Karen Hatcher, Dean
Campus libraries contain over 800,000
items in their collections. The main
library's collection of books and serials
is organized into three major subject
areas: humanities, sciences, and social
sciences. Each subject area occupies one
floor of the five-level structure. Access
to the collections is provided through an
online catalog, both from within the
library and across the campus.
Major service functions are located on
the main floor (level 3) of the library.
The reference area houses an extensive
collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries,
bibliographies, directories, indices and
abstracts brought together to facilitate
the finding of specific information.
Access to current information contained
in reports and journals is identified
through the use of the LaserNet database
network. Computer workstations provide
users with electronic access to over 40
databases covering such fields as
education, psychology, sociology,
biology, forestry, environmental science,
recreation and wildlife management, languages and literature. At the
reference/information desk, librarians
offer personal assistance and guidance in
the use of the collections. Other
functions on the main floor include book
circulation, the reserve materials room,
microforms, newspapers and interlibrary
loan. The library maintains an active
interlibrary loan program for students
and faculty through affiliation and
liaison with major library networks and
individual research libraries, both in this
country and abroad. Extensive use of
document delivery services supplement
the collections.
Government documents, maps,
archives and special collections are
housed together on the first floor of the
main library. Since 1965, the library has
been the regional depository for the state
and receives all U.S. government
publications available to depository
libraries. Significant holdings of
Montana history are found in archives
and special collections. Represented are
rare books, pamphlets, papers,
manuscripts and photographs. These
reflect important literary and political
figures, as well as business and industry,
in Montana. The Montana state
documents collection contains those
books and periodicals issued by state
agencies.
Some of the special features of the
library include small study rooms,
faculty and student seminar rooms,
private study carrels, a computer lab, a
specially equipped room for the visually
handicapped, a microforms viewing area,
as well as facilities for rapid
photocopying of materials. At the
request of the faculty, selected titles
from the book collection are placed on
short-term loan in the reserve materials
room for required or recommended reading in certain courses.
The library provides a variety of
orientation programs designed to
acquaint students with general and
specific subject oriented resources.
Regular, interim, and holiday hours are
permanently posted at the library.
Instructional Media Services
As a Division of the Mansfield
Library, IMS is an audiovisual library
and production center located on the first
floor of the Social Science Building. It
incorporates viewing and listening
facilities for all standard media formats
such as video and CD recordings. Mac
and PC computers are available for
previewing multimedia software and to
access the CD-ROMS located in the
Mansfield Library. Music scores and
music reference works are also available
at IMS for convenient use by listeners.
All IMS materials are circulated as
library materials to faculty, staff and
enrolled students. Audiovisual
equipment is loaned to both students,
faculty and staff to facilitate the use of
nonprint materials in connection with
academic pursuits.
The nonprint collection has nearly
100,000 items on Griznet. Items include
motion pictures, slides, filmstrips,
videotapes, audio tape recordings, books
on tape, videodiscs, honograph records,
CD's, art prints, study prints,
transparencies, maps, and interactive
multimedia software. The film and
video collection also enjoys a national
reputation through interlibrary loan and
as a rental library.
IMS offers instructional products:
color copying from slides, negatives, and
original material and xerographic
copying; color slides from computer
data; color and black & white film
processing and general photography;
slide, text and graphic scanning; poster
lamination and shrink wrapping; fax
service; audiotape and videotape
duplication; color transparencies; and all
types of audio visual equipment.
Courses
U = for undergraduate credit only, UG
= for undergraduate or graduate credit, G
= for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for
credit to the maximum indicated after the
R.
U 195 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6)
Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of
new courses, or one-time offerings of
current topics.
U 196 Independent Study 1-6 cr.
(R-6) Prereq., consent of instructor.
U 295 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6)
Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of
new courses, or one-time offerings of
current topics.
U 296 Independent Study 1-6 cr.
(R-6) Prereq., consent of instructor.
U 395 Special Topics 1-9 cr. (R-9)
Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of
new courses, or one-time offerings of
current topics.
U 396 Independent Study 1-9 cr.
(R-9) Prereq., consent of instructor.
UG 495 Special Topics 1-12 cr.
(R-12) Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of
new courses, or one-time offerings of
current topics.
U 496 Independent Study 1-9 cr.
(R-9) Prereq., consent of instructor.
G 595 Special Topics 1-9 cr. (R-9)
Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of
new courses, or one-time offerings of
current topics.
G 596 Independent Study 1-9 cr.
(R-9) Prereq., consent of instructor.
Faculty
Professors
Devon Chandler, Ed.D., University of
Oregon, 1973 (Director of Instructional
Media Service) (Emeritus)
Karen Driessen, M.A., University of
Denver, 1967 (Director of Instructional
Media Service)
Richard T. Dunn, M.A.L.S., Rosary
College, 1972 (Collection Development
Librarian Emeritus)
William W. Elison, M.A., University
of Denver, 1970 (Social Science
Librarian)
Karen Hatcher, M.L.S., University of
Wisconsin, Madison, 1964 (Dean)
Douglas E. Mills, M.A., University of
California, 1950 (Director of Technical
Services Emeritus)
Erling R. Oelz, M.S., University of
Illinois, 1968 (Director of Public
Services)
Dennis L. Richards, M.A., Florida
State University, 1963 (Documents
Librarian)
Robert G. Schipf, M.L.S., University
of Oklahoma, 1961 (Science Librarian;
Emeritus)
Bonnie H. Schuster, M.A., University
of Minnesota, 1968 (Systems
Administration Librarian)
Associate Professors
Barry Brown, M.I.L.S., University of
Michigan, 1989 (Science Librarian)
Kathryn E. Higgins, M.S.L.S.,
University of Southern California, 1971
(Catalog Librarian)
Coburn R. Johnson, M.A., University
of Denver, 1972 (Catalog Librarian)
Adelaine S. Midgett, B.A., The
University of Montana, 1933 (Catalog
Librarian Emeritus)
Susan M. Mueller, M.L.S., Emporia
State University, 1975 (Director of
Technical Services)
Christopher Mullin, M.A., University
of Washington, 1969 (Special
Collections Librarian)
Assistant Professors
Jodi L. Allison-Bunnell, M.L.S.,
University of Maryland - College Park,
1996 (Archivist)
Rita Nelson, B.A., The University of
Montana (Assistant Acquisitions
Librarian Emeritus)
Melisa C. Nicoud, M.L.S., University
of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1976 (Media
Librarian)
Harriett Ranney, M.L.S., Drexel
University, 1973 (Music Librarian)
Sue Samson, M.A., University of
Missouri, 1977 (Humanities Librarian)
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