Andersen Library (University of Wisconsin Whitewater)

Andersen Library is the second oldest building on the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater campus, and was named in honor of Harold Gilbert Andersen. Andersen was the president of the First Citizens State Bank in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and represented the Whitewater State Teachers College on the Board of Regents from 1947 to 1960, as well as a 1917 graduate of Whitewater Normal School. Andersen was a main proprietor in convincing the Board of Regents to create a new building at Whitewater, and as a result Whitewater became the first college in the University of Wisconsin system to have a dedicated Library building.

The ground breaking for the new $725,000 building began at April 9, 1951. On February 25, 1953, faculty and students manually carried 41,000 volumes into the new building.^[3] The original building now houses the Instructional, Communication and Information Technology offices, Andersen Computing Lab, and the Center for Students with Disabilities. The library is now located in the south wing of the building, which was built in 1966 and expanded in 1970. Further renovations were done in 1989 and 1995.

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The Andersen Library provides resources and services for the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, including providing a variety of study spaces, equipment, scholarly resources, research instruction and assistance.^[4]

The Circulation Department is responsible for day-to-day maintenance of the library's physical collections, check-out of the diverse items in the collections, enforcement of access policies (such as loan periods and overdue fines), reservations of group study rooms, and managing course reserves and resource sharing (interlibrary loan) services.

Check-out of library materials is done at the Circulation Desk, which is located near the entrance/exit on the buildings' second (main) floor. Check-out requires a current UW-Whitewater ID, while visiting patrons from other campuses of the University of Wisconsin system are allowed to use their current "home" ID. Residents who are not part of UW-Whitewater or the UW System may purchase a Community Borrower Card in order to check out materials.

Andersen Library provides UW-Whitewater students and staff with access to the materials of other libraries either from other UW schools (UW Request]) or other libraries not associated with the UW system via ILLiad.

In addition, the library provides access to the wireless internet and a variety of equipment with the possibility of overnight check-out of laptops.

Instruction and assistance in research is provided by the Reference & Instruction Department using basic and/or specialized research tools. Formal instruction is provided to classes upon request of faculty and may include topics such as using library catalogs or "discovery" tools, print and licensed online resources such as article databases, resources from the Internet such as government information or digital repositories, and citation. Instruction usually is supported by online guides.

Reference librarians offer direct, personal assistance to students, university staff, faculty members and community visitors. Assistance is available at the Reference Desk, but in-person assistance is also available by appointment to meet with a librarian for more in-depth assistance. The Reference Desk is staffed during certain hours. Virtual Ask a Librarian reference services offer assistance via email or chat.

There is a variety of equipment available at the Andersen Library available for anyone with a valid UWW ID. In order to check out items patrons must have a loan agreement on file and should not have an excessive amount of fines on their library account. All equipment provided is available on a first-come, first-served basis and items cannot be renewed or be reserved. In case the item consists of several parts, the item is only considered returned, if all parts have been returned.

Overview of available Equipment:

• Cameras
• Computers
• Tablets & E-readers
• Video Game Equipment
• Adaptive Equipment
• DVD & VHS Equipment
• Miscellaneous Equipment
• Laptop Availability