Oviatt Library
Encyclopedia
The Oviatt Library serves the California State University, Northridge
(CSUN) campus, located in Northridge
district of the northern San Fernando Valley
in Los Angeles, California
. The library is named for Delmar T. Oviatt, instrumental in the founding of San Fernando Valley State College, CSUN's predecessor.
Leo A. Daly. The 1994 Northridge earthquake badly damaged the building forcing the library to close. The original 'phase one building' re-opened later in 1994. The 'second phase wings' needed demolishing and reconstruction, and re-opened in 2000. 'The Friends of the Oviatt Library CSUN' were formed to support the library.
All library materials are housed in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library building, a 234712 square feet (21,805.5 m²) state-of-the-art facility. Of note are the 'Collaboratory' with its 175 multipurpose computer workstations, 3 computer equipped library instruction labs, and 150 computer workstations devoted to library information resources. There are over 1,600 seats for in house study. During Fall and Spring semesters, the building is open 90 hours a week. The Library provides access to online electronic information and archives 24 hours a day for students and the public at the Oviatt Library Digital Collections
The Oviatt Library has a physical collection containing 1.37 million volumes, of which over one million are books, and over 249,000 bound periodical volumes. The Library subscribes to 28,000 online journals, nearly 2,900 print journals, 200 online databases and approximately 32,000 e-books. The microform
collection contains 3.17 million pieces. There are over 13,200 sound recordings, 11,300 film and video recordings and nearly 60,000 photographs and other graphic materials. The archives and manuscript collection exceeds 4200 feet (1,280.2 m) of materials, with nearly 29,700 items housed in Special Collections. A special focus is the San Fernando Valley
History Collection digital archives.
Volumes Held in Library
Titles Held in Library
Circulation
Reference and Processing
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
(CSUN) campus, located in Northridge
Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Northridge is a community located in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.The 1994 Northridge earthquake is named for the place based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however, further refinements showed it to be technically...
district of the northern San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. The library is named for Delmar T. Oviatt, instrumental in the founding of San Fernando Valley State College, CSUN's predecessor.
History
Original construction of the library was in two phases. The first phase was opened on October 24, 1973. The second, completed in 1991, nearly doubled the size with additional east and west wings. Both phases were designed by the architectArchitect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Leo A. Daly. The 1994 Northridge earthquake badly damaged the building forcing the library to close. The original 'phase one building' re-opened later in 1994. The 'second phase wings' needed demolishing and reconstruction, and re-opened in 2000. 'The Friends of the Oviatt Library CSUN' were formed to support the library.
Services and Collections
The California State University, Northridge's Oviatt Library provides educational, cultural and information services and resources to the students and faculty. Its primary mission is to: support and supplement classroom and independent learning; facilitate student and faculty research; and provide students with lifelong skills in identifying, locating, evaluating and synchronizing information.All library materials are housed in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library building, a 234712 square feet (21,805.5 m²) state-of-the-art facility. Of note are the 'Collaboratory' with its 175 multipurpose computer workstations, 3 computer equipped library instruction labs, and 150 computer workstations devoted to library information resources. There are over 1,600 seats for in house study. During Fall and Spring semesters, the building is open 90 hours a week. The Library provides access to online electronic information and archives 24 hours a day for students and the public at the Oviatt Library Digital Collections
The Oviatt Library has a physical collection containing 1.37 million volumes, of which over one million are books, and over 249,000 bound periodical volumes. The Library subscribes to 28,000 online journals, nearly 2,900 print journals, 200 online databases and approximately 32,000 e-books. The microform
Microform
Microforms are any forms, either films or paper, containing microreproductions of documents for transmission, storage, reading, and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced to about one twenty-fifth of the original document size...
collection contains 3.17 million pieces. There are over 13,200 sound recordings, 11,300 film and video recordings and nearly 60,000 photographs and other graphic materials. The archives and manuscript collection exceeds 4200 feet (1,280.2 m) of materials, with nearly 29,700 items housed in Special Collections. A special focus is the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
History Collection digital archives.
Collection statistics
Oviatt Library Collections - 2010-2011Volumes Held in Library
- Total Volumes: 1,416,106
- Books (print): 1,128,008
- Bound Periodicals: 260,246
- Juvenile: 16,267
Titles Held in Library
- Total Print Titles Held: 845,316
- Electronic Periodicals: 50,944
- Current Print Periodicals & Serials: 2,376
- Electronic Books: 277,361
- Microforms: 3,183,866
- Sound Recordings: 13,892
- Film and Video Materials: 19,229
- Photographs and Graphic Materials: 59,780
- Manuscripts and Archives Linear feet: 14,189
Annual activity
Oviatt Library Annual Activity - 2008-2009Circulation
- Checkout and Renewal: 249,603
- In House use: 170,291
- Print Reserves Circulated: 16,052
- Gate Count: 1,403,265
- Interlibrary Loan: 27,529
- Library Web Pages Viewed: 13,871,415
Reference and Processing
- Students Attending Library Research Instruction: 27,771
- Reference Questions: 62,711
- Electronic Reference: 2,164
- Computer Assistance: 36,165
- Directional/Information: 85,065
- Materials Cataloged: 66,954
- Gift Books Donated: 18,311
- Materials Processed: 20,757
External links
- http://digital-library.csun.edu/ Oviatt Library Digital Collections