page_title: Millersville University of Pennsylvania
section_title: Francine G. McNairy Library & Learning Forum
hierarchical_section_title: Millersville University of Pennsylvania / Campus / Francine G. McNairy Library & Learning Forum
caption_attribution_description: English: McNairy Library
context_page_description: Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Millersville, Pennsylvania. It is one of the fourteen schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1855 as the first Normal School in Pennsylvania, Millersville is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  First established in 1854 as the Millersville Academy out of the since-demolished Old Main, the Academy specialized in a series of workshop-style teacher institutes in response to the 1834 Free School Act of Pennsylvania.
context_section_description: Originally built from 1965-1967 on the grounds of Old Main, the Helen Ganser Library closed its doors in 2011 for an extensive 2-year renovation project and re-opened in 2013 as the Francine G. McNairy Library & Learning Forum.  The entire complex is named after Millersville's 13th President, Dr. Francine McNairy, who began her career at Millersville first as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs before becoming President in 2003.  Ganser Hall, named for Helen A. Ganser (1911-1952), librarian and head of the Library Science Department, is the 9-story building that houses the University's academic collection.  Serving as the academic heart of campus for over 40 years, Ganser Hall's beginning with the two famous "Bookwalks" of 1967.
  Currently, the Library offers a laptop borrowing service for students, has rooms available for reservation, is home to a 24-hour study room and is a part of the EZ-Borrow network, where students, faculty and staff can request a book from another library and arrives in as little as four days to the circulation desk.  The Library also hosts several student-worker positions each semester.
caption: McNairy Library at Millersville University
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