1. Hunting Down Dead People:
Genealogy Resources in the Iowa State University Library
September 13, 2004
Presentation for the Story County Genealogical Society

2. Associate Professor Head of Stacks and Service Desks
Kathy A. Parsons
Associate Professor
Head of Stacks and Service Desks

3. Content of Presentation
Library Information
Location and Parking
Hours
Borrowing Privileges
Library Services and Resources
Reference Services
Microforms Center, Map Room, Interlibrary Loan
Library Storage Building
Handout
Questions

5. ISU Library Location
White arrow is building location. Yellow arrow indicates metered parking about a block and half from building. Additional parking at the Memorial Union. Also, available is parking in the Commuter Lot by the Football Stadium, then take the Orange Cy-Ride to the Library. This route is free from the lot and back again.

6. Library Storage Building
Some older materials are located in this remote site. More later.

7. Library Storage Building Location
Very little metered parking available at this time.

8. Library Hours Parks Library-Fall/Spring Semesters Monday-Thursday
7:30 am-12 midnight
Friday
7:30 am-10:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am-10:00 pm
Sunday
12:30 pm-12 midnight
Hours vary when classes are not held and during the summer sessions
Breaks, summer session hours varies. Call ahead or or check the e-Library hours section.

9. Library Hours Reference Desk Microforms Center Monday-Thursday
9:00 am-9:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday
Hours vary when classes are not held and during the summer sessions
Microforms Center
Monday-Thursday
8:00 am-9:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday
1:00 pm-9:00 pm
Hours vary when classes are not held and during the summer sessions
Reference desk is staffed with full time personnel including nights and weekends. Microforms has students assistants working nights and weekends.

10. Library Hours Map Room Library Storage Building Monday-Friday
Monday-Thursday
8:00 am-8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Hours vary when classes are not held and during the summer sessions
Library Storage Building
Monday-Friday
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Hours vary when classes are not held and during the summer sessions
Located off of Stange Road across from Fredericksen Court
Map Room has students assistants working nights and weekends. Storage Building has students during the weekends and when fulltime staff is gone during the day.

11. Borrowing Privileges ISU Alumni, students from UNI and Iowa
One time $4.00 fee (unless card is lost)
Expires annually, can be renewed (no additional charge)
Apply in person at the Circulation Desk, Parks Library
Only for borrowing materials;includes ILL Services; does not give remote access to databases

12. Borrowing Privileges Visitor’s Card $10.00 fee annually
Apply in person at the Circulation Desk, Parks Library
Need to give a reasonably explanation why ISU Library Card is needed over local library card
Only for borrowing materials; includes ILL Services; does not give remote access to databases
No high school students, other college students

13. Reference Services In-person: Reference Desk, 1st floor
By phone:
By chat: link at
By link at
Will not pull materials for you; will assist you in locating and using materials especially those housed in the Reference Collection

14. Microforms Center
First Floor of Library behind the Reference Collection
Federal Census for Iowa
Reference materials to use census
Self-serve reader printers-$.10 or staff copies at higher fee
Mary Kay Johnson is a regular Wednesday visitor and she knows a lot more then me about how to use the census microfilm.

15. Map Room Second Floor of original building
Plat books for Iowa counties
Historical atlases
Sheets maps of many countries

16. Interlibrary Loan
Prefer electronic submission:
In-person: 198B Library, northwest corner of original building
Can request microfilm, books that the Library does not have. Especially useful for censuses other than Iowa.

17. Library Storage Building
Remote site for low use items
Walk-in retrieval possible
Delivery to Parks via request form:
Since public parking is scare here, the better way to get materials from here is to request them electronically or in person at the Circulation Desk. The materials would be delivered to Parks on the next working day.

18. Genealogy Handout Library Catalog Major Call Numbers Areas Resources
Our catalog is similar to the Ames Public Library web-based catalog. Same company.

19. Thank-you for your time!!!