Library
The ECPI University libraries provide resources and services at each campus location to support the academic program needs of students, faculty and staff. The main campus library in Virginia Beach and twelve branch campus libraries in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida are maintained by a team of professional librarians and support staff. Wireless access is available in all libraries. Libraries are arranged with study spaces, computer workstations or labs for individual and collaborative work. Academic resources include a print collection of over 27,000 books, reference, media, periodicals, and devices and a growing digital library with over 200,000 electronic books, online resource guides and video tutorials, and an extensive collection of online research databases. The Library Catalog is available at https://library.ecpi.edu. ECPI students, faculty, and staff log into the Library website with a secured ECPI University computer network username and password. Alumni have lifelong borrowing privileges to use the collections in the campus library or from other ECPI libraries through the free Interlibrary Loan service. The University’s special collection of certification test prep study guides is available in the campus libraries and from the digital library.
Instruction and Services
Librarians provide information assistance to individual students, faculty and staff, offer classes in library research skills, present orientation to classes, assist with the preparation of research assignments, prepare specialized bibliographies for course-specific research, Librarians partner with the faculty to develop the library collection and provide curriculum support. Helping students develop lifelong learning skills in an integral part of the Library's mission. 'Ask the Library' reference assistance is available from the library website. Library technical services include wireless access, computer lab/classroom, printers, photocopiers, scanners, and the distribution of mobile technology.
Library Hours
The campus libraries are open to the University's students, faculty and staff. The campus libraries set their own hours of operation, Monday through Saturday The University winter and summer break hours are posted in advance in the Library and on the Library website. The library website is available 24/7 at https://library.ecpi.edu.
Loan Policies
ECPI students, faculty and staff possessing an ECPI ID card may borrow library materials. Alumni always have borrowing privileges. An ID card can be obtained from the library. Library users are responsible for all materials borrowed on their card. Up to six items may be borrowed at a time. Books are circulated for two weeks, with one renewal period; course textbooks for one day loans; and video/DVDs for three day loans. Books are circulated to faculty for term loans. Three overdue notices are issued for items that have not been returned by the due date. A billing statement will include all costs incurred to date. Transcripts, final grades, and diplomas will not be issued until library overdues and fines have been cleared.
ECPI students and faculty with an ECPI ID card are eligible to borrow materials from any ECPI campus library via Interlibrary Loan. A hold may be placed on library materials directly from the Online Catalog. The Library will notify library users by email when the materials are available and will hold them at the circulation desk for a limited time. Online campus students are eligible for mailed Interlibrary Loans.