Library Fact Sheet
Services:
- Reference assistance in person, online, via phone or chat
- Course Reserves (electronic & print)
- Services for persons with disabilities (JAWS, BRAILLE Printer)
- Wireless connectivity throughout the Libraries
- U-Borrow - patron initiated borrowing
- Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery
- Library instruction/information literacy classes
- Kindles - patron initiated collection development
- Online renewal of currently checked-out materials
- Online order forms
- Online suggestion forms
Service Desks:
Reference/Information | 474-2424 |
Circulation | 474-2414 |
Skylab | 474-6230 |
Library Hours | 474-2462 |
Access:
Many resources, such as electronic databases, journals and ebooks may be accessed online at the University Libraries by current faculty, staff and students using the Argus login account. Through the library home page you may submit reference questions; access discipline-specific research guides and full-text journals and books; and consult full-text reference sources, e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks and almanacs.
Facilities:
John C. Pace Library: Bldg 32 - 184,802 sq ft
University Archives and West Florida History Center - Basement
Media Room - 1st Floor
Skylab (Computing Center) - 5th Floor
Starbucks Coffee Shop - 1st Floor
Great Good Place - 2nd Floor
Professional Studies Library: Bldg 86, Rm. 105 - 2,515 sq ft
Emerald Coast Campus Library: Fort Walton Beach - 20,500 sq ft
Collections:
Volumes (print & electronic) | 827,831 |
Serial Subscriptions (print & electronic) | 4,466 |
Microforms | 1,700,326 |
Government Documents (all formats) | 179,750 |
Special Collections (all formats) | 1,032,347 |
Maps | 2,474 |
2011 Library Statistics:
Database searches | 1,234,902 |
Visits to the library's home page | 689,986 |
Visitors to the Pace Library | 441,674 |
Uses of fulltext and e-journal packages | 433,456 |
Checkouts of library materials | 228,976 |
Electronic books | 108,195 |
Computer workstations and laptops in the Pace Library | 263 |