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Library staff facilitate many of our borrowing operations from our circulation desk, located on JFK’s main floor in the lobby. Staff can answer questions about your user account, library spaces and study rooms, library guidelines and use policies, and lost and found items. Contact this service point with noise or building concerns. Learn more about circulation services online. 

Library staff maintain a course reserves service containing special items requested by instructors for specific courses. Students can find these materials using our catalog. Faculty may request material reserve services using this online form. Contact the circulation desk, located in the lobby of JFK’s main floor, with any questions.

509.359.7888 | circulation@ewu.edu 

For items not found in our shared catalog, ILL staff make requests on behalf of EWU students, faculty, and staff. Request processing takes up to five days for articles and up to 10 days for books. Textbooks are not guaranteed. Visit the ILL website. For walk-up assistance or questions, please visit the circulation desk, located in the lobby of JFK’s main floor.

 509.359.2492 | ewuill@ewu.edu | research.ewu.edu/ill

EWU is a member of the Pacific Northwest Orbis Cascade Alliance, with access to a shared catalog. Summit allows you to request delivery of circulating items based on your research results. Deliveries take up to eight business days, with six-week loan periods with a one-time renewal. Textbook loans not guaranteed. For walk-up assistance or questions, please visit the circulation desk, located in the lobby of JFK’s main floor.

 509.359.2819  | circulation@ewu.edu 

Librarians provide research assistance and instruction for the campus community.  Help is available in-person (including personalized research consultations) and virtually (via chat, text, and phone). Visit the website listed below to contact librarians, find books, articles, and other resources, explore research guides, stream tutorials, and find faculty resources. The reference desk is located in the lobby of JFK’s main floor.

Visit our research services page for a list of our subject area librarians.

509.359.2263 | Text 509.383.8677 | research.ewu.edu

Located on the lower floor of JFK, library staff facilitate this co-sponsored service of the EWU Libraries, the Multimedia Commons (MMC), and the EWU Student Tech Fee (STF) Committee. Students whom have paid their quarterly technology fee are eligible to borrow STF equipment during academic quarters.

509.359.7893 | circulation@ewu.edu | ewu.edu/library/equipment-checkout/

Library faculty and staff in this unit purchase, organize, and prepare materials for the collections, repair collection materials, and to provide catalog access both to physical and digital holdings. Through providing online catalog access to library resources, this unit helps you locate the materials and information you need.

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Ielleen Miller
Chair/Director, School of Libraries
509.359.2264 |JFK Room U02

Kayleen Islam-Zwart, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Professional Programs
kislamzwart@ewu.edu

General Operational Inquiries: ewuliboffice@ewu.edu 

Located on the lower floor of JFK, ASPC provides access to materials about University and regional history including photographs, letters, diaries, oral histories, and audiovisual materials. ASPC manages several digital collections at dc.ewu.edu/archives. Services available upon request. Visit the ASPC website.

Contact: Steven Bingo, University Archivist

509.359.2302 | sbingo@ewu.edu 

Supervised test taking appointments are available at the JFK Library during academic quarters and semesters, for EWU students only. Please visit the webpage to learn more. Inquiries can be made at the main level circulation desk.

 509.359.6294 | proctoring@ewu.edu | ewu.edu/library/test-proctoring

Learning Commons partner services are housed on the main floor of JFK, past the library reference desk and Thomas Hammer Coffee.