Departments
The library includes five divisions:
- Administration
- Technology and Systems Services
- Access and Collection Services
- Information and Research Services
- Bibliographic Management Services
Navigate to each division for an overview of key services, contact information and related content. Staff information is located in the faculty and staff directory.
Administration
Key Services
Administration houses the Office of the Dean of Libraries and supports day-to-day activities of the library.
Contact Us
Contact us by calling 406-243-6800 or stopping by; we're located on the main level of the Mansfield Library. Contact Shali Zhang, division head, at shali.zhang@umontana.edu.
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Technology and Systems Services
The Technology and Systems division supports the technology needs of the Mansfield Library and it's patrons. We also run and manage the library system for all of the University of Montana Libraries.
Key Services
Our staff is available to assist with your technology needs at the Tech Support desk.
Contact Us
Contact us at the Tech Support Desk by calling 406-243-2953 or stopping by; we're located on the main level of the Mansfield Library in the Information Center. Contact John Greer, division head, at john.greer@umontana.edu.
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Access and Collection Services
Key Services
Key services are provided by Archives and Special Collections, Digital Initiatives, the Circulation Department, Interlibrary loan, and Preservation. Read more information about each department below.
Archives and Special Collections
Located on level four of the Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections helps to document the history of the region through its unique and valuable manuscript and print holdings. Visit the Archives and Special Collections website for more information.
Contact us at 406-243-2053 or library.archives@umontana.edu.
Circulation
Located near the front entrance of Mansfield Library, circulation is an integral part of day-to-day activities. Circulation oversees the lending, shelving, maintenance, and retrieval of Mansfield Library materials and media. Learn more about checking out materials.
Contact us at 406-243-4071 or library.circ@umontana.edu.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan obtains research materials not owned by the Mansfield Library for faculty, staff and students.
Contact us at 406-243-6736 or library.ill@umontana.edu.
Digital Initiatives
Digital Initiatives delivers ScholarWorks services and manages digitized collections of rare and unique materials, providing online access to the University of Montana’s research and creative scholarship and to information about the people, places and events of Montana and the region.
Contact Wendy Walker, Digital Initiatives Librarian, at 406-243-6004 or at wendy.walker@umontana.edu.
Preservation
The preservation department sustains the library’s mission to support and strengthen teaching, learning, and research, by preserving collections and the information they contain in usable and accessible formats. Working at all times to meet national standards and best practice guidelines for preservation, preservation prolongs the life of the Library’s collections through restorative and preventative treatments, reformatting, addressing environmental issues and disaster planning.
Our department is responsible for the care and repair of the circulating collection as well as items in special collections and archives that need minor treatment or rehousing. We provide services in order to improve storage conditions of the collections including environmental monitoring, emergency preparedness and disaster recovery.
Treatments range from simple quick fixes to more complex procedures. Some of our treatments include paper mends, comb binding, four-fold enclosures, pamphlet binding, encapsulation, resewing textblocks, new case construction, split board binding, board tacketing and clamshell box construction.
We work with a variety of equipment, both modern and traditional. Much of what we do is hand-work, often employing tools borrowed from other crafts such as leather or woodworking.
In accordance with AIC Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice, we strive to follow best possible methods for treatment and preventative conservation.
Contact Kathy Vaughn, conservation/preservation manager/supervisor at kathy.vaughan@umontana.edu.
Contact Us
Contact the individual department within this division if you have a specific question about their services. Contact Barry Brown, division head, at barry.brown@umontana.edu.
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Information and Research Services
Includes the Payne Family Library at Missoula College. This division coordinates instruction and research. See a list of our instruction librarians and their contact information.
The Information and Research Services Division of the Mansfield Library supports the research, teaching and learning needs of University of Montana students, faculty and staff. We provide research and instructional services to enable access, evaluation and use of the library’s online, print and media information resources.
Key Services
Research Assistance
Assistance is available in person at the Reference Desk, through individual or group consultations and by phone, email, or chat. See our contact information below.
Library Instruction
Library instruction is course integrated. Instruction librarians work with teaching faculty to integrate information literacy concepts and skills into course curricula. Librarians also teach for-credit classes. Community instruction is provided, per request.
Contact Us
Contact Kim Granath, division head, at kim.granath@umontana.edu or use a method listed below to reach us for research assistance.
In person at the Reference Desk
Staff are available from 8:00am to 9:00pm Monday through Thursday, 8:00am through 5:00pm on Friday, and 1:00pm through 9:00pm on Sunday.
Phone
Call us at 406-243-6866 or 800-240-4939. Staff are available from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Thursday, 8:00am through 5:00pm on Friday, and 1:00pm through 6:00pm on Sunday.
Ask a Librarian. Messages will be responded to within 24-48 hours.
Chat
Staff are available from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Thursday, 8:00am through 5:00pm on Friday, and 1:00pm through 9:00pm on Sunday. Our Chat with/Email a Librarian feature is located in the lower right corner of the page.
Feedback
Please share your comments and suggestions with us.
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Bibliographic Management Services
The Bibliographic Management Service division exists to support the academic and research needs of the University of Montana by acquiring, describing, maintaining and delivering quality access to library resources. Our key services are provided by the Cataloging and Metadata, Acquisitions, and Electronic Resource units. Read our Mission and vision statements (PDF).
Key Services
Electronic Resource Management
We perform the day-to-day tasks to maintain online access to databases, books, and journals from commercial providers. This includes: making full-text and citation content findable in the library’s OneSearch engine, maintaining access points on the library’s databases page, and evaluating resources in terms of usage metrics and content value. Additionally, we serve as a key contact for troubleshooting electronic resource access issues and renewing existing licenses.
Support and Consultation
We provide a variety of consultation and support services for UM students, faculty, staff, affiliate libraries, and other researchers across the state of Montana. Examples include:
- Cataloging consultations for describing and organizing print collections
- Metadata consultation for digital publishing initiatives
- Assistance with procurement and discovery of accessible media for use in classroom instruction
- Assistance with metadata creation and loading content into the Montana Memory Project and other repositories
- Assistance with preparation of data management and sharing plans (DMPs) required by funding bodies
- Assistance with preparing data/data sets for deposit into a repository
- Assistance with creating or transforming metadata for digital images, data or data sets
- Assistance with pre-publication indexing and CIP data
Purchase and Process
We purchase and receive physical and electronic resources for the Mansfield library, as approved by area librarians and guided by the library’s collection development policy.
We also perform physical processing (adding labels and barcodes) of all physical materials received by the library and work with the Preservation Department to process items that require repackaging.
Cataloging and Metadata
We create and maintain descriptive and authority data for physical and digital library materials housed at the Mansfield Library, the Flathead Lake Biological Station, the Payne Family Library at Missoula College, and the Herbarium. Members of the department participate in the Library of Congress’ Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) and Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO), creating new name and subject headings which highlight local Montana topics, faculty and student research. This work makes it possible for UM students, faculty and other researchers to find and access the resources they need.
Contact Us
Cataloging and Metadata Services, Consultation
Contact Teressa Keenan at 406-243-4592.
Purchase and Process Services
Contact Carol Leese at 406-243-5926.
Electronic Resource Management
Contact library.serials@umontana.edu.
