University Storage Facility

Description | Request Storage Material | Daily operations

Information About the Storage Facility

The Storage Facility shares the 16,000 square foot off-campus facility with University Records Management.

The warehouse part of the building has a 37 foot ceiling and currently holds over 600,000 items. The items include books and journals, filmstrips, theses, dissertations, and phonorecords. There is enough space in the Storage facility to hold up to 750,000 volumes. The facility stores items belonging to Newman, the other on-campus branches, and Special Collections.

Storage personnel process requests and prepare items for delivery Monday through Friday. Requests require a 48 hour processing time to be delivered to on-campus locations. Occassionally requests may take up to 5 business days to process due to request volume or citation problems.

Library Courier Service And Storage

Library Courier Service is a resource that transports library materials to and from Newman Library, the Storage facility, the Art/Architecture Library, and the Veterinary Medicine Library.

The Library Courier delivers library materials Monday through Friday and all deliveries are completed by 5:00 pm each day. The delivery schedule varies during breaks and summer. For more information about this service, visit the Library Courier Service web page.