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Collections
Books—66,374 • Videos—863 • DVDs—4,738 • Special Collections —1,314 • Newspaper Subscriptions—9 • Audio CDs—142 • Journal Subscriptions—75 • Microforms— 3,866 • eBooks—64,342
2009-2010 At a Glance
Books Purchased—68 • Graduate Gift Books—18 • Gift Books—215 • DVDs Added—459 • Gift DVDs—459 • Circulation—8,094 • Attendance—117,390 • Reserves
Circulated—1,340 • DVDs
Circulated—4,643 • Books
Circulated—2,270 • Interlibrary Loans—322 • Students
Receiving Library Instruction—301 • VIVA searches—over 193,000
Library Staff
Virginia Cherry, Ph.D. — Library Director • Irene Handy, M.A. — Technical/Public Services Librarian • Jacqueline Carrell, M.L.S. — Public Services & Reference
Staff Memberships/Affiliations
Dr. Cherry—State President (Virginia), Delta Kappa Gamma, an international organization for key women educators; VIVA Steering Committee; SCHEV's Library Advisory Committee; RALC Board Member; SIRSI Virginia Users Group; Swem Librarians Assembly; ALA; VLA; ACRL; VIVA Collection Development Contact; VIVA Special Collections & Archives Contact; VIVA Directors Contact.
Irene Handy—RALC Technical Services Committee; SIRSI Virginia Users Group; VIVA Interlibrary Loan Contact; VIVA Cataloging & Intellectual Access Contact.
User Information
Hours are available online.
Circulation and User Services
Students receive a library keytag upon checkout of materials. Books are checked out for a 4-week period with one renewal. Overdue fines accrue at .25 per day. Videos and DVDs are checked out for 7 days with no renewals. Overdue fines accrue at a rate of $1.00 per day. A maximum of 5 items may be checked out at one time.
Reserve materials may be checked out at the circulation desk. These items may be available for library-use-only, overnight, 3 days, etc. Overdue fines accrue at a rate of $5.00 per day.
The Library's circulation policies are available online.
VIVA and Other Online Services
As a member of VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia) students have access to :
. 200 databases
. 5,000 full text journals and newspapers
. Nearly 10,000 full text works of poetry and verse
drama
. 700,000 other full text materials
Off-campus access to VIVA
Library Catalog
Request Interlibrary Loan materials online
EBSCO eBooks (print books available online)
Research help
Resource Sharing
Richard Bland College Library is a member of RALC (Richmond Academic Library Consortium). RALC promotes sharing of materials among the Richmond area academic libraries.
ILL — Interlibrary Loan services allow students and faculty to borrow from libraries worldwide.
Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Richard Bland College Library provide support for the library through fundraisers, National Library Week activities, book sales, flea market, campus beautification projects and more.
library@rbc.edu | Last Update:
February 6, 2012
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