STANLEY LIBRARY

Stanley Library consists of three floors designed to give our students a variety of learning spaces. The 21st Century Learning Center is the first floor of the Library and houses our Learning Engagement and Practice (LEaP) Studio for library instruction as well as gaming, a study commons center, the Writing Center, our Reading Room which houses juvenile and fiction collections, our DVD collection, and our entire reference collection. The second floor houses the entire print collection, both circulating titles and periodicals, along with our Learning Commons study area, two dedicated study rooms that can be reserved by students, faculty, staff, and community members, and classrooms. The lower level of the library houses the Carter Center for Academic Success as well as the Learning Enrichment for Academic Development (LEAD) Center.

Stanley Library strives to create a welcoming and supporting learning environment for the dissemination of knowledge, and offering a place where ideas can interact among students, teachers, librarians, and the community. Using its robust collections and innovative programming combined with the values of inclusion, equity, and diversity, Stanley Library helps its patrons become proficient learners who are adept at accessing information in the 21 century and who will thrive in a changing global environment. Stanley Library will enrich lives and communities through providing, supporting, and enhancing universal access to literacy, lifelong learning, information, and knowledge.

Stanley Library is the intellectual nerve center of Ferrum College. It offers books, journals, newspapers, DVDs, AV equipment, research workshops, study areas, and community engagement to our patrons. It provides every member of the Ferrum Community, campus and town, access to a vast array of ideas and information. It empowers patrons to be curious, passionate, and respectful active learners who explore, connect, evaluate, and create.