NSU Horizons Spring 2010

21 horizons Location • Floor 1, Terry Building Complex, 3200 South University Drive, Davie, Florida • 90,000 square feet • opened in 1996 Who It Serves • Health Professions Division (HPD) students and faculty members on campus • distance learning students • students at student educational centers around the state Hours • Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–midnight • Friday: 7:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m. • Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–midnight What It Has • more than 50 health professions databases, 300 online textbooks, and 29,000 books in print • access to 3,500 electronic journal subscriptions • a strong collection of multimedia resources, references, and encyclopedic materials • 48 study rooms, copy machines, a computer lab, a small teaching lab available for group instruction, laptop computers, white noise machines, a massage chair, and ear plugs • more than 650 articles and 6 books written by HPD faculty members What You Won’t Find Here • consumer health resources, general reference, general information, and fiction books Number of Users • an average of 1,500–2,000 people daily Why Students Use This Library • “I feel a bit more at home with trained librari- ans who help us out and understand the pres- sures we face every day,” said Daven Sawh, third-year pharmacy student. Most Common Request • students requesting one of 48 available private study rooms Most Unusual Request • students bringing pillows and blankets, hoping to use the study rooms all day and asking if they can have pizzas delivered to the circula- tion desk Number of Librarians • five, including three new reference librarians who are creating an Information Commons for students and faculty members What Else Is Here • osteopathic books from the 1890s and old dental and optometry books Location • housed on three floors of the Shepard Broad Law Center • 42,500 square feet • opened in 1992 Who It Serves • Law Center students and faculty and staff members researching, studying, congregating, learning, and accessing technology in legal studies Hours • Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m.–midnight • Friday: 8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. • Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. • Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–midnight What It Has • 344,110 law-related books or book equivalents, including 145,341 volumes on microform • 180,848 titles, including many multivolume works • 21,818 electronic books • 3,052 media titles, including DVDs and CDs • subscriptions to more than 5,000 law-related databases • all books and academic articles written by Law Center faculty members What You Won’t Find Here • anything not law related Number of Users • an average of 1,000 people daily Why Students Use This Library • “The library staffers not only serve as an invaluable academic resource, but they also provide an animated dose of reality and perspective. I would have been lost, not just among the federal digests, but often in my own misery, if not for their collective charm, wit, and occasional nudge in the right direction,” said Tara Campion, second-year law student. Most Common Request • Earplugs—The library hands out an estimated 20,000 ear plugs each year to help block out noise. Most Unusual Request • “Nothing fazes us,” said Carol Yecies, associ- ate director for information services and administration. But she does remember a stu- dent using the library while on rollerblades. Number of Librarians • eight full-time and two part-time librarians What Else Is Here • posters, photos, and drawings of various U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a few Honore Daumier prints with a legal theme, and a col- lection of M.C. Escher prints THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION LIBRARY THE SHEPARD BROAD LAW CENTER LIBRARY AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Location • NSU’s Oceanographic Center (the OC): 8000 North Ocean Drive, north end of John U. Lloyd State Park, Dania Beach, Florida • on a 10-acre site on the ocean side of Port Everglades Who It Serves • primarily faculty members and students pur- suing one of the degrees offered by the OC Hours • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week What It Has • the 100 top marine science journals • 3,000 books on all aspects of oceanography, biology, and the marine environment • DVDs and a substantial amount of “gray litera- ture,” including unpublished reports, uncata- logued items, and government reports • two books written by the late professor Pijush Kundu • the book Coral Reefs of the USA , edited by Bernhard M. Riegl, NSU professor, and Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D., professor, dean, and executive director of the OC What You Won’t Find Here • anything not related to research on marine biology or physical oceanography Size • approximately the size of three classrooms History of the Library • It opened in 1966 at its original location, aboard a houseboat moored at a 15th Street marina in Fort Lauderdale. In 1976, it was dedicated to and named after the original director of the OC, William Springer Richardson. He was lost at sea in January 1975, aboard the R/V Gulf Stream . Why Students Use This Library • “Without it, you wouldn’t be able to reference the other work done in the field and do a com- parison of your work with other work. You really wouldn’t be able to obtain this type of degree,” said Pat Quinn, who earned a Ph.D. in Oceanography/Marine Sciences. Most Common Request • students needing help finding specific research materials on the shelves or items not readily available Most Unusual Request • tracking down a request from Richard Dodge, dean of the OC, to find a little-known, 1970s report on runway dredging and how it affected reefs in Hawaii Number of Librarians • Kathleen Maxson has been the sole librarian since 1983. What Else Is Here • a large bronze plaque honoring Richardson; displays of coral, shells, and a whale skull adjacent to the library THE WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON OCEAN SCIENCES LIBRARY For more on the NSU family of libraries, visit www.nova.edu/overview/libraries.html.