Circulation

Most books at the Frances Donaldson Library may be borrowed for the length of the term by faculty, staff, and students of Nashotah House. Other materials (compact discs, audio-cassette recordings, videocassettes, and DVD's) circulate for 7 days. Periodicals do not circulate.

Interlibrary Loan

The library will seek to borrow items not held here for the Nashotah House community and for library members. We have arrangements with regional, state-wide, and national library organizations to provide interlibrary loan service. Most loans are arranged through the OCLC system. In turn, the Library lends materials to libraries throughout the United States. We prefer to receive requests over the OCLC ILL system (symbol WIO) or on ALA forms.

Guest Memberships

Guest memberships in the library are available to the general public for $15 per year. These memberships allow for borrowing books (for four-week periods) and other materials; they also entitle the library member to use our Interlibrary loan services. Guest memberships do not include off-campus access to Nashotah House databases other than HouseCat. Guest members are welcome in the library during its open hours (M-F from 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.--except during holidays).

Archives and Rare Books

The Archives and Rare Books room may be used by our patrons. However, it is kept locked, and patrons must be admitted to the room by a member of the library staff.

Library Instruction

Although the library staff is available to assist patrons during normal business hours, the staff seeks to train seminarians to be independent information seekers and evaluators. To this end, all seminarians receive an initial library orientation, so that they may begin developing skill in seeking and evaluating theological information. Course-related instruction and tutorial sessions are also available to further enhance the seminarian's information-seeking skills.

Library Staff

If you need assistance using the library, please speak with any member of our staff:

• Mr. David Sherwood, Library Director and Assistant Professor of Bibliography (262) 646-6534 —
• Mrs. Laura Hummer, Associate for Circulation, Inter-Library Loan, & Serials (262) 646-6535 —
• Mrs. Sarah Inserra, Part-Time Serials Assistant (262) 646-6535 —
• Part-Time Circulation Assistant, Position Open (262) 646-6535
• The Venerable Tom Winslow, Part-time Archivist (262) 646-6535 —
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