All are valuable to both students and faculty for study and research. Other large non-print collections include sound recordings, music scores, and photograph files. Unlike a public library, the Earl K. Long Library is designed to accomodate university students and faculty. Its collection, therefore, does not include popular fiction or best sellimg inspirational works unless their status as literature, history, or social science warrants it. Designed for user comfort and convenience, the Library has many practical features.
Books are easily accessible on open shelves.
Study space is available for over 1,000 students. Individual study carrels are located between the stacks, and larger tables are found throughout the reading rooms. Lounge chairs are also available in some rooms. Other facilities include group study rooms, graduate study rooms, faculty study rooms, a current periodicals room, a reserve book service, a microfilm room, and a listening room. An Interlibrary Loan is operated for graduate students and faculty to borrow research materials not owned locally.