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Library Staff
Slavic Library Administration
Hours
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Collection
The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has over ten million volumes, making it first in size among state university libraries and third among all university libraries in the nation. Holdings in Slavic and East European languages now total about 560,000 volumes. In addition, there are over 112,000 volumes on Russia and Eastern Europe in Western languages, bringing the total to about 673,000 volumes, indicating that Illinois has the second or third largest Slavic and East European collection among American universities and the largest of any library west of Washington, D.C. The unique Slavic and East European reading room houses basic reference works, including bibliographies, serial indexes, library catalogs, archival guides, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, as well as current issues of about 1,000 periodicals and 110 newspapers in Western and area languages. It is the only library in the country in this subject area to provide access to subject specialist library personnel in the same location as its reference collection. As a result, the Slavic and East European Library serves more non-governmental researchers in the Slavic field than any other institution in the country except for the Library of Congress.
The unique Slavic Reference Service is a free, federally funded service that handles bibliographic and reference questions in the humanities and social science from individuals as well as libraries. The Reference Service is located in the reading room for the convenience of users. Since 1973, the Slavic and East European Library has been the focal point of the University of Illinois Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and East Europe. More than 2,300 scholars from around the world have taken advantage of this unique program. The Slavic and East European Library's collection is made up of more than 673,000 titles, including some 92,000 microforms, and subscriptions to approximately 4,000 current periodicals, mostly in the vernacular, dealing with all parts of the former Soviet Union as well as Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, and Albania. Of this approximately 3 percent can be found in the Doris Duke Reading Room, which contains basic reference works, bibliographies and serial indexes, library catalogs, archival guides, dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals and newspapers. The collection focuses primarily on the humanities and social sciences; approximately 5 percent of the collection deals with the natural sciences. The collection is particularly noted for its holdings in Russian and Ukrainian history and culture. Physical Setting
The Slavic and East European Library is made up of two rooms. Room 225 houses reference materials, current periodicals and newspapers, a basic circulating collection, staff offices, photocopiers, microform readers and a microform reader/scanner, library catalog terminals and an extensive collection of micoform materials. The General Information page includes more history and background about the library and its many collections. In addition, the UIUC Office of Publications and Marketing has prepared five general information sheets about the campus and and its distinctive qualities. Collection Highlights
There are many features of note in the extensive collection of the University. For a detailed description click here.
Loan Policies
In order to check out Slavic Library materials, all faculty, staff, and students must present a UIUC i-card to the circulation staff. All others must present a barcoded pink courtesy card, affiliated staff card, or ILCSO school ID card. Loan periods vary according to patron status:
Slavic Library Administration
- Miranda Remnek, Head, Slavic and East European Library, 333-1340 mremnek@uiuc.edu
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- Marek Sroka, Head, Slavic Cataloging, Librarian for Central European Studies 244-8811 msroka@uiuc.edu
- Jan Adamczyk, Senior Library Specialist adamczyk@uiuc.edu
- Robert Howerton, Senior Library Specialist rhowerto@uiuc.edu
- Janice Pilch, Slavic Technical Services Librarian 333-5745 pilch@uiuc.edu
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- Janice Pilch, Head, Slavic and East European Acquisitions, Librarian for South Slavic and Baltic Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures 244-9399 pilch@uiuc.edu
- Larry Miller, Senior Slavic Bibliographer 333-8613 larrymil@uiuc.edu
- Tina Brown, Library Clerk 333-5747
- Naza Agassi, Library Specialist 333-5747
agassi@uiuc.edu
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- Helen Sullivan, Manager, Slavic Reference Service 333-1349 hfsulliv@uiuc.edu
- Jan Adamczyk, Senior Library Specialist 333-1349 adamczyk@uiuc.edu
- Kit Condill, Research Associate 333-1349 condill@uiuc.edu
- Mirella Bajric, Graduate Assistant 333-1349 bajric1@illinois.edu
- Ozgul Gok Pekcan, Graduate Assistant 333-1349 ogokpek2@illinois.edu
- Joseph Lenkart, Graduate Assistant 333-1349 lenkart@illinois.edu
- Sofia Moore, Graduate Assistant 333-1349 moore38@illinois.edu
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- Assistance with identifying, locating and using print, digital and other Slavic and East European resources.
- Course related instruction in locating and using library resources
- Assistance with finding specific books, articles, dissertations and other materials held by UIUC and other libraries.
- Provision of factual information such as biographical information and statistical data
- Assistance with the use of microform resources including the use of microfilm and fiche readers and scanners.
- Consultation in formulating research strategies
Hours
See this page for the library's current schedule
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Collection
The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has over ten million volumes, making it first in size among state university libraries and third among all university libraries in the nation. Holdings in Slavic and East European languages now total about 560,000 volumes. In addition, there are over 112,000 volumes on Russia and Eastern Europe in Western languages, bringing the total to about 673,000 volumes, indicating that Illinois has the second or third largest Slavic and East European collection among American universities and the largest of any library west of Washington, D.C. The unique Slavic and East European reading room houses basic reference works, including bibliographies, serial indexes, library catalogs, archival guides, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, as well as current issues of about 1,000 periodicals and 110 newspapers in Western and area languages. It is the only library in the country in this subject area to provide access to subject specialist library personnel in the same location as its reference collection. As a result, the Slavic and East European Library serves more non-governmental researchers in the Slavic field than any other institution in the country except for the Library of Congress.
The unique Slavic Reference Service is a free, federally funded service that handles bibliographic and reference questions in the humanities and social science from individuals as well as libraries. The Reference Service is located in the reading room for the convenience of users. Since 1973, the Slavic and East European Library has been the focal point of the University of Illinois Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and East Europe. More than 2,300 scholars from around the world have taken advantage of this unique program. The Slavic and East European Library's collection is made up of more than 673,000 titles, including some 92,000 microforms, and subscriptions to approximately 4,000 current periodicals, mostly in the vernacular, dealing with all parts of the former Soviet Union as well as Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, and Albania. Of this approximately 3 percent can be found in the Doris Duke Reading Room, which contains basic reference works, bibliographies and serial indexes, library catalogs, archival guides, dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals and newspapers. The collection focuses primarily on the humanities and social sciences; approximately 5 percent of the collection deals with the natural sciences. The collection is particularly noted for its holdings in Russian and Ukrainian history and culture. Physical Setting
The Slavic and East European Library is made up of two rooms. Room 225 houses reference materials, current periodicals and newspapers, a basic circulating collection, staff offices, photocopiers, microform readers and a microform reader/scanner, library catalog terminals and an extensive collection of micoform materials. The General Information page includes more history and background about the library and its many collections. In addition, the UIUC Office of Publications and Marketing has prepared five general information sheets about the campus and and its distinctive qualities. Collection Highlights
There are many features of note in the extensive collection of the University. For a detailed description click here.
Loan Policies
In order to check out Slavic Library materials, all faculty, staff, and students must present a UIUC i-card to the circulation staff. All others must present a barcoded pink courtesy card, affiliated staff card, or ILCSO school ID card. Loan periods vary according to patron status:
- Graduate Students and Faculty--16 weeks
- Undergraduate Students--4 weeks
- Courtesy Card Patrons--4 weeks
- Exceptions:
- Unbound Journals and Newspapers do not circulate
- Reference Materials do not circualte
