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Who We Are

Case Libraries' rich collections are supplemented by unmediated user requesting from the academic consortium's OhioLINK Central Catalog. When Case and OhioLINK materials are not available, staff provide the needed materials from a wide variety of academic, government, corporate, and special libraries around the globe.

Access Services offers ILLiad, a real-time tracking system on the web, so that Case researchers can request and track the status of those needed items. Staff manage the system to choose lending libraries for the requested materials, and to respond in kind to libraries requesting our materials, thus establishing strong reciprocal partners for Kelvin Smith Library's future borrowing activities. ILLiad staff specialize in electronic article delivery directly to the Case researcher, and actively encourage and help to build a growing network of ILLiad and Odyssey electronic partner libraries.

Kelvin Smith Library is an OCLC library (CWR) and supports resource sharing requests from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Case School of Engineering, the Weatherhead School of Management, and university general administration.

Staff Directory

Karen Oye Head of Customer Services 368-5309 karen.oye@case.edu
Suzanne Laffey ILLiad Lending Services 368-3517 suzanne.laffey@case.edu
Carl Mariani ILLiad Borrowing Services 368-3463 carl.mariani@case.edu


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Who We Are FAQ

What and Where is Siegal?

The notation "Siegal" in the online catalog refers to the Aaron Garber Library of the Siegal College of Judaic Studies at 26500 Shaker Blvd. Cleveland OH 44122. The Aaron Garber Library is the academic library of the College and the central library of the Cleveland Jewish community. It includes 30,000 volumes, plus periodicals, language tapes, music and text CDs in English, Hebrew and Yiddish. The Library's electronic catalog is part of the online library system managed by Case Western Reserve University, and is included in OhioLINK, the statewide electronic academic catalog system. Online borrowing privileges are reserved for students registered at Siegal College. Community members are welcome to browse the catalog, visit the Garber Library and borrow materials.

For further information, contact by email, or call 216-464-4050 x131 or 132.

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