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The Library houses over 1.5 million volumes, including 28,000 electronic journals, 2,800 periodicals and newspaper titles, nearly 8,000 active serials, and is a Federal Document Depository with more than 820,000 government documents. With the recent building expansion and increased use of the Media Center, we have obtained over 24,000 audio, video, and multimedia materials. The University Library also has access to Galileo, an on-line resource indexing thousands of periodicals and journals. The Library’s Special Collections Department and Archives collects and preserves rare historical materials in seven curatorial areas: Southern Labor Archives, Popular Music Collection, Women's Collections, Georgia Government Documentation Project, University Archives, Rare Books, and Photograph Collections. The Learning Commons is a one-stop-shop area where patrons may obtain assistance with research, writing, ESL, as well as make use of the reference collection, atlases, and modern technology resources that provide access to online research materials and application software. There are over 400 computer workstations, 55 group study rooms, a quiet study room, and a coffee shop. Each year over 3 million people come through our doors to use our state-of-the-art facilities and resources.
We have 106 members of the staff and faculty who are dedicated to advancing scholarship and furthering the educational and research mission of Georgia State University. Additionally, the Library is part of a wide network of information providers that serves the citizens of Atlanta, the state of Georgia, and the scholarly community worldwide.
The Library has continuing memberships in the following research library groups:
- Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
- Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
- Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
- Freedom to Read Foundation
Having a unique role in the life of Georgia State University, the Library is the only facility that is truly universal on campus; it is the heart of the university.
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