The J. Conrad Dunagan Library: An Overview

The Library opened in new 66,000 square foot facility in January of 2001. At full capacity it has seating for 400 students. It offers 10 group study rooms, and an audio-visual listening room (headphones required). There are 42 public access workstations, 36 of the workstations have MS Office loaded; all workstations have relevant browsers and helping software (i.e. Adobe Acrobat Reader, etc.). There are two enhanced workstations available for students with disabilities.

These facilities offer access to a diverse collection of print, microform, media and electronic collections. Due to several major consortial agreements, the library is particularly rich in electronic journals; as of April 2008 34, 308 electronic journals were available to faculty, students, and staff. Electronic materials are available on and off-campus. The library has wireless capabilities, for further information on this capability see IRD's Wireless Internet Service page.

In addition to the general circulating collection, there is a K-12 text book collection, a Youth Books collection, an archives which collects and organizes local and university history, and a Texana Collection of circulating materials donated by Mr. J. Conrad Dunagan. In the fall of 2006 a leisure reading collection was created on the first floor and houses a small collection of fiction materials, as well as a few popular magazines. The Atrium entrance to the library was enhanced with more comfortable furniture in 2006, and is now the designated area for casual study groups, cell phone usage, and so on.

Services include
Reference Assistance from knowledgeable librarians and reference assistants
Circulation Services
Special Collections & Archives  (2nd floor),
Copiers may be found in Room 138
Also in Room 138 are microform reader/printers--all microforms printing is free.
The second floor is a designated quiet study area.
Group Study Rooms may be checked out at the Circulation Desk. These rooms are strictly reserved for the use of currently enrolled UTPB students. Unfortunately, group study rooms are neither sound-baffled, nor sound-proofed and therefore must be used for quiet group study.

Hours, News, Other Information

• Library Hours : Fall 2008 : 25 August - 12 December 
  
  Be aware that interim periods
have varying hours; a link to such hours is available on the main hours page
• How to Contact the Library 
  
  main phone numbers--Circulation, Reference, fax--; mailing address (see "Current Library Personnel" page for individual's phone numbers)
• Acceptable Behavior Policy
• Archives

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• Circulation 
  
  Library Policies on check-out periods; fines, and so on
• Interlibrary Loan 
  Links to online forms and other information
• Serials Solutions: Selected Electronic Journals List 
  
  This is an alphabetical list of e-journals. It covers 80% of the titles the library receive in some kind of electronic format. The list does not differentiate in any way between full-text (typewriter like text, no graphics) and full-image holdings.

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Library Directory; Faculty Resources

• Current Library Personnel
• For Faculty forms; names of library liaisons
• For GTA's, Adjuncts, & Part-time Instructors   Helpful information about the library

Vision

• Library Vision Statement