About the Library
Welcome - we're so glad you're here!
Your librarians are available to help in person, via phone, chat, or zoom. Check our hours page for building, phone, and chat hours.
Connect...concentrate...create...collaborate:
Stop in and find your zone! We are prioritizing some of our most in-demand library services, including quiet study space, collaborative study areas, chat reference service, and continued support for remote teaching and learning.
What's new?
MSL Buzz, the Library's blog is the easiest way to be the first to hear our news & updates about new resources, upcoming Library events, system alerts, emergency closings, job postings and more. Visit - or better yet, subscribe!
@theLibrary, the Library's occasional newsletter, features more detailed updates from our staff about projects including our Affordable Learning and Engaged Scholoarship initiatives, survey results, new resources and future plans. See the list below for our newsletter archives.
We encourage you to visit the Michael Schwartz Library and learn about the many services that we offer. While we are committed to providing access to information electronically so that you can access it from off-campus as well as from on-campus, the broadest array of services are still available to you from within the Library.
Welcome to the Michael Schwartz Library
- @theLibrary - the latest issue of our newsletter
- Affordable Learning
Collaborating with faculty to ensure equitable access to education for all. Our open textbook grants have saved CSU students over $1,000,000 in textbook costs! - Computers, Software, and other Labs in the Library
- Directions, Map, & Parking
- Diversity Statement
The Michael Schwartz Library supports Inclusive Excellence through the pursuit of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism. - Events Calendar
Meetings, classes & special events. Updated daily. - Floor Plans
It's a big building! Here's help to find your way around. - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library
- Hours
Including holiday and intersession hours for our building, and for remote and in-person service and research help. - Jobs: Student Employment in the Library
- Mission, Purpose & Vision Statements
- MSL Buzz - the Library's Blog
Visit - or better yet, subscribe to - the Library's blog, and be the first to hear our news & updates about new resources, upcoming Library events, system alerts, emergency closings, job postings and more. - More than Books
A growing collection of non-book items to help you learn, work, create, and succeed. - Privacy & Confidentiality Statement
- Rules for Conduct in the Library
- Services for you
- Textbook Center
Print books, e-books, and electronic course readings available at no cost to our students - View Your Library Account
Find out when your books are due, renew materials, and check the status of OhioLINK requests.