NCSU Libraries Fact Sheet

North Carolina State University Libraries

Box 7111, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7111

URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/

Administrative Office: (919) 515-7188; fax: (919) 515-3628

Personnel Services: (919) 515-3522

Reference Desk: (919) 515-2935

The NCSU Libraries

inaugurated a technology-rich Learning Commons, new Special Collections Reading Room, and Exhibit Gallery in March 2007 as part of the renovation of the D. H. Hill Library's East Wing

created the Learning and Research Center for the Digital Age, encompassing the:

• Scholarly Communication Center with legal staff providing guidance on intellectual property and copyright issues, in conjunction with NC State Legal Affairs, as well as a director of digital publishing
• Information Technologies Teaching Center, with three teaching labs
• Digital Media Laboratory and the Usability Research Laboratory
• Digital Library Initiatives Department
• DELTA Instructional Services Faculty Development Services Group, supporting faculty in the creation and delivery of online courses

offers other digital library services, including:

• access through its Web homepage to over 450 bibliographic databases and approximately 40,000 electronic journals
• a revolutionary online catalog powered by Endeca search software
• cross-searching capabilities and interlibrary loan service with the Triangle Research Libraries Network
  (NC State, Duke, NC Central, and UNC-Chapel Hill)
• access to more than 278,000 electronic books
• Geographic Information System software and extensive data resources
• reference, interlibrary loan, and circulation renewal services to the NC State community via the Web
• the only full U.S. patent and trademark depository in the region
• an electronic-reserve system providing twenty-four-hour access to course reserves via the Web
• Lending services that include laptop computers for in-building use, as well as mp3 players and iPod Shuffles

consists of the D. H. Hill Library, Burlington Textiles Library, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, Natural Resources Library, and William Rand Kenan, Jr., Library of Veterinary Medicine

is planning the construction of a new library on Centennial Campus, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library

circulates or provides digital copy for approximately 800,000 items per year

has a total staff of 265 (118 librarians and other professionals, 106 support staff, and 41 student assistants)

is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, and Digital Library Federation

ranks 29th out of 113 top academic research libraries in North America

is the primary server site for NC LIVE, a project that makes digital resources accessible to North Carolina residents

was the first university library to win the Association of College and Research Libraries' Excellence in Academic Libraries Award

was the 2003 recipient of the American Library Association's Library of the Future award

had Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Susan K. Nutter named the 2005 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal

The NCSU Libraries' collections include:

more than 3.6 million volumes, approximately 56,000 print and electronic serial subscriptions, and a growing array of electronic full-text and image collections

strengths in agriculture, architecture, biological sciences, design, engineering, entomology, forest resources, mathematics, physical sciences, statistics, textiles, and veterinary medicine

U.S. federal and N.C. state documents depository materials, U.S. patents and trademarks, and NTIS research reports

the Papers and Drawings of George Matsumoto, Willard Byrd Golf Course Design Drawings and Others Papers, Tippman and Metcalf Entomology Collections, Greenways Archives, papers and rare books in genetics and plant and forestry genomics, and the University Archives Photographic Collection

North Carolina State University:

is a public, land-grant institution founded in 1887

has a total headcount enrollment of more than 30,000, including about 7,300 graduate students

has nearly 7,000 faculty and staff

is ranked #1 in total research expenditures in the 16-campus University of North Carolina system

has a main campus covering 2,110 acres, a 214-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus, and a 1,120-acre Centennial Campus, plus more than 101,000 acres in farms, forests, and other research facilities

includes:

• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• College of Design
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• College of Management
• College of Natural Resources
• College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• College of Textiles
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• First Year College
• Graduate School

is located in the Research Triangle, one of the nation's premier concentrations of research and industry; in May 2005 Fortune named Raleigh/Durham the #2 U.S. city for business and careers; the U.S. Census Bureau's "American Community Survey" released in May 2004 ranked Raleigh as the #2 most-educated city in America

offers coursework in 102 undergraduate degree programs, master's degrees in 108 fields of study, 60 doctoral degree programs and the doctor of veterinary medicine program.

revised 12/07, External Relations, NCSU Libraries