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Faculty and Staff Services at Mann Library

Reference Services | Instruction Services | Computing Services| Liaison Services | Circulation Services | Technology Consulting

Here's an overview of the wide range of services available to Cornell faculty and staff. For a complete listing of these services, please see our online brochure. You may also contact the Mann Library Reference Desk for more information at 255-5406 or mann_ref@cornell.edu.

Reference Services

Mann’s knowledgeable reference staff is ready to help you with all your questions, including (but certainly not limited to):

For further information on reference services and consultations, please contact the Mann reference desk at mann_ref@cornell.edu

Instruction Services

Mann Library is committed to providing quality teaching and research support to the faculty and staff of our colleges. This includes open workshops, class-related instruction, and orientations and tours. We also offer tours of Mann and library orientations for new faculty. For more information on instruction, tours and orientations, see our Instruction website Instruction or contact Instruction Coordinator Camille Andrews at ca92@cornell.edu.

Computing Services

Faculty and staff have access to a wide variety of cutting edge computing facilities at Mann Library. Here's a snapshot of what we have to offer:

Stone Computing Center: Public computing facilities on the 1st floor include 60+ Dell PCs and 5 Macs. A classroom with 23 computers and a projector may be reserved by faculty

Specialized Software: Many of Mann’s public computers contain specialized applications, including—but not limited to--ArcGIS, EndNote, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Minitab, Pagemaker, Photoshop, SAS & SPSS.

Creation Stations: Two public computers, one PC and one Mac, featuring the latest in multimedia software and hardware.

Laptop Check Out: Forty Dell Latitude wireless laptops. Mice and zip drives also available.

Poster Printing: Large-format color plotter prints posters up to 3.5 feet wide.

Audio and Video Equipment Checkout (available from circulation desk): Includes digital camera, tape recorders and headphones.

For a more complete picture of Mann's computing facilities, check out our computing website. Our payment options page has detailed information on ways for paying for print and photocopy jobs.

Circulation Services

Access Services (or Circulation) manages the borrowing and returning of materials to the library, reserves (both print and electronic), interlibrary loan and anything else having to do with the circulation of library materials.

  • Interlibrary Loan: Borrowing and lending of books and journals not owned by Cornell.
  • Borrow Direct : Easy to use patron generated book request and delivery system using seven Ivy League libraries. Simply look up a book in the Borrow Direct system, and have it delivered to Mann Library within 3-5 days. Not for journal articles.
  • Electronic and Print Reserves: Select items can be made available on the web or at Mann Library for short term loan by using Course Reserve services at Mann Library.
  • Universal Return: library items may be returned to any Cornell library. Once checked in they will be sent back to the lending library. Not for interlibrary loan, borrow direct, course reserves or hourly loans.

Library Liaisons

Librarian support for departments in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Human Ecology. The goal of Mann’s library liaison program is to promote communication between the library and the academic departments it supports, and to engage faculty as partners in developing library resources and services.

Technology Consulting

Mann Library can coordinate your technology needs by helping you find the resources you need to complete your project. Here's a sample of what we can help you with:

  • Project management
  • Database design and management
  • Interface programming
  • Metadata generation
  • Copyright clearance
  • Web hosting

To discuss the possibility of using Mann Library's Information Technology Consulting Services, please contact Holly Mistlebauer at 255-1381 or

it-consulting@postoffice.mannlib.cornell.edu.

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