Adams Library
The James P. Adams Library provides:
- Access to information in print and online.
- Reference services in person and through use of several icons, such as “Text Us” and “Email” on the library homepage.
- One-on-one research consultation.
- Public computers for use throughout the building.
- Laptops, iPads, Nexus 7 tablets, external hard drives and graphing calculators for loan.
Your RIC ID is your library card. During the 2016-17 academic year, 26,571 items from the library’s collection were circulated.
Library faculty collaborate with college faculty to create library
instruction for specific courses focused on the discovery, use and
evaluation of library resources and information on the web. The library provided 148 library instruction sessions which were
attended by 2,730 students during the 2016-17 academic year. These sessions are conducted by the
reference librarians, who also answer about 7,133 reference questions a
year.
The library’s participation in the Higher Education Library
Information Network (HELIN) allows the RIC community to borrow from
academic libraries throughout the state with a click of a
button in the online catalog. Users can request items not available in
the HELIN consortium through the library’s Document Delivery Service.
During the 2016-17 academic year the RIC library borrowed 2,832 items from other
libraries and lent 2,664 items, for a total of 5,496 items.
The College Archives, a rich depository of the history and records of
Rhode Island College, as well as faculty and alumni publications and
student theses, are located in the Special Collections Department.
Special Collections includes a number of subject collections consisting
of papers, books, manuscripts and other resources that document the
state’s education, ethnic and socio-political history. A growing number
of student theses and honor projects, faculty publications and Special
Collections materials are also accessible electronically in the Digital
Commons.
The Curriculum Resources Center, housed within the library, provides
instructional material and curriculum development resources for teachers
and teacher education programs.
Information about library hours, services and resources can be found on the Adams Library website at library.ric.edu.