Libraries
- What about VCU’s library facilities?
- What are the hours of the library? Is it open on weekends and holidays?
What about VCU’s library facilities?
The VCU Libraries is the third largest research library in Virginia — advancing teaching, learning and research at VCU with a comprehensive collection of digital and print materials and outstanding physical facilities and computer resources for individual or group study.
VCU has two libraries:
- James Branch Cabell Library on the Monroe Park Campus
- Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Services on the MCV Campus
Together the libraries hold more than 1.7 million print volumes, 3 million microforms, 10,200 digital and print serials, access to 10,000 additional digital titles, and more than 30,000 multimedia titles. The Tompkins-McCaw Library has the largest medical collection in the state and outstanding electronic access to the latest in life sciences information and research. Cabell Library houses one of the largest book art collections in the Southeast and the largest popular culture and comic art collections in the state.
The VCU Libraries is the only patent and trademark depository in Virginia and has particular strengths in medicine, science, engineering and information technology. Both libraries provide hundreds of computer workstations located throughout the buildings as well as off-campus access from residence halls and home to all computerized resources. Students enjoy expanded study space, a coffee bar and “cyberlounges.”
What are the hours of the library? Is it open on weekends and holidays?
The James Branch Cabell library is open Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to midnight; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to midnight; except holiday intersession, spring break, summer and major holiday weekends. During exams, the library offers some services on a 24-hours-a-day schedule. Check out “ Library Lite All Nite.”
