Services for OLLI Members

Welcome to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is partnering with the University Library to bring OLLI members tours, workshops, and classes. If you have any questions about the Library, we hope that you will use one of our Ask a Librarian services to contact us.

Getting Help

  • Check out the new OLLI Library Resource Guide. It contains links to popular reading material, how to check out videos and much more!
  • Do you have questions about the library? Do you need helping finding resources? Ask a Librarian can help!
  • The Reference Desk is here to help you.
  • Are you trying to find a specific book? Do you need help finding an article? These online tutorials can help you.

Visiting the Library

Although not marked on the campus parking map, the parking lot to the west of the Main Library Building is a metered parking lot which does not require a parking permit. Meters are not enforced in this parking lot after 6 p.m. and on weekends. Please read the parking meter in other locations for enforcement policies. This parking lot also has five designated accessible parking spaces. Meters are 75 cents an hour in 20 minute increments.

Circulation Policies

  • Your i-card serves as your library card.
  • Summary of borrowing privileges for OLLI members
    • Check-out: Books from all libraries check out for 16 weeks.
      Periodicals from the Main stacks check out for two weeks. For more information, please see the departmental libraries policies.
    • Renewals: Most serials can be renewed for up to 1 year; most monographs for up to 3 years, unless needed by another user.
    • Can't find the book you are looking for in the catalog? If an item is currently unavailable at UIUC, please follow these instructions to search I-Share. If you have any questions, please contact Central Reference for assistance.
    • Are you interested in checking out materials from the Undergraduate Library's media collection?
    • Fines: Not fined at Illinois except for overdue recalls ($5.00/day, maximum $25.00/item) and overdue reserves ($2.00/hour)
    • Lost items fines: $125/per item and Assumed lost billing $300 per bound periodical
    • Bookstack access: OLLI members have access to the Main Stacks on the second floor of the Main Library. Please request a map at the entrance.
    • Returns: Borrowers may return Illinois and I-Share library materials to any public service point in the library regardless of where the item was originally charged out. Library materials can also be returned to the bookdrop on the southwest corner of the Main Library.
  • Instructions for accessing My Library Account
  • Please contact the Circulation Office for more information about your borrowing privileges. You may also call the Library Telephone Center at (217) 333-8400.

Do you need help finding materials in the library?

Electronic Resources

  • OLLI members have access to electronic resources through the Online Research Resources page.
  • To access these resources from a home computer, you will need to login through the proxy server. For more information about using library resources off campus, please visit Getting Connected.
  • The Reference Library has created many tutorials to help you find online articles. You may also be interested in the Undergraduate Library's How Do I...? tutorials.
  • Please contact Ask a Librarian if you have any questions about accessing library services.

Tours

The University of Illinois Library welcomes you on a tour of the Main Library building. The tour will stop at several libraries including the Education and Social Science Library, Business and Economics Library, Central Reference Services and the Reference Library, Government Documents, the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library, and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Along the way we will talk about the history of the building, art in the library and take a peek behind-the-scenes in the Cataloging Department.

Tour 1

  • Date and Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 from 9-10 am
  • Location: Main Library, Marshall Gallery

Tour 2

  • Date and Time: Friday, October 31, 2008
  • Location: Main Library, Marshall Gallery

By appointment, please contact Merinda Hensley or call (217) 244-1880.

More Tour Options

Classes and Workshops

OLLI LIBRARY BASICS

As a new OLLI member, you have access to one of the greatest libraries in the country. With more than 10 million volumes and still growing, the library is a premier research institution. This hands-on workshop will provide instruction on how to locate and access books, videos, and  audio books, as well as online resources, including popular newspapers and magazines. We will also talk about circulation policies and lending periods, how to renew a book, photocopying and how to print from a library computer, and when and how to request items from I-Share or Interlibrary Loan. Be prepared to ask questions about the library, we'll have the answers!

Session 1

  • Date and Time: Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 3-4 pm
  • Location: Research Park

Session 2

  • Date and Time: Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 3-4 pm
  • Location: Research Park

Lunch Bytes

A drop-in technology session just for OLLI members! Bring your questions about how to use the library, find books, request items as well as ask basic questions about how to use email, Microsoft Word and Excel. Coming soon!

   

Instructor: Merinda Kaye Hensley, Instructional Services Librarian and Visiting Assistant Professor, Reference Library, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Please Note: All of the following sessions will offer the same content, please choose the session time that is most convenient for you.

If you have a suggestion for a workshop, please contact Merinda Hensley at (217) 244-1880.