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The college ID card is also your library card. You will need your library card for all circulation transactions, including reserves. You are welcome to borrow books from the circulating collection for a loan period of 112 days; periodicals and reference books for use in class; and media and best selling books for 2 weeks. Most items can be renewed in person for another borrowing period. Items may be recalled from faculty if they are needed desperately by another faculty or an Albright student, depending upon the patron's need.
Your family members will also be issued ID cards that will entitle them to borrow 6 items at a time from the collection. There may be some restrictions on their use of the card. See library circulation guidelines for more details.
The Albright Library's online catalog does have materials listed in it from other campus departmental libraries. These items are available for your use but must be obtained from the department. They decide the borrowing terms for their materials.
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If you are having difficulty locating materials needed for your classes or professional research, contact the Reference Desk at (610-921-7211) or your liaison librarian. We will also work individually with your students to help them identify appropriate research tools, plan effective research policies, and critically analyze resources found. Reference librarians are scheduled for desk duty Monday through Friday from 9 am - 4:30 pm and on Monday through Thursday from 6:30 - 9:30 pm. Anyone needing reference assistance at other times should call the Reference Desk, and your call will be referred to the first available staff member. |
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Our goal is to help you locate and borrow any materials you need that we do not own at Albright. At present, there are no charges for ILL and we usually can obtain the materials you want in 2 weeks or less. If speed is of the essence, talk to a Reference Librarian (610) 921-7211 for more assistance. Faculty are not regularly limited by the number of loans they can submit, although for large numbers of loan requests we ask you to concentrate submitting them during the times that are low use for your students, e.g., summer, Interim, beginning of semester, etc.
At Albright we use the ILLiad system to request and monitor ILL requests. Most databases have an automatic  link but you can request a loan by typing it into your account at ILLiad at Albright. Contact Pat Brosenne at (610) 921-7212 for more assistance.
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The Library has several online request forms built into the web pages that assist you in ordering new library materials, asking for reference assistance, and requesting interlibrary loans. In addition, the library has copies of several commonly used library forms downloadable if you have the free software Adobe Acrobat loaded on your computer. The total list of online and downloadable forms is available at www.albright.edu/library/forms.html. |
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The Library provides access to over 100 databases, including most of the major journal indexes and several of the prominent full text sources. While most of them are available to you, the librarians also have access to the wide range of resources available through DIALOG. The major online resources are listed on the Gateway to Library Resources website and a complete database list is available online
If you have any problems locating a favorite database, contact your library liaison for assistance.
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By presenting your Albright ID card, Albright faculty and students can arrange to have free access to the State Library and 20 academic collections of the Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania (ACLCP). The members of this consortium are: Alvernia, Bucknell, Dickinson, Dickinson School of Law, Elizabethtown, Franklin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Harrisburg Area Community College, Juniata, Kutztown, Lebanon Valley, Lycoming, Messiah, Millersville, Mount Aloysius College, Penn College of Technology, PSU/Harrisburg campus, Shippensburg, Susquehanna, U.S. Army War College, and York.
A number of local academic and special library collections of the Berks County Library Association (BCLA) are also available for your use. Many special libraries require that you make arrangements before using them. The members of this consortium include PSU/Berks & Lehigh, Reading Area Community College (RACC), Reading Public Library (RPL), Berks County Law Library, Reading Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, Carpenter Technology, Allentown State Hospital, Wernersville State Hospital, and several of the local public and school libraries in the county. Alvernia will loan to Albright faculty and the RACC, Reading Public and local public libraries maintain a union catalog at http://ipac.reading.lib.pa.us/#focus.
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