Library Information

Library Hours | Phone Numbers | Library Staff

The Charles B. Phillips Library provides library materials and services to support the academic programs and instructional needs of Aurora University. It houses a collection of over 99,000 books and over 7,000 multimedia materials, as well as 210 current periodical subscriptions. Electronic resources include an online catalog networked with 65 academic libraries in the state and more than 80 indexes and online databases.. Through our electronic indexes and databases, books are also available from libraries nation- and worldwide to currently enrolled students, and current faculty and staff.

The Library is open 102 hours per week, seven days a week, and offers a variety of services to the campus community:

• Circulation of books, multimedia materials and curriculum materials
• Reference books and indexes
• Instruction in the use of information resources and research assistance for individuals, small groups, and classes
• Interlibrary loan of books and periodical articles from other libraries through membership in a series of networks: CARLI, SILC, I-SHARE, OCLC, LIBRAS, and the DuPage Library System.
• Audiovisual and instructional materials, listening and viewing facilities for course-related assignments
• Small group study areas

The Library Code of Conduct is available to download as a pdf file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.

Library Hours

Frequently Used Telephone Numbers

Library Staff

• Walter Bell, Information Services Librarian
• Kay Culhane, Access Services Manager
• Jewel Huggins, Library Secretary
• John Law, Director
• Lauren Jackson-Beck, Information Services Librarian
• Anne McKearn, Catalog/Reference Librarian
• Nancy Mactague, Research & Electronic Resources Librarian
• Susan Palmer, Curator, Jenks Collection of Adventual Materials
• Andi Seifrid, Acquisitions Manager
• Amy Schlumpf Manion, Information Services Librarian