1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
The University
Library and Media Services
Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr., Library, the central library for IUP, was completed and dedicated in 1981. It
adjoins Rhodes R. Stabley Library, which results in a combined structure of 156,000 square feet. The
Cogswell Music Library, the University School Library, and the branch campus libraries in Kittanning and in
Punxsutawney are the other components of the IUP library system. Nineteen library faculty members,
twenty-two support and technical staff members, and over two hundred students are employed in the
Libraries and Media Resources Division of the university. The book collection contains in excess of 700,000
volumes; there are 4,500 periodical subscriptions, 1.7 million items of microforms, over 100,000 bound
periodicals, and in excess of 24,000 volumes of governmental publications. (IUP is a designated Select
Depository for federal and state publications.) The libraries media holdings in all formats are extensive.
Resources are supplemented through membership in OCLC for interlibrary loan, the Health Sciences
Consortium (North Carolina), and the Laurel Highlands Consortium and associate membership in the Center
for Research Libraries. The central library is open 93 hours a week during regular terms. The Cogswell
Music Library, located on the top floor of Cogswell Hall, contains approximately 6,000 books, 70,000
scores, and 10,000 recordings. Holdings of monumental editions are substantial. Sound recordings circulate
only to faculty, but listening stations are available for use by all patrons. The University School Library s
6,500 volumes support the curriculum of grades K-6 at the University School. The Armstrong County
campus library has more than 22,000 volumes, and the recently renovated Punxsutawney library contains
more than 13,000 books as well as 150 periodicals and recordings of music, poetry, and drama.
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