Library
Rush
Rhees
The University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library
is the home library for St. Bernard’s. Most of the theological
collections belonging to Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School,
St. Bernard’s and Bexley Hall have been merged with the UR
collection.
Headquartered in the landmark Rush Rhees Library, the
River Campus Libraries, consisting of several departmental units,
hold about 2.5 million volumes and provide access to an extensive
collection of books and electronic resources.
The faculty and students
of St. Bernard’s have full access to the library resources at UR.
Patrons may use both on-site and circulating materials.
Also available are
individualized reference services, regular informational sessions on
specific topics and information concerning the use of online
catalogs such as Voyager and ROARing Cat (an online catalog for the
Rochester Area College libraries) and electronic databases for
periodical literature for various disciplines. Remote access to all
electronic databases, which include full-text journal and newspaper
articles, is also possible through the library’s proxy server.
Procedures
Parking and use of
for University of Rochester
Library:
If you desire to
use the U of R library during weekdays before 7pm you need to go to
the security gate (at the entrance of the campus) and get a token
for parking lot L. Just show the guards your St. Bernard’s ID and
tell him/her you want to use the library. You will receive a token
for the gate and a parking tag for your car. Drive through and look
for Trustee Rd. It will take you to the parking lot for the library.
In order to take
books out of the U of R library you need a bar code on your ID. If
you don’t already have a bar code from the Divinity School you can
get a bar code at the circulation desk at the U of R. The bar
code put on your ID at the U of R library will also work for the
Divinity School Library.
Link:
http://www.library.rochester.edu/
Regular academic
hours for the Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester are
as follows:
Mondays –
Thursdays |
8 am – 3
am |
Fridays |
8 am – 10
pm |
Saturday |
10 am – 10
pm |
Sunday |
10 am – 3
am |
Russell Library
The Russell
Library reading room located at St. Bernard’s houses a modest collection of
reference works, some key works in various branches of theological
studies and course reserve materials. The collection is for on-site
use only.
Ambrose Swasey Library
Colgate Rochester Crozer
Divinity School (CRCDS) continues to maintain a core selection
of library resources on location in the Ambrose Swasey Library,
although a major portion of its collection has been merged with the
collection at the Rush Rhees Library (University of Rochester).
Students and faculty of St. Bernard's have full access to the
collection at CRCDS.
Link to CRCDS Library
Lorette Wilmot Library
The
Nazareth College Lorette Wilmot Library Circulation desk also
has a list of students and faculty. However, it is much easier if
you have a St. Bernard’s ID. You will receive a ‘Community Access
Card’ from Nazareth College, which entitles you to rights and
privileges appropriate to the above-mentioned borrower category. Not
included in this arrangement is access to all online databases with
exception of the library catalog.
Regular
term hours for the Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College are as
follows:
Monday –
Thursday 7:45 am – 12 midnight
Friday 7:45 am – 10 pm
Saturday 8:30 am – 10 pm
Sunday 12 Noon – 12 midnight
Link:
http://www.naz.edu/dept/library/index.html
Lavery Library (at St. John Fisher)
In order to
check out books from the Lavery Library at St. John Fisher
College, obtain an RRLC (Rochester Regional Library Council)
Card from Dean Premnath or the U of R and present it at the
Fisher circulation
desk. However, you have to obtain a RRLC card each time you
want to check out books from the Fisher Library. At Fisher, you can
access all the online resources.
Link:
http://library.sjfc.edu/services.asp
The Archbishop Fulton J.
Sheen Archives
Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheen, the sixth bishop of Rochester and an
internationally recognized writer and preacher, designated St.
Bernard's as the repository of his books, papers, and memorabilia.
The Sheen
Archives now contain a complete collection of the more than 90 books
published by the Archbishop (with translations of some works in
eight languages), his 2500 volume personal library, several hundred
audio cassettes, about 200 video recordings of his telecasts,
together with other effects that form a legacy of enduring
significance.
The collection is housed at the Diocesan Archives of
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.
http://www.dor.org/Archives/special.htm
