In
keeping with the mission statement of Saint Mary's College,
the Cushwa-Leighton Library offers a physical and virtual
user-centered environment providing access to information
in a variety of formats in support of the curricular,
research, and information needs of our students, faculty,
and staff, as well as the broader scholarly community.
Goals:
1. To provide a balanced collection of information resources to meet
the curricular, research, and informational needs of the College community.
2.
To develop in users the necessary knowledge, skills and
critical thinking to search for, evaluate, select, and
apply the information they need.
3.
To work collaboratively with other departments to create
a campus-wide learning environment.
4.
To encourage and facilitate access to and use of a variety
of information resources, including those not available
in our library.
5.
To oversee the physical condition of the collection,
maintaining and conserving it for future generations
of users.
6.
To serve as an archival repository for maintaining and
disseminating the scholarship, history and culture of
the College.
The
Cushwa-Leighton Library opened in 1982 replacing
the Alumnae Centennial Library which is now Haggar
Center. The library has over 229,000 volumes and
currently subscribes to over 800 periodical titles.
The building
has 77,000 square feet and provides 540 seats for
users. The library has public access computers on the
main floor
and houses computer clusters in the Trumper Computer
Center, the Husking Family Instructional Technology
Resource Center (ITRC) and on the second floor. Belle
Aire wireless
access is available throughout the library. The library
is open a total of 98.25 hours per week during the
academic year.
