This is a virtual tour of each floor of Buley Library.

1. Virtual Tour of Hilton C. Buley Library
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

2. .
Welcome to the virtual tour of Buley Library which is designed to highlight our services
and collections. The library, which first opened in 1970, is one of the busiest buildings
on campus. An addition to the library was completed in 2008 and the old building was
renovated and opened its doors in March 2015. The library is situated between
Engleman Hall and the Adanti Student Center with the entrance on the campus quad
side.
A Book Drop is conveniently located just outside the entrance to the library on the left
for anyone wishing to drop off materials when the library is closed.
Book Drop

3. LIBRARY HOURS
Monday – Thursday 8 am – 11 pm
Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm – 11 pm

4. We begin our tour on the first floor. As you enter the outer doors, on the right is a portrait of Hilton C.
Buley after whom the library was named. Buley was the president of SCSU from 1954-1971.
Below the portrait is an indoor book drop which is open all hours the library is open.
To the left is an adorable bronze sculpture of a boy and girl sitting and reading on a bench titled Best
Friends Together, Forever. This is from the Randoph Rose Collection, a family owned and operated
company that specializes in handmade bronze sculptures, statues, fountains and accessories for
homes, gardens, and public spaces. The sculpture was a generous gift by the class of 1956.
Sculpture from the Randolph Rose Collection Book drop & Portrait of Hilton C. Buley

5. The Security Desk is situated to the left as you enter the inner doors
of the library.

6. Just past the inner doors, on the right are elevators and stairs leading to all 5
floors of the library building.

7. The inner doors open into the Learning Commons on the main floor of the library. The Learning
Commons is the heart and soul of the newly renovated Buley library spanning 18,000 square
feet. The space is flexible and adaptable: the chairs have handles and students can rearrange or
move them to form impromptu study groups. The tables are fixed and wired for wi-fi access.
Shutters along the wall can secure the rest of the library after normal business hours leaving
just the Learning Commons open around the clock. Plans are to keep the library open 24/7
starting fall 2015.

8. Catalog Kiosks
A couple of computers are available in the Learning Commons for quick
access to the library’s catalog and databases limiting what users can do on
these machines. It is not possible to print from these kiosks.

9. Check-out Desk
To the right is the Check-out desk which is currently open all hours the library is open. This is
where library materials and course reserves are checked out and returned. Enquiries about
library privileges, loans, and fines may be made here. Posters and lamination requests for the
Learning Resource Center which is located within may be dropped off or picked up at this desk.

10. Plans for self-check-out stations are in the works and will be located in the counter opposite the
Circulation Desk.
A Hoot Loot Machine where you can add money to your Hoot Loot Card and check your balance is
also located opposite the Check-out Desk. The machine accepts $1, $5, $10 and $20 dollar bills. It
does not take coins.
Do not miss the Digital Sign on the wall which features library hours , news, and important events.
Digital Sign
Self
Check-
out
Hoot Loot
Machine
Door next
to check-
out leads
to Access
Services

11. CaerCa
The printers (black and white, and colored) are conveniently situated in the Learning Commons
and are easily accessible to students in the Computer Lab, Learning Commons, and the
reference area. Students can print to these computers from their laptops as well by
downloading the Print Anywhere software located in the SCSU Share folder. To obtain
printouts, users swipe their Hoot Loot card in the card swipe on the monitor and then click on
their username to get printouts.
Printing cost:
Single side, black and white – 5 cents
Double-side, black and white – 8 cents
Single side, color – 25 cents
Double –side, color – 40 cents
Card
Swipe

12. As you walk pas the Check-out counter you will see double doors leading to another stairwell. Just pass the doors are
the Restrooms and water fountains. Restrooms and water fountains are available on every floor of the renovated
section as well as on the stack side.
If you wish to take a break from course readings and are looking for something light and fun to read, our Leisure
Reading book shelves may located against the wall near the restrooms may have just what you need.
Later this year, we hope to have a Café in this space next to the Leisure reading shelves. The operation of the café will
be a part of the food service contract that is currently out to bid. The café will be a long-awaited comfort and
convenience for students looking for coffee and a quick bite to eat, or a midnight snack in the late hours.
Cafe
Leisure
Reading
Restrooms Stairs

13. The Learning Commons leads to the Reference area. The Reference Desk is staffed by a friendly, professional librarian
most hours the library is open. Reference Librarians can help users find information for their papers or projects, suggest
search terms and strategies, provide citation help, and much more. Research assistance is available on a drop-in basis at
the desk and also via text messaging (SMS), email, and by phone. Subject librarians are available by appointment for in-
depth subject-specific assistance.
Reference Desk hours
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 9 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 12 pm – 5 pm
Sunday 2 pm – 7 pm

14. The Reference area has 18 MACs and 12 PCS, and each computer work area
is equipped with a state-of-the-art table lamp.

15. Scanners are available, one each on the counters attached to the wooden pillars on either side
of the computer hub. Users can scan to print, email, or download to a flash drive. Scanning is
free but printing costs apply. Stapler, a three-hole punch, and pencil sharpener are available
near the scanner.
Scanner
Scanner

16. A computer lab featuring MACs and PCs is available for those students who do not
have their own machines.
The IT Help Desk is located just outside the lab and adjacent to the Reference Desk.
Students can get technological help at their time and point of need.
IT Help
Desk

17. Charging Stations
A counter with charging stations where users can plug in USB drives, laptops, and tablets is
situated along the main staircase in the Reference area.

18. Six new spacious study rooms are along the periphery of the Reference area. Rooms 104 D, E, F, G, H, and J all seat six people. D and E are near
the IT Help Desk; F, G, H & J are near the computers in the reference area. Study rooms can be reserved online from the library home page.
Study Rooms
Six new spacious study rooms are along the periphery of the Reference area. Rooms 104 D, E,
F, G, H, and J all seat six people. F, G, H & J are near the computers in the reference area. Study
rooms can be reserved online from the library home page.
104 F 104 G 104 H 104 J

19. Study Rooms 104 D and E are right behind the IT Help Desk overlooking the quad.
104 D 104 E

20. The Library's Optelec machine provides magnification, color and contrast
support, and other benefits for those who are visually challenged. It is
located next to the pillar just outside study Room 104G.

21. Tiffany Windows
The beautiful stained glass windows designed and manufactured by the Louis C.
Tiffany Studios around the turn of the century were donated to Southern
Connecticut State University in 1972. The three you see here were given by the First
Church of Christ of New Haven, and the fourth which was donated in the 1990s by
the North Stonington Congregational Church is in the second floor reading room.

22. Here’s a view from the front lobby of the connector that links the renovated
section of the library that was completed in March 2015 and the addition that
was completed in 2008. The connector leads to the reference stack area. On
the right you will be able to see the Art Gallery on the Ground Floor through
the glass panels. On the left is the staircase leading to the Ground Floor.

23. The center staircase leads to the second floor of the library and the
staircase leading to the ground floor is situated in the connector that
links the renovated library and the library addition.
Stairs to the ground floor

24. Additional elevators are located just pass the connector on the right
in the Reference stack area.

25. The reference stacks are on the first floor. Books in this collection do not circulate. They include
atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, manuals, and much more. Books are shelved by
Library of Congress call number system which uses letters and/or numbers to arrange the books
so books on the same topic are together. The collection begins with the A section near the
Student Center side.
Additional computers and printers are available here.
Further down on the left are the restrooms and water fountain. Restrooms and water fountains
are found in the same location on every floor on the stack side of the library.
Restrooms on
the left further
down Printers
Computers

26. New Books and Media
DVDs, Videos, and CDs are shelved in the Media collection which is currently on the first floor
right after the Reference books. They will eventually be moved to their new home on the
ground floor of Buley Library.

27. Library Classroom
The Library Instruction Classroom, Room 115, is located behind the Media shelves.
The room is equipped with 25 computers, an instructor’s workstation, a projector
and screen. It can accommodate fifty people.

28. Follow the sign to the reference librarians’ offices, Rooms 122 F-O. The door
next to the pillar, 122P, leads to their offices. This is where you would go if
you have an appointment with a reference librarian.
122 P
Office
door
here

29. Map of First Floor
This concludes our tour of the First Floor. Click on the Second Floor tab
above to proceed with the tour.

30. Second Floor
The easiest way to get to the second floor stacks is to take the central staircase and go past the
double doors. Or you may take the elevator in the first floor reference stack area.

31. As you get off the elevator on the second floor or enter through the double doors
from the staircase, this is the what you will see. Books that can be checked out are
shelved on the second and third floors of the library. The second floor has books
with call numbers A-PN 2924. Rest rooms and a water fountain can be found about
half way down the stacks on the left. If you are looking for a quiet study space, this is
the floor!
A quick-look up kiosk for searching the library’s catalog and databases is
conveniently located in this stack area.
Quick look-
up kiosk
3 more computers here
Quiet
Study
Area

32. Second Floor Stacks A-PN
Here is a view of the second floor stacks from the Student Center side. The circulating stacks begin here with
the As and continue down the room ending with the PNs. A water fountain and the rest rooms are on the
right. The elevator is straight ahead.
Water
fountain
Restrooms
Elevators

33. 4 Group Study Rooms 232, 233, 235, and 236 are available to students and can be booked online from the
Library Home Page. Room 233 is directly across from the elevator. If you walk past Room 233 you will see
Room 232 on your left. Here are rooms 235 and 236. If you get off the elevator, take a right to get to these
two study rooms.
236 235

34. Group
Room 232
Group Study Room 232 is located on the other side of the second floor. When you get off
the elevator, proceed straight ahead until you come to the DP stacks and you will see the
study room on your left.

35. Library Classroom
Here is another instruction classroom. Some library instruction classes are held in this room.
As you step off the elevator on the second floor you will see a sign for the library classroom on the HC
stacks . Proceed in the direction of the arrow until you come to another sign on the “P” stacks
pointing to the classroom. Room 242 is all the way at the back on the Fitch Street side. It has 19
computers, an instructor’s station, a projector, and a table and chairs to seat a total of 25 students.

36. Across from the second floor stacks is the future home of the Faculty Development Center.
There are two reading rooms, one on either side of the entrance to the FDC.

37. 2-level reading room with Tiffany window
on the far right opposite the staircase
Stairs leading to the third floor
2-level reading room with Tiffany window
on the far right opposite the staircase
Two reading rooms are located on this floor. One is on the left just outside the entrance to the
Faculty Development Center, next to the staircase. The second is to the right of the staircase and is a
2-level room. A wooden spiral staircase leads to the reading room on the third floor. The fourth
Tiffany window from the Stonington Congregation Church is installed here.

38. Map of Second Floor
This concludes our tour of the Second Floor. Click on the Third Floor tab above to proceed with
the tour.

39. Third Floor
The easiest way to get to the third floor is to take the elevator from the first floor reference stack area. Or
you may take the central stairs to the second floor, go past the double doors and make a right in the hallway
to get to the stairs that lead to the third floor.
Second Floor Stairs to Third Floor

40. Third floor stacks, PN-Z
The third floor stacks have the remainder of the circulating collection (books with call numbers
PN2924-Z). This is a view of the stacks from the Student Center side.
A water fountain is on the right and the restrooms are right next to the water fountain. The
elevators are straight ahead.
From the elevator turn left to the atrium that connects this part of the building with the
renovated section.
Restrooms
Water
Fountain
Elevators

41. In the center of the third floor stack area are a kiosk for conducting quick searches in the
library’s catalog, an Optelec machine for the visually disadvantaged, a couple of computers and
listening and viewing stations. Additional viewing stations are located on the ground floor of
the library.
Optelec
Machine
Kiosk
Listening and viewing stations

42. Right after the Z section are the Juvenile fiction and non-fiction books – these are
children’s books that are used in education classes. Then follows the Curriculum
Collection consisting of materials that are related to teacher education.
The Oversized Collection follows next. These are books that are too tall to fit on the
regular shelves.
All of these collections can be checked out.

43. The Connecticut Collection is shelved at the end of the third floor stacks.
At the far end is the library administrative assistant’s office.

44. The Library Director’s Office, Room 350, is at the back on the Fitch Street side. If you take a right off the
elevator and proceed towards the Connecticut Collection, you will see the door to the office. Next to room
350 on the left is 351, the Administrative Assistant’s office.
Library Director
350

45. Three study rooms are available on this floor. Across from the elevator on the third floor is
Room 346. Room If you proceed straight ahead past Room 346 you will see Room 345 on the
left. If you take a right when you step off the elevator on the third floor you will see Room 349
which is just across from the Oversized stacks.
349

46. Two more reading rooms are located on the third floor. The Mezzanine Reading
Room is to the right of the hallway in the third floor stack area and the other reading
room is on the left just outside the entrance to the Academic Success Center. Both
rooms are located directly above the second floor reading rooms.
Reading

47. Across from the third floor stacks on the renovated side is the Academic Success Center which
will be open fall 2015. Although the sign now reads Teaching and Learning Center it will be
renamed Academic Success Center. Students will be able to get academic assistance here such
as supplemental instruction and tutoring services.
The Library Science Department is also in this area.

48. Map of the third floor

49. Fourth Floor
The easiest way to get to the fourth floor at this point is to take the elevators on the
right as you enter the building. The elevators in the reference stack area do not go
up to the fourth floor as that side of the building is under construction.
Or you may take the central staircase to the second floor and then take the stairs on
the right to the fourth floor.
The Department of Instructional Technology is on the fourth floor . This summer the
fourth floor will be home to Library Administration.

50. Information Technology Department
Information Technology is on the renovated wing of the fourth floor.
Library Administration and a computer lab will be housed on the addition
side which is currently under construction.

51. Third Floor
This concludes the tour of the Third Floor. Click on Ground Floor next. The Fourth Floor is home to the IT
Department.

52. Ground Floor
The easiest way to get to the ground floor is to take the staircase in the connector. The Art Gallery is across
from the stairs on the ground floor. To the left is the periodical stacks. To the right is Special Collections,
Media, and Microforms. Or you may take the elevator in the first floor Reference area.
Stairs leading to the ground floor

53. Bound Periodicals
The ground floor of Buley Library houses our periodical collection.
The bound periodicals are arranged in alphabetical order by periodical title beginning at the
Student Center side.

54. Periodicals Information Desk
Current periodicals are arranged in alphabetical order by title in white plastic boxes in the center
of the Periodicals reading area.
The Periodicals Information Desk is in the center of the Periodicals Reading area. There is a book
scanner on the desk so users can scan articles from print journals and other sources and save
them to a thumb drive. Very soon they will be able to print, email, or save to their university
accounts as well.
Current
Periodicals
Scanner

55. Current Periodicals and Newspaper Rack
Newspapers are shelved along with the current periodicals and the five dailies that
we get are on the newspaper rack. They are the Connecticut Post, The Hartford
Courant, The New Haven Register, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

56. Abstracts and Indexes
Periodical abstracts and indexes are shelved right after the bound periodicals in
alphabetical order. Abstracts and indexes provide citations to articles in journals,
magazines, and newspapers. These are especially useful for locating older articles.

57. SCSU Theses
The SCSU Theses collection is shelved after the abstracts and indexes. These are arranged by
year and a four digit number. You will need to know the number in order to find the thesis on
the shelf. Theses can be checked out.

58. Technical Services
The room behind the glass enclosure is Technical Services where all library
materials are received and processed. The door to Technical Services is
located in the hallway. Offices of the Technical Services staff are located
within.
Door to
Technical
Services
Abstracts
& Indexes
Theses
Technical
Services

59. The Art Gallery on the Ground Floor is a wonderful space for exhibits and programs.

60. Special Collections and Reading Area
Across from the Art Gallery is Special Collections. There is a reading area, a work area, and
compact shelving for books, documents, and artifacts. The collection includes rare books,
university archival material, and books authored by Southern faculty and students.

61. Media Room
The Media collection that is now housed on the main floor near the Reference stacks
will eventually move to the ground floor once adequate shelving is obtained. It is
located off the Special Collections reading area.

62. Beyond the media room at the far back is the Microforms room which has our
collection of microfiche, microfilm, and a very small collection of micro cards.

63. Microfiche/Microfilm Scanner & Printer
Film/Fiche Cabinets
Inside the Microforms Room are file cabinets containing microfilm and microfiche. If you need
help with locating or using film or fiche, you can get help at the Periodicals Information Desk.
A Microfilm/fiche scanner and printer is available so users can scan documents to print, email, or
save to a thumb drive.

64. Map of Ground Floor
This concludes the tour of the Ground Floor. Click on the Fourth Floor tab above for a quick tour of the
Fourth Floor.