| Named for the 11th president of Wells
College, Louis Jefferson Long Library has a collection of over 219,647
volumes and subscribes to almost 346 journals and newspapers. Collection
strengths are in the areas of art, history, psychology, literature, local
history, philosophy, and women’s studies. Long Library features an
open-stack layout, individual study carrels, a lending laptop program,
a walk-through art gallery, and wireless connectivity throughout the facility.
Additional services are a computer printing lab and academic support services
such as the Writing Center, the Media Studio with a Kurzweil Reader and
the Education Curriculum Center with computer stations and a smartboard
to be used for instruction and presentations. Also, there are
individual and group study areas located in the Learning Commons and throughout
the library.
The online catalog is available to
the Wells community from any computer with internet connectivity.
Students, faculty and staff can access their personal library records from
the online catalog and view a personal inventory of borrowed materials.
Long Library offers access to numerous
electronic resources. Many of the database services provide full-text
access to thousands of journals. Some of the more well-known databases
are: FirstSearch, LexisNexis Academic; EBSCO Research Databases;
Credo Reference; MLS; Newsbank; ProQuest; PsycInfo; and JSTOR.
Database assistance is available as part of the library’s information literacy
and instruction program and by individual appointment.
Additionally, Long Library is a member
of the South Central Regional Library Council, one of nine library councils
in the New York library system. This cooperative library system provides
coordinated resource sharing and is available to all members of Wells community.
The Wells College Archives is housed
in the library. It contains some Henry Wells correspondence, a unique
collection of documents and correspondence concerning the early express
companies that helped to open the West in the mid-19th century, and the
diaries of E.B. Morgan, friend of Henry Wells, local businessman, member
of the House of Representatives and College benefactor. In addition
to these collections, the Archives is home to the Victor Hammer Collection;
a large collection of photographs beginning with the founding of the College
in 1868 to the present day; documents concerning the history and development
of the College; and historical collections, including publications on reform
movements collected by Emily Howland, early feminist and friend of Susan
B. Anthony. The Archives also is home to copies of senior theses
from 1923 to the present and of faculty and alumni publications.
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