Library

Each of the four campuses of UNG is served by on-site and fully-staffed libraries. Each provides appropriate operational hours, service, personnel, and collections to meet needs of the students, faculty, and staff and the unique academic programs offered on each campus. In addition to distributed library collections, services, and personnel, the University Libraries offer centralized support, steering, and oversight including planning, assessment, budgeting, centralized technical services where appropriate, and electronic resource licenses management. The combined print and electronic book collection of UNG is in excess of 500,000 titles.

The University Libraries through membership and participation in GALILEO, the University System of Georgia’s virtual library and Lyrasis, a regional library network, provides students and faculty access to over 140academic databases, 34,000 full-text, electronic journals through aggregators and subscriptions, as well as 178,000 electronic books . GALILEO is the award-winning virtual library of licensed, commercial databases and selected free Internet resources available to the citizens of Georgia. It provides access to over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. It also provides access to over 10,000 journal titles in full text. GIL offers a gateway to information resources held in the USG libraries and is the integrated library management system for acquiring, cataloging, accessing, and circulating the collections of the USG institutions. As an extension of GALILEO, GIL Express is an innovative resource-sharing initiative that allows students, faculty, and staff access to all eligible circulating materials at all USC libraries through walk-up or by remote request. The USG libraries have a total of more than 13 million bibliographic records. In addition, the Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia’s history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.

The four UNG campus libraries are:

John Harrison Hosch Library (Gainesville Campus) – Open 71.5 hours and six days per week, the 30,616 square foot library is the second largest facility offering 282 reader seats, 70 computer seats, 11 group study rooms, wireless connectivity, and a dedicated library smart classroom. Staffed with six library faculty members, and two one-half support staff, the library provides access to 82,000 print books and 66 print serials. The library serves a population of 6,500 students. A full complement of library services provides (a) access and reserves, (b) special collections and archives, (c) library instruction program, (d) research assistance, (e) information technology support, and (f) interlibrary loan and GIL express document delivery service. The Hosch Library also has available for checkout: (a) 20 Dell laptops, (b) 5 Sony microscassette recorders, (c) 9 iPads, and (d) 4 iPad keyboards.
Library Technology Center (Dahlonega Campus) – Open 100 hours and seven days per week, the 88,600 square foot library offers 880 reader seats, 200 computer seats, 24 group studies, wireless connectivity, a 24 x 7 study space, a dedicated library classroom, and four public meeting and program rooms. Staffed with seven faculty and eight FTE support staff, the library provides access to 176,500 print books and 120 print serials. The library is the largest of the four locations and serves a population of 6,500 students of whom approximately 2,000 are residential. The library’s services include (a) access and reservations, (b) special collections and archives, (c) library instruction program, (d) research assistance, (e) interlibrary loan and GIL Express document delivery services, (f) institutional repository and copyright services, and (g) partial government document repository. The library is home to the Writing Center, Instructional Technology Support Center, and the Center of Distance Education and Technology Integration (DETI). Furthermore, the Library Technology Center has available for student, faculty, and staff checkout; (a) 50 iPads, (b) 36 digital voice recorders, (c) 74 Dell computers, (d) 8 Mac power books, (e) 36 flip cameras, (f) 2 Sony cameras and tripods, (g) 7 data projectors, (h) 4 speakers, (i) 6 Power Point clickers, and (j) 12 oral history kits including digital recorders, microphones, and stands.

Oconee Campus Library – Open 70.5 hours and six days per week, this 4,114 square foot facility offers 70 seats, 38 computer seats, and wireless connectivity throughout. Staffed with two library faculty and two support staff, the library provides access to nearly 10,000 print books and 18 print serials for a population of 2,400 students. The students and faculty receive a full suite of services including (a) access and reserves, (b) library instruction program, (c) research assistance, (d) information technology support, and (e) interlibrary loan and GIL Express document delivery services. In addition, the library in partnership with the Academic Center for Tutoring and Testing (ACTT) provides technology lending, tutoring, and testing services. Students, faculty, and staff may also checkout (a) 17 non-graphing calculators, (b) 33 graphing calculators, (c) 17 regular headphones, (d) 6 headphones with microphones, (e) 6 iPads, (f) 13 laptops, (g) 3 LCD projectors, (h) 2 digital cameras, (i) 5 camcorders, (j) 6 electronic dictionaries/spellers, (k) 3 CD players, (l) 5 tripods, (m) 1 lapel mike, (n) 1 computer mike, (o) 1 external sd card reader, (p) 1 external CD/DVD drive, and (q) 1 slide projector.

University Center / GA 400 (Cumming Campus) – Staffed 52 hours and five days per week, the 2,100 square foot reading room, serving a population of 400 students, provides 58 reader seats, 12 computer seats, one group study, and 20 laptops for checkout. The library faculty member on duty assists students and faculty with (a) access to electronic resources, (b) library instruction, (c) research assistance, and (d) interlibrary loan and GIL Express document delivery services. Information technology support services are available all hours, too.