Phone: 941.359.7587
library@ringling.edu
Connect to the Goldstein Library website at www.ringling.edu/library for access to the catalog, digital resources, and Library information.
Research Assistance
Need help with your research for studio or liberal arts classes? Come in and see the Instructional Design Librarians or email research@ringling.edu for an appointment. Peer Research Consultants are available in Goldstein Library Sunday through Thursday from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Copyright Assistance
Need help with a copyright question? Contact Kristina Keogh at kkeogh@ringling.edu
Hours Of Operation
The Alfred R. Goldstein Library building, computer lab, and library services hours for the Fall 2021 semester are:
Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday: 12 noon – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. –11 p.m.
Summer and break hours will be posted.
Physical And Digital Library Collections
The Library’s physical collections include over 75,000 books, periodicals, course reserves, DVDs, Blu-rays, videogames, and a Special Collections Center with a growing collection of artists’ books/artists’ publication projects, rare books, and ephemera. The Library subscribes to more than 370 periodicals and annuals, which you may check out. You can recommend items for purchase. We can also borrow books and get articles for you from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
Digital collections include digital images, an extensive online ebook collection, downloadable professional music tracks and sound effects, stock film footage on DVD, online magazine articles, digital reference books, and specialized reference databases and software training tutorials from LinkedIn Learning.
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is an online, self-paced, video-based training site for learning software applications.
LinkedIn Learning has more than 114,000 individual online videos covering a wide range of software applications, including those in use at Ringling College, such as Maya, Final Cut, Flash, Photoshop, AutoCAD, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, FrontPage, Zbrush, 3dsMax, JavaScript, After Effects, Pro Tools, and many others. LinkedIn Learning is free to you as a Ringling student. Link to LinkedIn Learning through the Library’s website.
Checking Out And Renewing Material
You may have up to 40 items checked out at any time. Books are checked out for 21 days, bound periodicals for 5 days, current periodicals for 1 day, DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs for 3 days, and videogames for 7 days. A valid Student ID card is required at all times to check out Library materials.
Ringling College Graduates have lifetime check out privileges for all print materials.
You may renew Library material by phone at 941.359.7587 or online at the Library website. Click on “Sign In.” You may renew items up to three times if you have no items currently overdue, your fines total $20.00 or less, and there are no holds pending on your account.
Equipment And Facilities
The Alfred R. Goldstein Library’s advanced IT infrastructure includes widespread wireless and wired connectivity. General purpose and discipline-specific hardware, including PC and Mac workstations and powerful software tools such as ZBrush are deployed across the Learning Commons computer labs on the 1st and 2nd floors. The library is also equipped with larger format scanners and black and white and color printers around the library.
Jobs For Students
Student employment opportunities in the Library are posted in College Central.
Other Libraries In The Area
You can get a library card for check-out privileges at the many branches of Sarasota County Public Libraries. Selby Library and North Sarasota Library are the closest branches to the Ringling College campus. You must present your Ringling College ID with a current validation sticker to get a card. You also have access to Manatee County Public Libraries and the libraries of USF/New College, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Mote Marine Laboratory Library, and State College of Florida without checkout privileges. If you are a commuter student and reside in Manatee County, you can apply for circulation privileges at the public libraries in Manatee County. Goldstein Library works cooperatively with other libraries throughout the United States to offer Interlibrary Loan services and access to thousands of other collections.
Website: www.ringling.edu/library
Telephone: 941 -359-7587
Email: library@ringling.edu