Navigating the Library Building

Area

Where

What

Academic Success Center

Upper Level near Service Desk

Space for student-to-student tutoring.

Art Classroom

Lower Level

Prof. Berg’s art classroom

Bound Periodicals

Lower Level

Older copies of magazines and journals; several issues are bound into book format.  Useful if full-text articles are not available online, or for browsing historical information or pictures.  Can be checked out.

Computer Lab/
Group Area

Lower Level off Makerspace/Media Center

Individual computers and group workspaces. 

Current Periodicals

Upper Level

Magazines and journals from the past several months.  Available for in-library use only.

Curriculum Library

Lower Level

Useful items for planning classroom lessons.  Includes K-12 textbooks and teaching aids like manipulatives, puppets, and classroom games.  Findable in catalog; search curriculum library math, etc.

Individual and Group Study Rooms

Throughout the Library

Available on a first-come, first-served basis unless posted as reserved.  Contact Mrs. Wessel to reserve a room for a meeting.

LIB 100 Classroom

Upper level past Children's Literature shelves

Classroom area on main floor of library.

Makerspace/Media Center

Lower Level near Elevator

Die cuts for cutting out shapes, large work tables, and laminating drop-off service.

Music-A/V Room

Upper Level near Circulation Desk

Music and audiobook CDs, fiction and nonfiction DVD, organ and piano music, and music study scores.  Piano and organ music are indexed to match hymns and can be searched from the library’s website or browsed through the printed index in the room.

Ready Reference

Reference Area

Frequently-used books, available for in-library use.  Includes World Book Encyclopedia, almanacs, The People’s Bible, and Luther’s Works.  (Additional copies of these may be available for checkout in the stacks.)

Reference Area

Upper Level

Books with short pieces of information on a variety of topics, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and author and historical figures sources.  Items are for in-library use only.

Reserves

Circulation Desk

Items recommended by faculty for short-term (generally two-hour) in-library use.  Ask someone at the Circulation Desk to retrieve reserve items for you.

Restrooms

Upper and Lower Levels

Upper level: near the stairs
Lower level: near the art classroom

Service Desk

Upper Level near Entrance

Check out and return items, pay fines, check out reserve materials, get help with library use.  Ring the bell for service if no one is at the desk.

Stacks

Lower Level

Main collection of books.  Items are arranged according to the Library of Congress (LC) system. 

Starbooks

Lower Level

Comfortable study area.