You may apply for your library card at the Circulation Desk. Cards must be presented when checking out all library materials. Books are checked out for a four week period with renewals allowed if a hold has not been placed on the book. Multimedia items are checked out for three days. Students must present their ID/library card once a year to update their information to continue using their library card. Courtesy patrons must present their library card and a valid ID to update their information to continue using their library card.
Phone number: (479) 964-0569

The Library and Technology Center uses a Vend-A-Card system for all needs of prints and photocopies. Once a required card is purchased, it can be recharged through one of these machines. $1.00, $5.00, $10,00, and $20.00 bills can be used for that purpose. There is a machine on each floor of the building. A new card costs $1.00 of which $0.50 covers the card itself and the processing fee, leaving $0.50 for copies. All copying, including computer prints cost $.10 each. Per semester, each student can print 200 pages from a computer free of charge.

The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system for all materials. Books and government documents can be located by using the Library Catalog, also accessible from the Library website. The Library houses over 160,000 bound volumes (books and journals), over 110,000 government documents, and over 10,000 multimedia titles (sound and video recordings). As an academic library, we own many books and materials relating to the full range of human experience, some of which you as an individual may, or may not find appropriate. Therefore, we ask that what you view in the Library remain private. As a parent of a minor we also ask that you sign a waiver form for any minor requesting a library card. The Pendergraft Library places no restrictions on the type of materials an individual may checkout once they have a library card.

The Library subscribes to over 1000 current periodicals. The most recent issues of these titles may be found on the first floor. Periodicals cannot be checked out. Shelved in the same area are print indexes to various subjects and several newspapers. An alphabetical list of the Library's periodicals holdings may be found located in the Reference Area or located by using the Library Catalog.

Pendergraft Library is a selective depository for U.S. and Arkansas documents. These items are cataloged and shelved in a separate collection. The Library also provides a list of government related sites on the Internet. Assistance with all government documents can be requested at the Reference Desk or in the Government Documents Department. Further inquiries may be addressed to Frances Hager at fhager@atu.edu.

Please report any policy violations to the Library Circulation Desk on the first floor of the building. Violations may affect the violator's Library priviledges.

Ross Pendergraft Library & Technology Center seeks to provide an environment that supports a wide range of academic endeavors for Arkansas Tech University students, faculty and staff. Some Library users require quiet areas for individual research and study, while others need to interact with others or to study in groups. In an effort to meet these varied needs, Ross Pendergraft Library & Technology Center has established zones for designated levels of noise, conversation, and cell phone use:

Blue Zones designate quiet areas for individual study. Conversations and noise should be kept to a minimum in the blue zones. No Cell Phone use is permitted. Calls should be taken in designated policy-free zones (white areas on the map) or in Green Zones within the guidelines below.

Green Zones designate active learning areas for moderate conversation, low-level group study, and minimal cell phone use. Moderate noise levels are to be expected in green zones. These areas include Library or Technology Center service points, staff activities, and most computer clusters.

Upon entering the building, Pendergraft patrons are asked to set their cell phones on silent or vibrate and to refrain from excessive conversation and noise. Cell phone use is discouraged in the Blue Zones and is to be kept to a minimum in the Green Zones.

Maps are available at the Circulation and Reference desks. These maps illustrate the layout of the Ross Pendergraft Library & Technology Center and are color-coded to denote the Blue Zones, Green Zones, and policy-free areas (white).

Patrons are asked to respect the guidelines for the quiet/study areas (Blue Zones) and active learning areas (Green Zones). Excessive noise that is inappropriate to a designated zone should be reported to the nearest service desk.

All building users, including staff and visitors going to and from meetings and classes, are expected to comply with these efforts to create and preserve a better study environment for everyone.

No food or drink permitted in the building.

Non-University Affiliates - must have approval stamp from Student Services AND date/initials of the Library Director.
University Organizations & Affiliates - must have date/initials of the Library Director.
Posters & fliers may not be posted on the glass doors, but the glass sidelights to either side are all right.

Smoking and the use of any other tobacco products is not permitted on campus. Arkansas Tech is tobacco free on its campuses in Russellville and Ozark since August 1, 2009.