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Mathematics Library
Contents: Books, Interlibrary
loan, Journals, Technical Reports
in Computer Science, Circulation
The Mathematics Library, consisting of the Frankel and Goldenberg
Libraries, is one of five regional (faculty) libraries at the Weizmann Institute.
It is located in the Zyskind Building, opposite San Martin and the Technical
Department. The book collection is located in the 3-floor building (Frankel
Mathematics Library). On the Ground Floor is the librarian's office, the New
Books shelf, Permanent Reserve books, which consist of heavily used
material located in locked bookcases, and Course Reserve books, also
in locked bookcases located below the windows (consult the librarian for their
use). Other special collections on the Ground Floor include Mathematical
Tables, Reference Books, Collected Works, and the continuation of "Older
Journals" from the first floor.
The First Floor (one floor above the Ground Floor), primarily devoted to the
area of Computer Science, includes books, journals, and some old technical
reports in that field. Older journals are also kept here.
The Second Floor continues the book classification (100-) and includes mainly
subjects other than computer science. A bookcase housing the Historical Collection
(most works written before 1900) is located here as well.
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Books |
The book collection consists of works in Pure and Applied Mathematics including
Computer Science, Geophysics, Mathematical Biology, Control Theory, and other
subject areas.
Books are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. Some
basic information concerning the Weizmann Institute libraries and regulations is given on the
Weizmann Institute library homepage, a comprehensive listing of library tools and resources
available, including lists of newly received books and journals. To access the
Weizmann Institute library homepage, first go to the Weizmann Institute
webpage . Click on Support Services, then Libraries,
to arrive at the library homepage. All books, journals, and other materials
located in the Mathematics Library, as well the other libraries on campus are
listed in the university-wide computerized library catalog ALEPH,
which is on the library homepage. ALEPH is a user-friendly bibliographic program
that supports searching or browsing by author, subject, keyword, or system number.
Other bibliographic databases located on the library homepage include ULI (The
Israel Union Catalog - a combined listing of the ALEPH catalogs of all the MALMAD
members (Israeli universities and Weizmann Institute)), ULS (Union List of Serials - a listing
of all the journals subscribed to by MALMAD members), ULE (electronic journal
subscriptions of MALMAD member libraries), various databases available at Weizmann Institute,
the request form for ordering interlibrary loan material (see next section)
as well as other useful tools and resources. Guidance in ALEPH is available
from the Mathematics librarian as well as from the reference librarians at the
Wix Library. The various special collections are color-coded on the spines of
the books and are designated in ALEPH under holdings. For example, "Permanent
Reserve" books are listed as "one week" and reserve books for
courses are listed as "overnight". Databases particularly useful for
searching the Mathematics literature are MathSciNet and Zentralblatt
Math Databases. INSPEC is available for searching the literature on computer
science and control theory. These and other useful databases and reference sources
are found on the library homepage (click on the Information Retrieval Unit,
Remote Databases).
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Interlibrary Loan |
Interlibrary loans for material not in the Weizmann Institute Libraries are
arranged by the borrower. These transactions usually take around one week for
books and two days for a journal article (even less if a .pdf file is requested).
For journal articles, a photocopy is supplied and placed in the user's mailbox
(or a .pdf file is sent to the email address). Books are sent to the librarian,
who notifies the user when the book arrives. From the Library homepage, click
on Request Forms. Click on Articles/External Book Loans.
Enter your email USERID and password. If the page with the request form does
not appear, consult the librarian. All interlibrary loan requests should contain
the minimum bibliographical information (author, title) and preferably the library's
system number for an item, which readers must locate themselves through ALEPH
and which is entered on the form under Notes. All personal information
about the user on the form including Ordered for should be completed.
Photocopies of material unavailable in Israel can be ordered by clicking on
Abroad in the Search as Far as query. Both books and photocopies
ordered through interlibrary loan have minimal charges (the user's department
is charged) and users should therefore be selective in their requests. Interlibrary
loan material not related to the user's research or studies can be arranged
by clicking on Private Interlibrary Loan within the Request
Forms page.
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Journals |
The journal collection, most of which is housed in the Goldenberg Library,
includes almost 300 currently received titles. Computer Science journals are
shelved separately on the First Floor with most of the material in that area.
The Weizmann Institute libraries have access to about 7,000 electronic journals, many of which
are available in full-text (see "ejournals" from the library homepage).
The journal collection is alphabetically arranged by title, except titles incorporating
the name of an association, which are entered first, e.g., American Mathematical
Society. Bulletin. The most recently received batch of journals is displayed
on the triangular stand for that purpose and may not be borrowed, and
later is displayed alphabetically on the wooden display shelves and may be borrowed
for 1 or 2 days only. Other journals may be borrowed for one week by the faculty
and students of the department only. A photocopier is available on the ground
floor, which accepts magnetic cards suitable for all the libraries and coins
(30 agarot/copy). The various journal designations are shown on the color-coded
visible index guide, adjacent to the entrance of the Goldenberg Library, which
lists the journals alphabetically and their corresponding stack locations. The
journal collection begins in the Goldenberg annex, where abstracts and indexes
of the computer science and mathematical literature are shelved together, perpendicular
to the journal collection.
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Technical Reports in Computer Science |
The library receives a limited number of technical reports from other institutions,
which are currently not recorded, and are placed on display for a limited time
in room 261 (seminar room) in the Zyskind building. Because of space considerations,
a limited number of older technical reports from well-known universities (e.g.,
Stanford) are still maintained on the first floor of the library (as space permits).
The full text copy of many of the departmental technical reports may be
viewed or downloaded from
our electronic eprints
archive.
The archive allows
searching departmental technical reports from 1993 by year, author, and
keyword fields.
The bulletin board outside the librarian's office posts the latest lists of
new books, journals, and other pertinent information for library users. The
bulletin board on the second floor of the Zyskind building also lists the latest
journals and books received.
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Circulation |
The library is formally open from 8:00 A.M. to 4.30 P.M., Monday through Thursday,
being locked after regular hours. Keys to the Goldenberg Library may be obtained
from the librarian for official mathematics faculty staff and Feinberg graduate
students in mathematics only. Only Weizmann Institute staff members and graduate
students may borrow library materials. New persons should contact the librarian
in order to be entered into the computerized circulation database and to receive
a minimal library orientation. To take out a book or bound journal, the user
should sign his name (preferably in English), and fill in the date, telephone
number, and department on the book card found in the book pocket of the book.
The book card is placed in one of the two small cardboard boxes found outside
the librarian's office window or on the large table in the Goldenberg Library.
Returned items should be placed preferably in the "book return" adjacent
to the librarian's office, or in the wooden return box in the Goldenberg Library.
The loan period for books is two weeks, although this may be extended (at least
once) if no one has requested the book. Journals should be returned after several
days. The circulation of the books and journals is presently done by a computerized
database and overdue notices are sent periodically. Fines are implemented (salary
deductions) if overdue items are not returned as requested. Course Reserve books
may be taken out at 2:00 P.M. and must be returned by 10:00 A.M. the next morning.
They may be taken out Thursday afternoon and returned Sunday morning. Permanent
Reserve books may be taken out for one week unless "reserve" for
a course. Departmental staff members may take material for a period up to 90
days, if the material is not requested.
If you have any questions about the mathematics library, please contact Steve Manch, the librarian.
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