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Take emergency evacuations seriously and exit the building

On Sunday, December 3, a small electrical fire at the Valley Library set off the fire alarms and necessitated the evacuation of the building. As one of the busiest public buildings on campus, the safety of our community is our top priority. Many...

Need a laptop for the entire term? Apply for a long term laptop from the Circulation Desk

The Valley Library Circulation Desk has 12 Dell Latitude laptops available for long term borrowing. These laptops are intended to be term-long laptop substitutes for students without computers. As such, we are prioritizing students in need of a...

Protect your possessions while on campus

Don't leave your backpack or electronics unattended in the library or in other public areas on campus as thefts do occur. If you’d like to store your items in a secure place at the library, lockers are located throughout the Valley Library and...

Access thousands of films through Kanopy

What is Kanopy? Kanopy is a streaming video resource with a collection of more than 26,000 films from leading producers on almost every subject imaginable, including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases. Kanopy...

Rare maps collection now available

The William H. Galvani Rare Maps Collection of more than 1,000 maps depicting various regions of the globe from antiquity to the 20th century is now available for research at the library’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC...

Protect your possessions while on campus

Don't leave your backpack or electronics unattended in the library or in other public areas on campus as thefts do occur.  If you’d like to store your items in a secure place at the library, lockers are located throughout the Valley...

Two librarians earn major faculty awards

Elizabeth Nielsen and Chris Petersen, two librarians in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center at the Valley Library, are winners of university awards for 2016. They will be honored along with others at the University Day...

Maps of the library are available

New to campus and unfamiliar with the Valley Library? In addition to the "Floor Maps" link on the upper right of the homepage, we also have an updated brochure that contains a map of each floor in the library to make your wayfinding much easier. The...

Workshops offered on 3-D Scanning and Printing (8/18)

Satisfy your curiosity about 3-D Printing and Scanning at one of the workshops on 8/18.  View all the offerings in the library’s summer workshop series at http://bit.ly/graduate-workshops. Registration is encouraged but not required....

Workshops offered on Copyright and Fair Use in Education (8/15) and SPSS Basic (8/16) and Intermediate (8/17)

We’re almost all both producing and using content regularly. Get a handle on balancing Copyright and Fair Use in Education on 8/15. Check out SPSS Statistics Basics on 8/16 if you have no experience or limited experience using this program for...

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