Overview
Welcome to the Teti Library! Service is available from the librarians and library staff. Please feel free to ask for help at the Circulation / Reference Desk at any time during our hours of operation. Email ref@nhia.edu, live chat from the web site, or call 603-836-2532
Community Served
Full library privileges are extended to the students, faculty, staff, administration and alumni of the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Residents of towns with GMILCS libraries are extended borrowing privileges by applying for library card in their home library.
GMILCS guests can also visit our library in person and check out items using their GMILCS borrowing card. Visitors are permitted between the Institute's regular business hours of 9 am - 5 pm (4:30 pm on Fridays). Because of our limited space, we do ask that guests sign in at the front desk of the library when they arrive, and limit their visit to 15 minutes. NHIA students and staff will have priority use of the facilities.
Use of the library is a privilege, not a right. The Director of the Library is able to suspend or revoke borrowing and/or library use privileges if circumstances so warrant.
General Resources
Annual Report--July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010
Audiovisual Materials such as DVDs and Videos on various subject areas are located in the back of the stacks near the emergency exit. Please ask at the circulation desk for assistance in locating these materials or use the online catalog and limit your search to the desired a/v format.
Classification System The library’s holdings are cataloged according to the Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) and are accessed via the online catalog.
General Circulating Books (3-week loan period) are in the main section of the library. The circulating collection is divided into various areas: Main Collection, Oversize, Folio, Juvenile, and Illustrators Annual. Please do not re-shelve materials yourself. Instead, place the materials on tables or leave at the circulation desk so that the library staff can track which library books are being used even if they are not checked out.
Reference books are located on your right as you enter the library. Dictionaries have been placed at various points in the library, including the Reference Books area.
Reserve materials are shelved at the Circulation Desk. 2- and 4-hour reserves are to be used in the library only. However, in some cases, one half hour before closing, hourly books may be checked out overnight and are due the next day at opening. 2-hour, 4-hour, 1-day and 3-day reserve materials are listed in the online catalog under “course reserves.” We will gladly look up a reserve call number for you, but it is requested that you look up the call number before asking for the material.
Online catalog is available at http://findit.gmilcs.org/polaris/search. If you want to search materials in the Teti library, please limit your search by selecting “Teti items only” from the dropdown menu. You can search other individual libraries by selecting going to “Open Search Options” and selecting another library from the list. You may also search all GMILCS libraries simultaneously by selecting “GMILCS” or by leaving your limiter blank.
Serials / Periodicals, current periodicals and select back issues are available at the back of the library in alphabetical title order. Lift the periodical shelf up to find selected back issues underneath. Periodicals may not be checked out of the library. Older and bound back issues are available by asking at the Circulation Desk.
Online Databases and a selection of other notable online resources are linked at by going to the library home page and clicking on “Databases/Guides.” The Teti Library subscribes to over 35 online databases for NHIA student, faculty and staff use. Ebsco’s Academic Search Elite, OCLC’s WorldCat, and ARTstor are just a few of the many major academic research databases we offer. Please visit the web site for a complete listing, call 603-836-2532, or ask at the Circulation Desk for a handout. You can access the databases from anywhere on campus. If you would like to access the databases from off campus, please make sure you have registered your NHIA ID card’s barcode with the library and have been provided a pin.
Reference help is available via email at ref@nhia.edu or by asking the Reference Librarian for assistance. The reference department will help you find the information you are looking for as well as guide you through the general research process if you choose. One-on-one or small group sessions are available, and appointments are preferred but unnecessary during the librarian’s regular office hours. During all other hours, the Reference or Circulation staff will do what they can to assist you in your reference and information needs. See also “Reference Service” (below) for a more complete description.
Inter-Library Loan service is available to the NHIA community in order to secure books from libraries outside of the GMILCS System and articles from periodicals not owned by the Teti Library. Please fill out a form at the Circulation Desk or fill out our web request form here.
Consortia and Affiliations
The Teti Library at the New Hampshire Institute of Art is a full member of these and other organizations:
- GMILCS, Inc., a cross-borrowing consortium of 12 local public and academic libraries.
- New Hampshire College and University Council (NHCUC), a consortium of New Hampshire Colleges and Universities, which includes a library committee
- College Art Association
- New Hampshire Historical Society
...and its librarians are members of the:
- American Library Association (ALA)
- New England Library Association (NELA)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA)
