{"id":365,"date":"2022-04-03T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-lfort009\/?p=365"},"modified":"2022-04-03T23:51:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:51:01","slug":"elise-n-hofheimer-art-library-special-library-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-lfort009\/2022\/04\/03\/elise-n-hofheimer-art-library-special-library-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library-Special Library Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For my special library, I visited the Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library located in the Barry Arts Building on the campus of ODU. https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/library\/art<\/a> It’s a really small specialized and quirky library. I enjoyed walking through the stacks and checking out the featured displays and student work. Although the library is open to the public, it’s primarily used by art majors and faculty and had study areas for students. The space is very tight, but it’s crammed with everything you ever might need if you are interested in art, including periodicals, huge compilations of photographs (think giant coffee table books), biographies of artists, and information on a multitude of artistic media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services & People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my visit, I chatted with a work-study undergraduate student who interacted with one patron while I was there (the library director was in her office teaching an online class). Apparently, I visited during a quiet time (classes were not in session), but on Mondays and Wednesdays the library sees 50 or more students using the facility. She showed that student how to access the library catalogue and how to copy the material he had selected. There are computers that students and faculty can access using their ODU credentials. The stacks are organized using the Library of Congress classifications and graphics explaining the LCCC are posted throughout the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n