1998-1999 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
The University
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 staff members, and over two hundred students are employed in the Libraries Division of the university. The book collection contains 775,000 volumes; there are 4,500 periodical subscriptions, 1.7 million items of microforms, over 100,000 bound periodicals, and over 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 the Center for Research Libraries. The central library is open 92 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 members, 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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