Libraries

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Kelly Heider, Acting Assistant Vice Provost for University Libraries
Website: https://www.iup.edu/library

The IUP Libraries include the Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr. Library, the Rhodes R. Stabley Library, and the Orendorff Music Library. Stapleton and Stabley Libraries form a combined structure located in the southwest corner of the Oak Grove. The Orendorff Music Library is located in Cogswell Hall. 

Upon entering the Stapleton/Stabley Library complex, students are greeted by a smiling face at our Information Desk. Here, you can get help with your research or ask any question about IUP. We won’t stop until we get you an answer! Once inside, grab a cup of coffee and a snack at the Commonplace Coffeehouse & Roastery before you find a space on one of four floors for quiet or group study.

Undergraduate students have a wealth of resources and services available to them through the IUP Libraries!

Resources

The Stapleton/Stabley Library collection includes over half a million books and e-books, 26,700 children’s books, over 100,000 print and electronic journals, and 30,671 audiovisual materials. Special Collections and University Archives, located on the third floor of Stapleton Library, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to research materials, rare books, artifacts, items related to the institutional history of IUP, and so much more!

The Orendorff Music Library features a large commons area with comfortable furniture for quiet and group study. The music collection includes more than 7,000 volumes of monuments and collected editions, 3,000 reference books, 12,000 circulating books, 30,000 scores, 10,000 LP sound recordings, and 5,000 compact discs.  

Most of our collections are accessible in digital format through our website using your MyIUP username and password. Print format-only materials may be checked out for 90 days.

Services

• Need help finding resources for an assignment? Ask a Librarian (https://answers.lib.iup.edu).
• Need to access a book your professor put on reserve? Visit the Circulation Desk on the first floor of Stapleton Library.
• Need to grab some books at the library but don’t have much time? Use the Get It request feature in the Discovery Search or Library Catalog to have your books waiting for you at the Circulation Desk.
• Need a book or journal article that isn’t part of our collection? Place an item request through Interlibrary Loan (https://iup.edu/library/departments/access-services/interlibrary-loan).
• Need a computer? Work at one of our desktops located throughout the library or borrow one of our laptops from the Circulation Desk.
• Need to study or work on a project with some classmates? Meet in one of our group study rooms.
• Need a quiet or silent place to study? Go to the second floor of Stapleton Library for quiet study and the third floor for silent study.
• Need to become more information literate? Take a class with one of our librarians or use our Library Help for Students LibGuide (https://libraryguides.lib.iup.edu/ILforstudents).

According to the Association of College and Research Libraries (2017), students benefit from library instruction in their initial coursework, library use increases student success, collaborative academic programs and services involving the library enhance student learning, information literacy instruction strengthens general education outcomes, and library research consultations boost student learning. So, what are you waiting for? Start taking advantage of the many resources and services IUP Libraries provide. We’re here to help!

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