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 eleven other campus libraries in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 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 25,000 books, reference, and media Over 200,000 electronic books, online resource guides and video tutorials, and 80 research databases covering all disciplines are available online. Alumni have lifelong borrowing privileges to use the collections in the campus library and a 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
Helping students develop lifelong learning skills in an integral part of the library’s mission. Ask a Librarian service is ECPI’s virtual reference service providing responses to questions through email. Library orientation is held in the freshmen orientation course. New faculty library orientation is included with the onboarding training. Library staff provide individual information assistance and offer classes in library research skills. Librarians partner with the faculty to develop the library collection and provide curriculum support. Campus libraries offer circulation and interlibrary loan services, and provide technology such as computer lab/classroom, headphones, printers, photocopiers, scanners, and scanners.
Library Hours
The campus libraries are open to the University's students, alumni, faculty and staff. The campus libraries set their own hours of operation, Monday through Saturday.
Loan Policies
ECPI students, faculty and staff possessing an ECPI ID card may borrow library materials. Alumni also have borrowing privileges. 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 five weeks. Three overdue notices are issued for items that have not been returned by the due date. There are no late fees, however, lost items incur a replacement fee which must be cleared by the student graduation date.