About the ILSL
The Information and Library Studies Library (ILSL) was created to serve both the Library School (now the School of Information) and local professionals in the fields of library and information science. It's focus was library education, systems and management, with supporting material in juvenile materials, publishing, book history, archives and library related web support resources.
That charge continues today. While more computer science focused materials are located in the Art Architecture and Engineering Library, the ILSL continues to expand its collection of resources useful to library and information professionals who work in libraries, non-profits, archives and information centers of all types.
The ILSL is part of the Hatcher Graduate Library Group with both staff and resources support for faculty and students. As part of the Group, users have access to 100 hours of reference support a week, with slightly fewer hours during spring and summer terms. In addition, a Faculty computer lab and Knowledge Navigation Center open to all users are staffed separately and provide tutorials, classes, and problems solving for faculty and students with software and hardware needs.
The ILSL (http://www.lib.umich.edu/ilsl/) has funding through University Library Administration for staff, association memberships, collections, and equipment. Collections are supported by 2 gift funds for materials as well. The ILSL itself was consolidated into the 3rd floor stacks area, but study rooms are available in Science Library which is closer to the main SI area.
The reading area consists of a study/reading area for up to 12 people, current serials area, the reference collection, book stacks, our circulating juvenile collection, 2 computers to access University Library resources and the Internet, a printer, 2 individual study carrels, and a photocopier. Computing support is provided by the Hatcher Graduate
Library computing support staff and University Library Desktop support services. Additional study rooms and carrels in the Graduate Library may also be reserved through the Graduate Library circulation desk or in the adjacent Science Library through their circulation desk.The ILSL has an array of resources with which to support the School of Information and other users. Staffing consists of a .5 FTE librarian, 2 .5 FTE staff members, and .25 FTE student support, year round. The collection consists of nearly 40,000 titles in 50,000 volumes, including over 300 periodical titles and 110 other serial titles.
In addition, through the University Library system, SI faculty and staff have access to a vast number of electronic and print resources. OCLC FirstSearch, ProQuest, ISI Web of Science, JSTOR, Wilson Indexes, and dozens more are available, many including full text content. In particular, library and information science resources such as Library
Literature, LISA, ERIC, INSPEC, and many full text journals may also be accessed across campus or from the community. The Media Union Library on North Campus should be mentioned in particular, as it contains a great deal of electronic and print resources covering information and computer science and research, since it in part serves the engineering college.The University Library also has in place a routing service, providing SI faculty and students access to material from across our entire library system regardless of their location. A wireless computing project has made the entire Graduate Library accessible to the campus network, greatly increasing access to campus and library resources.
Information
& Library Studies Library
University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ilsl/