Wells Library Building and Collections Directory

Lobby | Ground Floor | West Tower | East Tower

Information about locations of library departments, Partner Units, and collections (including call numbers).

Lobby

Campus Café - Closed 2021-2022
Gendered Restrooms (changing table in women's only)
Vending and Lockers

Ground Floor

Bookmark[et] Eatery
Vending and ATM
Media Services (includes media on reserve)
IU Libraries Moving Image Archive
Black Film Center/Archive
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (Career Development Center, Engaged Learning Center, Health Professions and Prelaw Center, Records Office, Students in Transition Office, University Division Advising)
Changing tables located in women's and men's restrooms

West Tower

First floor

Learning Commons
Research Desk
Library Services Desk and Class Reserves
Writing Tutorial Services
Browsing Collection
Makerspace
CrimsonCard Office

Second floor

Quiet study space with individual workstations
Core Collection: call numbers A-J
UITS Student Technology Centers (STC) lab

Third floor

Quiet study space
Core Collection: call numbers K-Z
Career Reference Collection
All-gender restroom

Fourth floor

UITS Support Center In-Person Support
UITS plotter printing (posters) 
UITS Student Technology Centers (STC) lab
UITS STC Classroom
Collaboration Rooms
Group Work Spaces
All-gender restroom

Fifth floor

UITS Student Technology Centers (STC) lab

East Tower

First Floor

Scholars' Commons (Reference Desk, Circulation Desk, Secure Reading Area, Carol and George Derner Reading Corner [new books], Digitization Lab, Consultation Rooms)
Reference Reading Room (Current Periodicals, Reference Reading Room Collection, IU Reference Collection, Research Collections call numbers Z6620 - ZA)

Second Floor

Government Information, Maps and Microform Services
Lactation Room
Changing tables located in women's and men's restrooms
Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning
Library Administration (access via staircase from lobby or from East Tower elevators)
Libraries Human Resources (access via staircase from lobby or from East Tower elevators)

Third Floor

Staff Offices (Libraries Technical Services and IU Press)

Fourth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers A - DA99
All-gender restroom
University Archives

Fifth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers DA100 - DG208 and PG (Slavic Collection) ; Tibetan Collection
University Graduate School and GradGrants Center

Sixth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers DG209 - GN ; PQ7081 - PQ9999 ; DT (African Studies Collection) ; Latin American Studies Collection

Seventh Floor

SRIFIAS Library Collection (Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies)
Research Collections: call numbers GR - LT ; P - PF, PH ; Folklore Collection

Eighth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers PJ - PN ;  East Asian Collection (Or. Ref., O.C., O.J., O.K.)
Stacks Office
All-gender restroom with changing table
Grad Commons

Ninth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers N - NX ; PQ1 - PQ7080 ; Fine Arts Collection
All-gender restroom

Tenth Floor

Research Collections: call numbers PR - Z6619



Want a closer look at each floor? Check out our Maps for a floor plan of the Research Collections Stacks.
 


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