Libraries

Virtual Hours

We are online for chat services:

Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

You may also connect with us via email, text, or phone

Building Access

September 21 - November 25: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday

• Valley Library is open by reservation only.  Reserve your seat.
• We will continue our digital services including Ask a Librarian, research consultations, instruction support, and more.
• Interlibrary Loan services will be available. We will continue to offer Scan and Deliver services, and to mail physical items to users. Summit services may resume at a later date.
• Book drops will be open and monitored for returned items. However, due dates will be extended and users will continue to be encouraged to keep materials until the building reopens.
• We will process purchase requests for course materials and other resources.

The circulation desk will be open when the building is open. Physical materials can be put on hold and picked up in the library or they will be mailed.

Special Collections & Archives staff is available for consult on virtual reference hours Monday - Friday and anticipates opening by appointment only in fall term. Please see the SCARC website (http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/) for more details.

The Guin Library building at the Hatfield Marine Science Center remains closed to the public, faculty, staff and students until further notice. For more information, contact hmsc.library@oregonstate.edu.

The OSU-Cascades Library space remains closed until further notice. For more information, contact library@osucascades.edu.


OSULP has prepared a guide with more details about specific services, access to collections, and, most importantly, contact information, at https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/coronavirus. We update this site continuously, so please refer to it for the most current information about operations.