Location of the Facility
The Albin O. Kuhn Library (AOK) and Gallery can be found on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). UMBC, an honors college, is located at 1000 Hilltop Circle in Baltimore County, mostly in the community of Catonsville. Spanning across over 500 acres of land, UMBC is three miles outside the Baltimore City limits and is surrounded by BWI Airport, Amtrak train station, bus lines, business, restaurants and other conveniences. The library is named in honor of Albin O. Kuhn, who was UMBC’s first chancellor. The library sits nears the residential halls in the center of the campus.
Purpose of the Facility
As stated in their website, “the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery strives to fulfill the information needs of a research university with distinctive undergraduate and graduate experiences to foster student success. We offer the highest quality resources and services for UMBC 's growing and evolving teaching, learning, research, and service environment.” The main purpose of the facility is to provide its students, both undergraduate and graduate, with space, services, and resources needed in order to be academically successful. Students (individual and groups) come to the library for a quiet place to study, and to access high quality resources, especially technology, that support their study of discipline. Staff is on hand (both in-person and via email) to provide reference assistance. There is also a multifunctional library website, with access to full-text databases, electronic reference sources, and catalogs. Located on the ground floor the Retriever Learning Center (RLC) is a 24-hour study space available for students. Typical Clientele As of the fall 0f 2015, enrollment at UMBC was 13, 839 (undergraduate – 11, 243 and graduate – 2,596), with 80% of the students ranging in age from 18-22 and are White, Asian, African-American and Middle Eastern. The clientele using the library at the time of my site visit was a diverse representation of the student population, both males and females. According to the librarian, it is typical for students to spend three to four hours in the library. Some other patrons included: On the first floor: o In the writing center/math lab – walk in sessions with peer writing consultants. A tutor working with a student on math problem on whiteboard. Two students were conferencing on her writing assignment. o A female student taking Cornell Notes. o Two students, 1 African-American male and 1 White male, using scientific graphs on computer. o An African-American female taking an online test. o A male student checking his email. o Three students using more than one computer at a time – their own personal computer and the library computer. o A Caucasian female student using the Leisure Reading Room (my favorite room). On the second floor: o A student using the study carrel to write a paper. o Two male students, one African-American and one Caucasian, on a video making game site. o A students using the computer to conduct research on classroom pedagogy. o A group of four students in the middle of the floor talking and collaborating. o Students celebrating a birthday. o Group Study Rooms comprised of diverse students working together on a project. Materials included in the collection UMBC’s library collection consist primarily of materials selected to support the study of discipline curriculum. It represents varying perspectives, along with historical and current trends in subjects. In the collection are serials that support the teaching, learning and research of the university students. Journals such as the American Journal of Botany, and the American Journal of Psychology provide a balance of titles that reflect the wide variety of the campus’s needs. The library subscribes to a number of newspapers in print, both domestic and international. …show more content…
Kuhn Library assigns each library item a unique call number according to the Library of Congress Classification (LC) system, by subject. The call number is a unique "address" for that item, and is printed on the spine of each book. Books are placed on the shelves according to these call numbers. Books are shelved from left to right according to the LC system. Books are arranged first by the alphabetical top row, then by the number in the second row, finally by the alphabetical letter and decimal number in the third row:
A – DC 7th
The Albin O. Kuhn Library (AOK) and Gallery can be found on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). UMBC, an honors college, is located at 1000 Hilltop Circle in Baltimore County, mostly in the community of Catonsville. Spanning across over 500 acres of land, UMBC is three miles outside the Baltimore City limits and is surrounded by BWI Airport, Amtrak train station, bus lines, business, restaurants and other conveniences. The library is named in honor of Albin O. Kuhn, who was UMBC’s first chancellor. The library sits nears the residential halls in the center of the campus.
Purpose of the Facility
As stated in their website, “the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery strives to fulfill the information needs of a research university with distinctive undergraduate and graduate experiences to foster student success. We offer the highest quality resources and services for UMBC 's growing and evolving teaching, learning, research, and service environment.” The main purpose of the facility is to provide its students, both undergraduate and graduate, with space, services, and resources needed in order to be academically successful. Students (individual and groups) come to the library for a quiet place to study, and to access high quality resources, especially technology, that support their study of discipline. Staff is on hand (both in-person and via email) to provide reference assistance. There is also a multifunctional library website, with access to full-text databases, electronic reference sources, and catalogs. Located on the ground floor the Retriever Learning Center (RLC) is a 24-hour study space available for students. Typical Clientele As of the fall 0f 2015, enrollment at UMBC was 13, 839 (undergraduate – 11, 243 and graduate – 2,596), with 80% of the students ranging in age from 18-22 and are White, Asian, African-American and Middle Eastern. The clientele using the library at the time of my site visit was a diverse representation of the student population, both males and females. According to the librarian, it is typical for students to spend three to four hours in the library. Some other patrons included: On the first floor: o In the writing center/math lab – walk in sessions with peer writing consultants. A tutor working with a student on math problem on whiteboard. Two students were conferencing on her writing assignment. o A female student taking Cornell Notes. o Two students, 1 African-American male and 1 White male, using scientific graphs on computer. o An African-American female taking an online test. o A male student checking his email. o Three students using more than one computer at a time – their own personal computer and the library computer. o A Caucasian female student using the Leisure Reading Room (my favorite room). On the second floor: o A student using the study carrel to write a paper. o Two male students, one African-American and one Caucasian, on a video making game site. o A students using the computer to conduct research on classroom pedagogy. o A group of four students in the middle of the floor talking and collaborating. o Students celebrating a birthday. o Group Study Rooms comprised of diverse students working together on a project. Materials included in the collection UMBC’s library collection consist primarily of materials selected to support the study of discipline curriculum. It represents varying perspectives, along with historical and current trends in subjects. In the collection are serials that support the teaching, learning and research of the university students. Journals such as the American Journal of Botany, and the American Journal of Psychology provide a balance of titles that reflect the wide variety of the campus’s needs. The library subscribes to a number of newspapers in print, both domestic and international. …show more content…
Kuhn Library assigns each library item a unique call number according to the Library of Congress Classification (LC) system, by subject. The call number is a unique "address" for that item, and is printed on the spine of each book. Books are placed on the shelves according to these call numbers. Books are shelved from left to right according to the LC system. Books are arranged first by the alphabetical top row, then by the number in the second row, finally by the alphabetical letter and decimal number in the third row:
A – DC 7th