About the Somers SSR Library

Facilities and Equipment

The Library offers access to a useful facility and a variety of special equipment:

  • Study rooms: Seven study rooms are available on a first-come, first served basis. Under special circumstances, rooms can be reserved for a short period of time. Please ask at the circulation desk or call 262-6195 for more information.
  • Book delivery: Books from across campus, UW-System Borrowing, or InterLibrary Loan can be delivered for pickup at the Social Science Reference Library.
  • Open return: books checked out from across campus can be returned to the Social Science Reference Library.

Laptop/LCD Projector Checkout

Nineteen Dell Lattitude D620 laptops (Windows XP; 987GHz with 1GB RAM) and one compatible LCD projector are available for 3 day checkout to faculty, students, and staff at the Circulation Desk. The laptops have Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other useful applications ready for use. In addition, the library has optical mice, headphones, Ethernet (Cat 5) cables, a 15' extension cord, and a power strip available for 3 day checkout. For more information please call 262-6195.

Additional Library Computer and A/V Equipment

  • Wireless Internet access: this is the DoIT wireless system. A valid NetID is required.
  • Public computers: Six desktop computers are available for use. These computers are connected to the Internet and have the standard Microsoft applications such as Word, powerPoint, and Excel.
  • Computer-related "extras:" The library has optical mice, headphones, Ethernet (Cat 5) cables, a 15' extension cord, and a power strip available for 3 day checkout.
  • Public printer: printing costs $0.07/page.
  • Photocopy/scanning equipment: the library has a combination photocopier/scanner. Photocopying costs $0.10/page and scanning is free. The scanning function can only convert directly to a PDF and can not do color.
  • Overhead projector: One overhead projector is available for checkout. Users must provide their own transparencies.
  • Microfiche viewer: One microfiche (microform sheets) viewer is available for check out. It does not make photocopies.
  • Microfilm viewer: One microfilm (microform reels) viewer is available for check out. It does not make photocopies.