Medical Center Libraries and Technologies (MCLT)

With combined holdings of more than 3.5 million volumes and extensive collections of online databases, electronic journals, and rare books, Rochester's libraries rank among the top academic research libraries in the United States and Canada. The libraries are committed to providing expert research assistance, increasing access to digital and physical resources, and developing technology-enriched spaces.

Supporting the URMC and its affiliates, four libraries work closely together under the overarching appellation, Medical Center Libraries and Technologies (MCLT). They are:

Basil G. Bibby Library. Located in the Eastman Dental Center, Bibby Library serves primarily the faculty, staff, and students of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health.
John R. Williams Health Sciences Library. Located at Highland Hospital (an affiliate of the University of Rochester), Williams Library serves primarily the faculty, staff, and students of Highland.
Golisano Children’s Hospital Family Resource Library (FRL). The FRL is located in the new Golisano Children’s Hospital and serves patients and their families, as well as faculty, staff, and students whose primary focus is pediatrics.
Edward G. Miner Library. Miner Library is located in the heart of the Medical Center and supports the School of Medicine & Dentistry, School of Nursing, the Medical Faculty Group, and UR Medicine, including patients and their families.

Miner Library embraces its role as the Medical Center’s knowledge hub. Miner is dedicated to providing the URMC and the greater Rochester community with resources, expertise, and an inviting space to support health, discovery, teaching, and learning.

Librarians consult, teach, and collaborate within the schools and also provide a comprehensive collection of knowledge services to the URMC community to assure success in teaching, research, service and scholarly communication.

Miner offers a robust collection of digital resources, providing access to nearly 300 health-related electronic books and over 25,000 electronic journals. The print collections include more than 240,000 volumes of journals, books, and theses. The Library continues to seek out new resources and emerging technologies to advance the URMC’s missions.

Within Miner’s physical setting, patrons have space, tools, and technology support to study, discover, and collaborate. The library offers individual study carrels, group study rooms, and computer workstations (Mac and PC). To encourage informal group study and collaboration, flexible spaces and rolling white boards are available.

Miner Library’s services include:

Current awareness profiles for those who require the most up-to-date, on-going research on a topic.
Customized literature searches in a variety of databases.
In-depth searches for systematic reviews.
Self-service photocopying in either black & white or color.
Article scanning and electronic delivery.
One-stop shopping for faculty, staff, and students who want to explore, develop, and integrate web-based technology in teaching.
A variety of classes (open to faculty, staff, and students at no cost) on a regular schedule and also by special request.
Customized classes to meet the special needs of individual departments or groups.
Bioinformatics Consulting and Education Service (BCES). This encompasses one-on-one consulting and a variety of workshops for faculty on many bioinformatics topics, including experimental design, data analysis and interpretation, and training in the use of a variety of tools for high-throughput biological studies.

The Carlson Science and Engineering Library, located in the Computer Studies building, houses the VISTA Collaboratory, a state-of-the-art data visualization lab. Miner Library is working with the Collaboratory’s leadership, to establish an ancillary data visualization resource lab within Miner Library, to support more compact data sets, not requiring the full power of VISTA. The opening of Miner’s lab is planned for fall of 2015.