Library Services for KSG Staff
Hours (Academic Year)
KSG Library (Ground Floor, Littauer Building)
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Monday - Thursday |
8:30 a.m. -11:00 p.m. |
Research Assistance
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Monday - Friday |
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
BCSIA Library (Third Floor, Littauer Building)
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Monday - Friday |
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
User Services Staff
Director: Ellen Isenstein (496-1772)
Research Assistance: (495-1302)
ksg_library_questions@harvard.edu
Heather McMullen, Head of Access and Research Services
Phone: (617) 495-1304
Email: heather_mcmullen@ksg.harvard.edu
Leslie A. Donnell, Reference Librarian / Senior Cataloger
Phone: (617) 496-1773 or (617) 495-1302
E-mail: leslie_donnell@harvard.edu
Annie Jo Cain, Web Specialist / Reference Librarian
Phone: (617) 495-8945 or (617) 495-1302
E-mail: annie_jo_cain@harvard.edu
Interlibrary Loan:
Tim Conant (495-1300)
Circulation and Reserves: (495-1300)
ksg_library_reserves@harvard.edu
Head of Access and Research Services: Position vacant, please call or email Research Help at (617) 495-1302 or ksg_library_questions@harvard.edu
Book Selection: Ellen Isenstein (496-1772)
Collections
The KSG Library's general book collection is small--by Harvard standards--but carefully selected to meet demand. As a member of the Harvard community, you are entitled to have free access to most of the 13 million books, 100,000 serials and countless other materials that can be found in the collections of the largest university library in the world.
Borrowing Library Materials
There are three due dates each year - Sept. 10, Feb. 10, and June 10, depending on when the items were borrowed. Books can be renewed up to five times. However, books are subject to recall after ten days if requested by another borrower. If you need something that has been checked out to someone else, you may request to have the item recalled and be notified when it has been returned. Some materials such as reference books, journals, and microfiche do not circulate. In other Harvard libraries, circulation policies vary. For details, consult the library information pages at Harvard Libraries.
Reference and Research Services
The Library's reference staff can help you make efficient use of the vast amount of print and electronic research materials available to the Harvard community. We can assist in locating specific facts or statistics, gathering information for research projects, accessing a variety of computer-based electronic sources, identifying resources in other libraries, and more. Consult the "Ask a Librarian" page for different ways of contacting us.
Email Alerting Services
The Library provides the following electronic current awareness services to help you keep up to date with what is being published in your field:
New Books Email Service - Sign up to receive a monthly email letting you know what books we've added to the library in the area of your interest in the previous month.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) - (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of five specialized research networks in the areas of accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship and management. Email alerts for specific subject areas are available as well as abstracts and full-text for numerous working papers.
Electronic Research Resources
Harvard Libraries
The Harvard Libraries
web site is the gateway to the catalog of the Harvard University
libraries as well as a vast assortment of electronic resources
both at Harvard and beyond.
You can access the Harvard Libraries site from Macs and PC's located in any of the Harvard libraries or from your home or office. Links to Harvard Libraries are on the KSG Library's home page and a number of other Harvard Web sites.
The HOLLIS Catalog describes more than sixteen million print and electronic items provided by Harvard's libraries, including everything catalogued by the KSG library. Some materials in the Harvard library system won't be found in the Hollis Catalog, because they have not been cataloged in a conventional manner. Please consult the Library staff for help in locating these elusive items. You shouldn't assume that Harvard doesn't own something that you can't find.
The Harvard Libraries menu provides a wide choice of electronic resources including the full-text of articles from thousands of journals and newspapers, statistical data, legal materials, and reference sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and directories.
The KSG Library Web Site
From the KSG
Library Web Site, you can renew books, learn more details about the
Library's services, and access our automatic notification service
for tables of contents new books. You can also connect
to Harvard Libraries and link to many important Web resources
for public policy. In addition, our home page also provides
access to some online services that are available only to the
Kennedy School community.
Please note: A current Harvard ID number and PIN are needed for remote access to the E-Resources collection and for using some of the features of the HOLLIS catalog, such as renewing books and recalling items that are checked out. To get a PIN, go to the Harvard PIN Web site ( www.pin.harvard.edu ) and follow the directions from there.
Interlibrary Borrowing
Material that is not at Harvard
The Library offers an interlibrary borrowing service from
libraries throughout the world. We send most of our requests
electronically; but material is still generally mailed to us,
so please allow a week or two for it to arrive. Click
here
for an electronic Interlibrary Loan request form.
Books in other Harvard Libraries
We also provide to faculty and staff a book retrieval service
for books in several other Harvard libraries. To request a book
from a participating library, check its HOLLIS record to verify
the location and availability. Submit your request via the electronic interlibrary loan request form, adding the location of the item.The item should arrive within a two week period.
Please note: The participating libraries are Baker, Countway,the Divinity School, Design School, Gutman, the Law School, Widener, and Tozzer.
Photocopying
There are three photocopiers in the Library for faculty, staff, and student use. They take Crimson Cash, which is a debit card system used in many Harvard facilities. You can set up a personal account as well as a departmental account. Check the Crimson Cash Website for details.
Staff Book Swap
Books for swapping are located on a cart just outside the Reference Office (G-18) This is a great way for staff to "recycle" some of their own books (excluding textbooks) and easily find some good reads. Because our space is limited, we ask that staff limit their offerings to no more than 5 books at a time.
