Library

Mary Livermore Library

The vision of the Livermore Library is “Enhancing Education Through Research.” Serving the students, faculty and greater Pembroke community, the Livermore Library is building the university library of the future. The foundation of library services is the Integrated Library System of Ex Libris connecting worldwide communities of university libraries. Using Alma as the backbone, we also provide Primo, a one-stop meta-search tool for simultaneously searching the library holdings and all our information database providers where library patrons can access a wealth of information. Leganto is our powerful tool which connects the library system to the classroom and the university’s learning management system, Canvas.

The Livermore Library maintains a collection of is home for about 765,000 print volumes and 140,000 items in the streaming and physical media collection. The special collections and archives provide primary documents on the history of the university, the region, and the Lumbee Tribe. We are also home to the collected papers of longtime Congressman Charlie Rose. The library subscribes to many databases which provide users access to full-text journals, papers from scholarly societies, national and regional newspapers, and other sources. As part of the UNC System, students have borrowing privileges at the other constituent university libraries. Materials from other libraries outside the UNC System may also be requested through Inter-Library Loan.

The first floor provides users with the main reading room along with collaborative spaces for group projects, seating, portable markerboards and the ease for refreshments and meals at Café 641. The second floor offers a newly updated student computer lab, numerous study rooms, collaborative groups space and individual study carrels for focused studying. The dedicated desks for Patron Services and Research Services provide professional librarians and staff to immediately assist with research questions. Librarians teach our undergraduate and graduate program research courses, as well as provide specialized instruction for individual courses as requested by faculty.

Students can access all the resources of the library 24 hours a day, and students can chat with our librarians during regular library hours (see the library webpage for current hours). Students can call Patron Services at 910.521.6516 or Research Services at 910.521.6656.

Students with questions can also receive an answer within 24 hours by emailing at refdesk@uncp.edu .

Courses

• LIB 1000. Introduction to Academic Research (3 credits)
• LIB 5000. Introduction to Graduate Academic Research (3 credits)