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SHAW UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL LIBRARY
(G. Franklin Wiggins Library)
Leonard Hall
(919) 716-5518
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Location
The Library is located on the campus of Shaw University, on the first floor of the same building as the Divinity School. Facing South Wilmington Street and across from the University’s Boyd Chapel, Leonard Hall is a beautifully restored, historical building that dates from 1881. The Library’s main entrance is at the end of the building's entrance hall.
Hours of Operation
The Library’s hours of operation are posted near the library’s main entrance. Library hours are subject to change for a new semester depending on the perceived needs of students and faculty. The Library is closed on holidays observed by the Divinity School. The current hours of operation are:
Fall / Spring Semesters:
Monday
Closed
Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Library Collections
Reference Collection: Reference resources include reference books; the African American reference collection; journals, magazines, and newspapers; journals on microfiche; and Master of Divinity theses. Reference materials may be used for research inside the library. These resources may not be checked out for outside use.
Circulating Collection: Resources that may be checked out for use outside the library include books in the circulating collection, the African American circulating collection, and audio tapes of sermons.
Reserved Resources: Faculty are encouraged to place supplementary, informational materials "on reserve" in the library. Student use of these materials is determined by the faculty and is usually for library use only. Students wishing to use reserved resources may do so by requesting the resource at the circulation desk and signing a "reserve card" for each item taken.
Library Policies
Circulation:
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Up to six (6) books from the circulating collection may be checked out for two (2) weeks.
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Two (2) renewals are allowed for each book unless another person has requested the book. If the book has been requested, it is placed “on hold” and cannot be renewed. Books must be brought into the Library to be renewed.
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Audio tapes: may be checked out for one week. No renewals are allowed.
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Overdue Books: Fifteen (.15) cents will be charged for each day that a book is kept after the date it is due to be returned to the library.
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Overdue Audio Tapes: Twenty-five (.25) cents will be charged for each day that an audio tape is kept after the date it is due to be returned to the library.
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Lost Books and Audio Tapes: The cost of replacement will be charged for each book or audiotape not returned to the library during the semester in which it was checked out. Unpaid balances will be charged to the student's University account.
Cooperative Agreements
Shaw University Divinity School has a cooperative agreement with Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary that allows Library use and borrowing privileges subject to library regulations.
Shaw students are welcome to use the Duke University Divinity School
Library and the Perkins Library system at Duke University.
Students have the opportunity to purchase an "External
Borrowers' Card" at the rate of $50.00 per year if they
wish to check out library materials. Shaw students are welcome
to use the print collections in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at
Wake Forest University. Students have the opportunity to
purchase a "borrower's card" for $100.00 each per year
that will give them limited borrowing privileges.
Shaw University is included in the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges that allows library use and borrowing privileges in other educational institutions in the Raleigh area. They include:
North Carolina State University
Meredith College
St. Augustine’s College
Peace College
Students may obtain forms from the librarian that will identify them as Shaw students who are authorized to use these libraries.
Resources
Patrons of the G. Franklin Wiggins Library are afforded the use of up-to-date computers for internet and on-line database searching, including:
- Shaw University's on-line Library Catalog and Journal Finder
- ATLA Religion Database with Serials on-line
- The NCLIVE network of periodical resources
- The Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
and other databases provided on Shaw University Libraries’ homepage.
New computers on the second floor of Leonard Hall offer Shaw students access to both the internet and word processing.
The G. Franklin Wiggins Library offers a archive of nineteen (19) religious journals on microfiche, which may be read and copied on the microfiche reader / printer that is provided. The cost of reader / printer copies is five (.05) cents per page.
A copy machine is available in the Library. The cost of these copies is also five (.05) cents per page.
Assistance
The librarian and library staff provide assistance by locating resources for research, presenting bibliographic instruction to classes and individuals, checking out and in circulating and reserved materials, and giving general assistance and instruction in the use of the library's collections and equipment.
Purpose
The G. Franklin Wiggins Library is named in honor of Dr. G. Franklin Wiggins, a graduate of Shaw University and Divinity School. Dr. Wiggins served for many years as Chair of the Trustee Board of the Divinity School and was one of its chief benefactors. Since his demise in 1996, his wife, Dr. Ida Silver Wiggins, has donated significantly to the University in his honor. She was a major contributor to the restoration of the First Floor of historic Leonard Hall, which houses The G. Franklin Wiggins Library.
The purpose of The G. Franklin Wiggins Library is to provide services and resources within a Christian environment to support the present and anticipated educational and research needs of the Shaw University Divinity School community. The Library serves a primarily graduate and professional clientele who are preparing for service as clergy or laity in churches and other Christian ministries.
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