The SLIS Library provides resources, services and facilities necessary to support the mission of the School of Library and Information Sciences as established by the School. Inherent in the Library's mission is the provision of bibliographic, physical and electronic access to information, knowledge and data for the present and anticipated instructional and research needs of the faculty, students, and staff of the School. These same provisions to the extent feasible, are offered to the School's alumni and other area information professionals.

COLLECTIONS

  Materials located in the SLIS Library are catalogued and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

The professional collection consists of materials in library and information science, and other related fields. Included in the collection are books (circulating and reference), periodicals, newsletters, indexes in print and CD-ROM format, vertical file materials, annual reports, library directories, and audiovisual materials.

The juvenile collection supports courses taught in the School of Library and Information Sciences and in the School of Education that pertain to children's literature, school librarianship, and children's librarianship in public libraries. Easy books, juvenile fiction, juvenile non-fiction, and audiovisual materials comprise the collection.

On-line Databases and Databases on CD-ROM available from the library's public terminals include the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). This consortium cooperative on-line Catalog provides access to the library catalogs of North Carolina Central University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University, and other UNC System Library Catalogs. The Library of Congress on-line database and the ERIC CD-ROM database are also available. Other CD-ROM sources are available in the SLIS Computer Laboratory and these include Library Literature, LISA, Books in Print and Ulrich's Serials Directory.

Reserve Room Materials are selected and placed "On Reserve" by SLIS Faculty members for use in their courses. Reserve Room materials are located behind the SLIS Circulation Desk. Books that are not labeled "Library Use Only" can circulate for four (4) hours, but are available for varying loan periods with permission. Photocopied articles and faculty members' personal copies of books are kept in boxes shelved at the end of the reserve books. These items are non-circulating. The boxes are labeled according to LSIS course numbers. If you need assistance in locating any of these materials, do not hesitate to ask at the Circulation Desk.

There are two Special Collections: the African American Librarians Collection, consisting of papers and manuscripts; and the William Tucker Collection, that includes works by African American authors and illustrators of children's materials.

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Last Updated July 12, 2000