Library and Technology General Information Area and Room Numbers Call Numbers Finding Materials in the Library Food and Drink New Books Photocopy Service Reference Materials

The UW-BC Library is located straight west of Meggers Hall (the administration building). The Library has open stacks arranged by Library of Congress call numbers and an alphabetical arrangement of periodicals & textbooks. The Library houses a collection of over 40,000 books, more than 90 periodical titles, over 200 DVDs, over 550 VHS tapes, over 50 Books-on-tape on Cassette or CD, over 50 music CDs, and over 9,000 microforms. In addition we have access to full text eBooks.

The Library has computers with Internet access available for you to search online catalogs of Wisconsin libraries and electronic databases. The circulation system provides easy check-out to students through the use of their ID's. Interlibrary loan from other UW Colleges, UW System, and other libraries vastly expands students’ research possibilities. The UW-BC Student General Access Computer Lab is located in the library.  Additional lab computers are also in available, all can be used for word processing, email, additional Internet searching, and other programs are available.

Areas and Room Numbers
Special facilities located in the library include:

• General access computing labs (30 networked workstations).
• Distance education classrooms.
• Offices of the information and instructional technology staff.
• Slide and videotape viewing facilities.
• Group Study Areas

Wisline Web Classroom	508
Associate Librarian	532
Distance Education Classroom	513
Distance Education Coordinator	509
Group Study	Please Ask at Circulation Desk
Interlibrary Loan	Circulation Desk
Library Assistant	501
Library Director	519
Student Presentation Video Editing	511A
Slide Viewing	507
VHS Tape Viewing	507, 508

Call Numbers

  Here is the basic subject organization used in LC call numbers.  For a fuller explanation of how to use LC call numbers click here.  

LC CLASSIFICATION SCHEME

A	GENERAL WORKS
B	PHILOSOPHY
C	AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
D	HISTORY ; GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
E-F	HISTORY OF AMERICA
G	GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, FOLKLORE, ETC.
H	SOCIAL SCIENCES
J	POLITICAL SCIENCE
M	MUSIC
N	FINE ARTS
P	LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Q	SCIENCE
R	MEDICINE
S	AGRICULTURE
T	TECHNOLOGY

Food and Drink

The work area near the Compressed Video Classroom contains the soft drink and snack machines.

These refreshments are welcome throughout the Library, with the exception of our computers.  We ask that you do not eat while using the computers.

    Drinks with closable screw caps or push/pull caps are allowed. 

New Books

As new books are purchased they are placed on the New Book Table located in the central aisle as you walk through the Library. These books are eligible for immediate check-out.    New Books Table

Photocopy Service

A photocopier/printer is located behind the Circulation Desk. This copy machine also serves as the printer for the computer lab.  Color copies and color transparencies are also available from scanned materials or electronic files.  Ask at the Circulation Desk.  A digital microfiche/film reader/printer is located near the circulation desk.  Copies can be printed or saved to a disk.  Printing costs for the microform copier are the same as for the copier.

UW-BC students get 200 free prints each semester.  The printing costs are in the table below. 

Printing

$.05 / page for UW-BC students

$.25 / page for the public

Photocopying

$.10 / page for UW-BC students

$.25 / page for the public

Color Copies

$1.00 / page for UW-BC students

$2.50 / page for the public

Microform Copies

$.10 / page for UW-BC students

$.25 / page for the public

Transparencies *

$.35 for black&white blank

$2.00 for color blank

*photocopying cost is added to the above All prices are subject to change.

Reference Materials

The Library also contains a large collection of reference materials in the Reference Room. This collection includes a microfilm, maps, and university archives.

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