Ask Stanley Library

1. At Stanley Library, we offer services with 3D printing, filming with Green Screen technology, editing video projects using Adobe Create Suite tools, and creating audio projects in our Audio Lab. 
2. There are two multimedia workstations with Adobe Creative Suite
   1. Digital Video Lab/Digital Audio Lab
   2. Green Screen Room kit camera, tripod, Softbox lights, and props
   3. And a Large Format Poster Printer!

More info at: https://libguides.ferrum.edu/digitalmedia

Ferrum faculty, staff, and students.

Articles and electronic materials usually arrive within 1-4 days
Books and physical items usually arrive within 4-10 days depending on the location of the lending/supplying library and type of material.
Requests for popular and rare items may take much longer to obtain

All users must authenticate to subscription resources when connecting from off-campus. Currently, authentication is based on your Library credentials, but we hope you'll be able to log in with your portal credentials by the end of fall 2019. Up-to-date login instructions can be found at: https://www.ferrum.edu/stanley-library/off-campus-access-2/ 

No. Most libraries, including Stanley Library, don't collect or circulate current textbooks.

• Create impressive videos for class projects, such as a skit or commercial.
• Promote your Ferrum club or a student event.
• Practice a major presentation you have coming up.
• Make a Youtube video to show off your skills.

Try film projects of all kinds!

On the college's interactive map Stanley Library is number 30.

https://www.ferrum.edu/campus-map/

The Digital Video Lab or "Microfilm/Media Room" is part of Stanley Library's Digital Media Services program.

In the Digital Video Lab, we'll help you film videos in our Green Screen room and edit them using Adobe right here in the Library.

For more information: https://libguides.ferrum.edu/digitalmedia

• Printers and copiers are located in the Library computer lab, on the library's main floor, and on the second floor of the library. 
• All print jobs sent to the Papercut printer may be securely released from ANY copiers on campus.
• To physically log on to a copier, you may swipe your ID card OR you may type your ID number at the copier.  (Your ID must be entered in the form of a 7-digit number with leading zeroes if applicable.)

Both the Digital Media Center and the Green Screen Room have been condensed into one central location, which now also houses our Microfilm Library. 

It is located inside the Reading Room on the main floor of Stanley Library. 

The Digital Media Center includes two stations, as well as the use of professional design and audio engineering programs.

You may use the Digital Media Center as a group or individually.

To ensure availability, the Digital Media Center stations require a reservation.

For more information: https://libguides.ferrum.edu/digitalmedia

No, students can swipe their ID card to print or their login/password should be the same  login/password for their Panther Portal.

Download instructions here: https://libguides.ferrum.edu/ld.php?content_id=50686170

Note: you may need to omit the ferrum.edu from your username on some devices.

 

Once your request arrive, it will be checked into KOHA, which will email you an alert to let you know that the ILL was checked out in your name. 

You will receive an email a week after the books arrival if you have not picked it up. 

Book s and physical materials will be held for you in Technical Services, on the main floor of the library and will need to be returned there as well.

Articles, book chapters, and electronic items will be delivered via email and do not need to be returned.

Students receive a $10.00 credit each semester, which is good for 125 black-and-white or 100 color prints as of Fall, 2021. Students may add money to their print accounts at the library service desk. Cash only.

Print Costs:

• B/W copies: $0.08 per page
• Color copies: $0.10 per page
• Poster: $8.00 per poster

New books, DVDs, or databases can be requested using the "Request Materials" link on the home page. 

The Library also has scientific calculators, camcorders, Wii games/console, iPads, DVD players, and digital projectors that can be checked out. Overdue fines are $5/day on equipment. 

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service provided by the library.  We will borrow books and request copies of: chapters, articles and other materials (discretionary) that are not available in Stanley Library.

The Learning Engagement and Practice (LEaP) Studio facilitates hands-on learning in a flexible environment using iPads and movable white boards. Classes can be librarian-lead or the space may be booked by faculty for their own hands-on sessions.

There are several special collections within the Stanley Library such as: The Ferrum College Archives, the Inge Methodist Archive, the Governor Thomas Stanley Archive, the T. Keister Greer Archive, the T. Keister Greer Research Collection, the Marshall Wingfield Collection, and the Stillwell Collection. More information about each individual collection can be found at : https://libguides.ferrum.edu/specol.

In addition to those collections, the Special Collections also houses Aerial Photo Land Use Surveys - spanning 1937-1971 and oversized maps of southwest Virginia, including reconnaissance, mineral resources, topographical, TVA, and older and antique road maps. 

Yes, community members can purchase copies at the service desk (cash only). 

Print Costs:

• B/W copies: $0.08 per page
• Color copies: $0.20 per page
• Poster: $8.00 per poster