General introduction to the UST Libraries

We hope that by reading this handbook, you will be able to make the library experience more pleasant and understandable to the people who come here for help. The more YOU know about the library, the better you will be able to understand how and where your specific duties fit in.

It is important to know that to many library patrons, anyone working in a library is a "librarian," and therefore, library users will ask you for help with a variety of questions. Some things you may be able to answer but when you are unsure, always refer them to library staff. Be sure to be attentive to the answers given, for you will continue to learn in this way.

Many users may be hesitant to ask for assistance and oftentimes just wander around the library, unsure of what they want or where to look.  Because of cases like these it is important for you to remember to be approachable - let them know that you are willing to try to help them.

On the following pages you will find brief descriptions and locations of each of the departments in the library, as well as other University offices that are housed here.

Please don't hesitate to ask for further information or clarification whenever you have questions!

O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center

Collection Management and Services
Circulation/Reserves
Interlibrary Loan
Library Administrative Office
Media Resources Collection
Music Resource Center
Reference
Special Collections

Charles J. Keffer Library

651-962-4664
MOH 206, 1000 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403
Charles J. Keffer Library, on the Minneapolis campus, supports the School of Education, the College of Business, and the Graduate School of Professional Psychology.

Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library

651-962-4900
2260 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
The Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library is the graduate theology library of UST and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. It serves seminarians and lay students in graduate and continuing education programs, UST undergraduates, and archdiocesan parish professionals.

Schoenecker Law Library

651-962-4900
1000 LaSalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Schoenecker Law Library, on the Minneapolis campus, serves as the intellectual heart of the UST School of Law. A mixture of formal and informal study spaces provides students, faculty, staff and others in the legal community comfortable surroundings while working with information resources from an ever-expanding print, electronic and microform collection

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Revised 9/08