Adams Library
The Library (https://library.ric.edu) offers a welcoming environment to support the intellectual and cultural diversity of our campus. Library faculty and staff assist users at the reference and borrowing services desks and by phone, email, text and chat (https://ric.libanswers.com). Library faculty collaborate with college faculty to create library instruction for specific courses focused on the discovery, use and evaluation of library resources and information on the web.
The Library is located at the heart of campus, and is open 80 hours per week during the academic year. Students will find a variety of spaces to meet their needs including collaborative study spaces, individual carrels and tables for independent study. A floor dedicated to silent study is located on level 2. The Curriculum Corner is housed on level 4 and provides instructional material and curriculum development resources for teachers and teacher education programs.
Print collections include more than 203,000 books and 503 journals. The library also has a collection of government publications, a DVD collection of films and documentaries, and a variety of music CDs. Electronic collections include over 439,000 e-books, 117,000 e-journals, and a diversified selection of 111 databases. Remote access is available to all electronic resources. In addition to our collections, students can borrow laptops, iPads, external hard drives, graphing and business calculators.
The College Archives, a rich depository of the history and records of Rhode Island College, as well as faculty and alumni publications and student theses, are located in the Special Collections Department. Special Collections includes a number of subject collections consisting of papers, books, manuscripts and other resources that document the state’s education, ethnic and socio-political history. A growing number of student theses and honors projects, faculty publications and Special Collections materials are also accessible electronically in the RIC Digital Commons.
The Library is a member of the HELIN (Higher Education Library Information Network) consortium, which consists of 7 academic libraries, where the RIC community has on-site access to collections and reciprocal borrowing privileges with their RIC ID. Library users may request items from other libraries via interlibrary loan using our online catalog.
Career Development Center
The Career Development Center serves students and alumni in the career planning and job and internship search process. The Center also offers assistance with applying to graduate school, including program selection and the personal statement.
Individual counseling sessions are offered at the center, along with TypeFocus, an online system that helps students examine their values, skills and interests to reach informed decisions about a career.
Workshops and programs are offered that help students develop competitive job search skills and strategies (e.g., résumé and cover letter writing, effective interviewing, LinkedIn accounts and networking).
Many resources are available 24/7 online such as job and internship postings and information about career fields. Employers seeking full-time, permanent and part-time employees and interns are connected with students.Student employment is coordinated through the Career Development Center. Work-study and non-work-study jobs are also available both on and off-campus Work-study and non-work-study jobs are also available both on and off campus.
Current students and alumni may post résumés, view jobs/internships, and access the center’s online library with RIC's career management tool, Destinations (www.ric.edu/careerdevelopment/pages/destinations.aspx)
Disability Services Center
The Disability Services Center (DSC) is the central location on campus for disability-related services for students and is committed to providing accommodations for students with disabilities and supporting them in achieving their academic goals. Students who self-identify and provide appropriate documentation of their condition to the DSC may be eligible to receive reasonable accommodations in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and analogous state laws. Support services may include classroom and testing accommodations, advisement, referrals and use of assistive technology.
The DSC serves students with all types of disabilities: mobility, hearing, vision, motor, psychological, learning (including attention disorders), speech, medical, developmental and other conditions. In addition, the DSC shall seek to assist students with temporary impairments who are in need of short-term accommodations. The DSC is also available to advise any student who needs information about how you obtain proper documentation of a disability.
The DSC promotes the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in all aspects of college life, and endeavors to make students aware of the many opportunities and resources available to them at Rhode Island College. The DSC recognizes disability as a form of diversity and is the primary resource to educate, train and guide the college community in understanding disability access, rights and responsibilities. The DSC not only serves as an advocate for students with disabilities, but also encourages students toward self-advocacy and self-determination.
Clarification of policies and procedures for disability-related services is available in the Policies and Procedures Manual for Students with Disabilities. Copies of the manual are available at the Disability Services Center or on its Web site at www.ric.edu/disabilityservices. Persons using TTY/TDD devices may contact the Disabilities Services Center via the Rhode Island Relay Services by dialing 711.
Information Technology Services
The Office of Information Technology Services provides Information Technology resources to assist and educate the Rhode Island College Community. Information Technology Services supports the use of technology to promote communication, learning and access by providing services in the following areas:
- Classroom Technology
- MyRIC Portal (Student Information System)
- Office 365
- Blackboard Learning Management System
- Campus Telephones and Networking Systems
Information Technology Services maintains the College’s two large walk-in computing facilities for student use, located in the Horace Mann Technology Center (closing end of 2019 for renovations) and in Whipple Hall, where over 135 Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers are available, as well as electronic classrooms in over 15 buildings. In addition, hands-on instructional computing facilities are located in:
- Alger Hall
- Alex and Ani Hall
- Clarke Science Hall
- Craig-Lee Hall
- Gaige Hall
- Guardo Hall (School of Social Work)
- Fogarty Life Sciences
- Henry Barnard School
- Nazarian Center
- Whipple Hall
Our goal is to enhance the student experience. We can assist with all technology services through a single phone call to the Information Technology Services Help Center at (401) 456-8803. This one-stop shop for technology will provide support for desktop computers, laptops, phones, networking, wireless, printing, access to MyRIC, Blackboard and all other college applications, multimedia support, technology training and classroom support.
Writing Center
The RIC Writing Center is staffed by highly qualified student writing specialists. Serving all disciplines, the Writing Center team builds lasting relationships with enrolled students who seek to strengthen their personal writing habits and to learn the genre conventions tied to their respective majors. The writing specialists help to build writer confidence at each phase of the drafting process during brainstorming sessions, by making formatting suggestions, by offering structuring and essay unity support, and by making research integrity recommendations. The Center's mission is to celebrate student writers at their level and to help writers acquire more composition and revision skills over time. The Writing Center maintains a reference library of books, journals and articles on writing theory, writing in the disciplines and other topics, including MLA, APA and Chicago style manuals. These services are free to all Rhode Island College enrolled students.