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Collections

Books—66,472 • Videos—737 • DVDs—4,722 • Special Collections —1,406 • Newspaper Subscriptions—9 • Audio CDs—233 • Journal Subscriptions—75 • Microforms— 3,866 • eBooks—63,671

2011-2012 At a Glance

Books Purchased—127 • Graduate Gift Books—15 • Gift Books—422 • DVDs Added—284 • Circulation—7,110 • Attendance—117,449 • Reserves Circulated—1,784 • DVDs Circulated—3,133 • Books Circulated—1,109 • Interlibrary Loans—256 • Students Receiving Library Instruction—348 • VIVA searches—over 276,000

Library Staff

Dan Ream, M.A. and M.L.S., — Library Director • Irene Handy, M.A. — Technical/Public Services Librarian • Jacqueline Carrell, M.L.S. — Public Services & Reference

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 and 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.