Monday, March 8, 2010

Angelo Bruno Business Library - seamless access to digital information services

The state-of-the-art Angelo Bruno Business Library serves over 300,000 visitors each year, which represents use by students, faculty, staff and others from the University of Alabama and beyond. The 64,000 square foot facility also houses the Sloan Y. Bashinsky Sr. Computer Center. Combining business library services and business computer laboratory services in the same facility provides seamless access to digital information services. The Bruno Library's information resources comprise a wide variety of online computer databases and over 180,000 volumes, including hundreds of business periodicals. It is a fully computer-networked environment offering enhanced access to information sources including a historical collection of corporate annual reports dating from the late nineteenth century and a dozen Amazon Kindle e-book readers  pre-loaded with popular business books.