2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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programs specific to those areas of study. Learning
objectives increase in sophistication for undergraduates
and graduate students as they work towards
completion of their degrees. Instruction is provided
in classrooms within and outside of the library and
also virtually.
Individualized research assistance is provided
through a variety of formats including one-on-one
consultation, reference desk, email, instant messaging,
and text messaging. Tisch Library provides
online research guides in all major subject areas and
in over 240 specific courses. The library also offers a
credit-bearing senior capstone research skills course
every semester.
The Lilly Music Library, located in the Granoff
Music Center, houses musical scores, literature, and
sound recordings (including a very popular CD
collection of over 15,000), on a wide range of music
subjects. Course reserves and reference for music
are offered there, while electronic resources for
music study, including streaming audio databases,
are available to the Tufts community on and off
campus.
For more information on Tisch library services and
collections, visit http://www.library.tufts.edu/Tisch.
Edwin Ginn Library, The Fletcher School
The Edwin Ginn Library of The Fletcher School is
one of the largest specialized libraries in the field of
international affairs. The collection is especially
strong in the fields of international law and
organizations, human rights, economic and political
development, international energy resources and
environmental matters, international security and
peacekeeping, conflict negotiation, and international
business and finance.
The Ginn Library holds documents from the
League of Nations, the United Nations, and
numerous international organizations. The library
maintains a large collection of international treaty
documents, and also has case reports of the International
Court of Justice, the European Court of
Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
The papers of Edward R. Murrow and of Ambassadors
John Moors Cabot and Philip Kingsland
Crowe have been deposited in the Ginn Library;
they are now housed in Digital Collections and
Archives and are available for research there.
Ginn Library manages the information technology
environment for The Fletcher School, which
includes the library, classrooms, Mugar computer
lab, and faculty and staff workstations.
For more information visit
http://www.library.tufts.edu/ginn/.
Hirsh Health Sciences Library,
Boston Campus
The Hirsh Health Sciences Library provides
resources to support the education, research and
clinical mission of the Tufts Schools on the Boston
Campus. This includes the Schools of Medicine
and Dental Medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate
Biomedical Sciences, the Gerald J. and Dorothy
R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and
Policy, the Jean Mayer U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, as
well as the Tufts Medical Center. Library services
are integrated into the curricula of the Boston
Campus schools, where librarians teach information
management skills, and instruct the students in how
to access a variety of resources directly and through
the learning management system, TUSK
(tusk.tufts.edu). The staff works with students both
in the classroom and one-on-one to answer
questions and teach research skills. These activities
are closely tied to the educational goals of each of
the schools. The library staff also works closely with
faculty and clinicians to meet all of their information
needs for both research and patient care. Also,
students and clinical faculty receive their first tier
of computing support at the library where the staff
can do basic repairs, offer software support and
system scanning and reinstallation. Laptops and
iPads are also lent to library patrons to augment
their study or work. With the completion of the
Sackler Center renovation in 2009, the library
developed into a Boston campus student center,
with a café, easy access to the library resources,
quiet study spaces, and a variety of computing
facilities. At 38,000-square-feet, the space comfortably
seats 800 patrons, with accommodations for
both individuals and groups. Classrooms, computer
labs, and seminar rooms are equipped with
state-of-the-art presentation equipment and
relevant software for teaching and studying. Public
computer workstations are positioned throughout
the library and building-wide wireless allows access
to the Tufts Network and the internet.
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