Distance Services

Library Hours

Call the library for special hours. Phone before you travel.

 Distance Services email
refserv@fhsu.edu
 Fax: (785) 628-4096
Telephone: 785-628-5283

Forsyth Library maintains the Distance Services Program for Fort Hays State Distance Students. If you are enrolled in courses through the FHSU Virtual College, and live outside of Hays, you can receive distance library services to support your studies.

Distance Services staff will act in your place when you cannot come to campus and help you when
you are here. We can

• Meet with you at Forsyth Library by appointment.
  
  
• Direct you to library resources closer to your home or work.
  
  
• Provide brief telephone reference service related to your course work.
  
  
• Conduct limited literature searches for your research (with approval of your department).
  
  
• Loan Forsyth Library books to you by mail.
  
  
• Photocopy or print articles from journals, course reserve materials, and limited pages from books.
  
  **There may be fees attached to some of these services. Please see "Receiving Materials" for information on fees.
  
  
  We encourage you to:
  
  
• Use your local or area library for research as much as possible. If you find citations there for articles or books owned by Forsyth Library, Distance Services can supply the materials. If you find citations for books or articles that Forsyth does not own, we can request these items for you through Interlibrary Loan. You may be able to save time by using the Interlibrary Loan services of your local public, community college, or college library.
  

**Please submit your requests in plenty of time to complete your project or paper. We strive to fill requests within 24 hours. However, some requests may take longer if materials are not immediately available.

Requesting Services            Receiving Materials