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Location & contact information
University Library
Corner of Osborn Dr. & Morrill Rd.
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-2140
General phone: (515) 294-3642
General fax: (515) 294-5525
  
  
Collections (FY07)
Volumes held: 2,500,880
Books purchased annually: 28,620
Total journals received annually: 58,443
Electronic journals received annually: 45,086
Microform units: 3,508,755
Photographs & slides: 886,332
Films and videos: 53,088
Audio materials: 15,018
General Collection: 26.56 miles of books
Manuscripts & archives: 16,733 linear ft
Aerial photos & maps: 108,543
  
Materials range in date from 1475 to the present, representing 118 languages
Collection strengths: biological and physical sciences and technology
  
Annual Statistics (FY07)
Library building visitors: 1,549,923
Items circulated: 225,788
Items used in-house: 96,514
Items lent to other institutions: 31,218
Items borrowed from other institutions: 15,829
Seats for patrons: 2,572 (w/ branches)
Employees (full-time equivalents):
     52  faculty
     90  support staff
     36  students
     178 total
  
History of the Library 
History
Library located in Old Main:
     1868-1891
Library located in Morrill Hall:
     1891-1914
Library located in Beardshear Hall:
     1914-1925
Construction of original Library building:
     1925
User Education Program
     dating from 1891
Library of Congress classification,
      used since 1925




Librarians, Directors, and Deans
J. C. Arthur, 1878-1879
J. K. Macomber, 1879-1883
Mary McDonald, 1883-1885
Ida M. Riley, 1886-1888
Cora Marsland, 1889-1890
Fanny Thomas, 1890-1893
Flora Wilson, 1894-1897
Vina E. Clark, 1897-1916
Vera Dixon, 1916-1920
Gladys M. Rush, 1920-1922
Charles H. Brown, 1922-1946
Robert W. Orr, 1946-1967
Warren B. Kuhn, 1967-1989
Nancy Eaton, 1989-1997
Olivia M. A. Madison, 1997-
Art in Parks Library 
Murals
Kurt Anderson mural
     Prairie Sky
Doug Shelton mural
     Unlimited Possibilities
Grant Wood murals
     When Tillage Begins
     Agricultural Panel
     Home Economics Panel
     Engineering Panel

Portraits
Dr. and Mrs. Parks Portraits
Portraits of Iowa State Presidents
Sculptures
Christian Petersen sculptures
     Boy and Girl
     Old Woman in Prayer
Stephen deStaebler sculpture
     Left-sided Angel
Nina Ward sculpture
     On Shoulders of Giants

Other Art
Judith Lazelere banner
Nellie Walker bas reliefs
Printers' Marks bas reliefs
Henry Chapman Mercer fireplace tiles
  
ISU Library Facilities
Parks Library
Size: 325,488 gross sq. ft.
Original building: 1925
Addition I: 1961
Addition II: 1969
Addition III: 1983
Dedicated to William Robert Parks and
       Ellen Sorge Parks in 1984

e-Library@Iowa State University
       e-journals; e-books

Storage Building
Size: 16,500 gross sq. ft.
Branch Facilities
Design Reading Room
       111 College of Design
       3,096 sq. ft.; 12,500 volumes
Mathematics Reading Room
       401 Carver Hall
       1,209 sq. ft.; 8,500 volumes
Physical Sciences Reading Room
       208 Office & Lab
       5,557 sq. ft.; 26,300 volumes
Veterinary Medical Library
       2280 Vet Med
       6,631 sq. ft.; 33,300 volumes
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