Scholes Library is the Engineering and Art and Design library on the Alfred University campus. Named for a noted glass scientist and educator, the Samuel R. Scholes Library is a special library, which was formally established in 1947.
Today, Scholes Library serves as an international resource for information on the art, science, technology, and history of ceramics and glass. Currently the library holds 100,000 bound volumes, 60,000 government research reports, 160,000 slides, and a variety of other materials.
Scholes Library offers many different services, those services include; circulation, interlibrary loan, reference services, reserves, special collections, audiovisual services, and the graduate carrels.
-Circulation is the service of borrowing books from the library.
-Interlibrary Loan is a service that allows students to obtain books or articles from other libraries across the country if they are not available in either Alfred University library.
-Reference Services can be provided at the reference desk, and include the help of a reference librarian, formal instruction in the use of reference materials, online databases, and computers.
-Reserves is a service that allows professors to put materials in a protected standing, so that they are always available to their students.
-Special Collections houses original Engineering and Art & Design graduate theses and dissertations, as well as over 700 rare books and folio volumes, including signed copies of many publications of past and current faculty. It also holds an extensive and rapidly growing Artist's Book Collection.
-Audio Visual Services include the audiovisual stations, the AV Classroom, which may be reserved by faculty or graduate students for presentations. Scholes Library also offers electronic media, which includes, DVDs, CD-ROMs, videotapes, etc.
-The Graduate Carrels are small study rooms designated for graduate students that may be rented out for the semester.
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