Welcome to the University Library at Colorado State University - Pueblo. This library is for you. We hope you will find both our online and our physical spaces inviting and easy to use. We work closely with faculty across all the colleges to ensure that the Library's collections support teaching and learning. We also work closely with faculty and students to promote research and learning. We work closely with Information Technology Services to ensure that you have access to the technology you need for research and projects. Let us know if you have any suggestions or comments. We would love to hear from you! What's on your mind?

Rhonda Gonzales
Dean of Library Services

Vision
The Colorado State University - Pueblo Library is central to the University's mission. It is both a physical and virtual place that provides an enriching and supportive environment where students, faculty, and staff come together to access information and ideas, study, learn, create, collaborate, socialize, and attend cultural events.

Mission
The Colorado State University - Pueblo Library supports the University's mission of fostering academic excellence, student success, and diversity by preparing students to be information literate; by providing access for SCU-Pueblo to quality information resources and academic services that facilitate teaching, learning and research; and by promoting and enabling scholarship through the development of resources that support new paradigms in scholarly communication.

Guiding Principles
The following principles provide the common threads for priority recommendations/activities. The University Library:

• collaborates with all other university departments and all its users to help further the university's mission.
• provides a welcoming and supportive academic environment.
• facilitates access to information.
• is a teaching institution that fosters information literacy.
• is a catalyst for creative and intellectual capital of the university.
• affirms the principles of intellectual freedom embodied in the American Library Association's Bill of Rights.

Profile
The Library’s collections include:

• 188,000+ books
• 247,000+ government documents
• 13,000+ CDs, DVDs, and Videocassettes
• Access to over 20,000 print and online journals
• Access to over 100 online databases
• University Archives and Special Collections

The Library’s services include:

• Print and Online Course Reserves
• Interlibrary Loan
• Teaching Research and Information Literacy Skills
• Research Consultations
• Library Information Commons
• Multimedia Workstations
• Printing and Photocopying

The Library Information Commons [LIC] at Colorado State University – Pueblo is an integrated research and technology center that provides CSU-Pueblo students, faculty, and staff with access to a wide variety of research tools and materials, information technology resources and support services. The LIC includes an integrated support desk, group and individual work areas, personal study spaces, presentation practice rooms, a smart classroom, adaptive workstations, academic advising offices, tutoring area, and special event spaces. The LIC is collaboratively managed by the University Library, the First Year Program, and Information Technology Services.

Contact A Specific Department:

• Acquisitions

(719) 549-2561
• Administration

(719) 549-2361
• Cataloging

(719) 549-2680
• Circulation and Reserves

(719) 549-2386
• Federal Government Documents Depository

(719) 549-2714
• Instruction

(719)549-2363
• Instructional Technology/Web Development

(719) 549-2326
• Interlibrary Loan

(719) 549-2362
• Periodicals

(719) 549-2673
• Reference

(719) 549-2333 or (719) 549-2714
• University Archives and Special Collections

(719) 549-2475

 

Staff Directory

Courtney Bruch Assistant Professor of Library Services Instruction Coordinator (719)549-2363	Kim Hunter Administrative Assistant III (719)549-2361
Matt DeCesaro Library Technician II Circulation (719)549-2209	Margaret Kleszynski Associate Professor of Library Services Collection Development (719)549-2558
Jill Deulen Interlibrary Loan Assistant (719)549-2362	Felicia Martinez Library Technician I Circulation (719)549-2386
Loretta Fisher Library Technician II Periodicals (719)549-2673	Karen T. Pardue Instructor of Library Services Instructional Technology (719)549-2326
Julie Fronmueller Lecturer of Library Services Instruction & Outreach (719)549-2333	Veronica Santistevan Library Technician II Cataloging Assistant (719)549-2680
Rhonda Gonzales Dean - Library Services (719)549-2315	Dan Sullivan Associate Professor of Library Services Reference & Government Documents (719)549-2714
Audrey Hancock Library Technician II Acquisitions Assistant (719) 549-2561	Jay Trask Assistant Professor of Library Services University Archivist & Records Manager (719)549-2475
Sandy Hudock Associate Professor of Library Services Access Services/Interlibrary Loan (719) 549-2527

Library Hours

Beginning Monday, August 25th, the University Library will return to fall hours.

Summer Semester Hours
Mon. - Thurs.	7am - 10pm
Friday	7am - 5pm
Saturday	CLOSED
Sunday	1pm - 5pm
Memorial Day Weekend
Sat. May 24th - Mon., May 26th	CLOSED
Independence Day
Friday, July 4th	Closed
Beginning August 3rd
Monday - Friday	8am - 5pm
Weekends	CLOSED

CSU-Pueblo Library Policies

The CSU-Pueblo Library policies* are reviewed regularly for consistency, currency, and relevance:

• Access Services
• Acquisitions Policy
• Circulation Policies
• Library Exhibits & Displays
• Emergency Closure (CSU-Pueblo)
• Fines & Fees - Laptops
• Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Policy
• Periodicals Policy
• Reserves Policies
  • Electronic Reserve Access to Published Copyrighted Materials
  • Print Reserve Access to Published Copyrighted Materials
  • Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (A useful, printable guide)
  • Faculty Intellectual Property Release Form
  • Student Intellectual Property Release Form
  • Reserve List Form
• Technology Policies (CSU-Pueblo)
• Telephone Reference Assistance Policy
• University Archives Access and Use Policy

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