Study at the Abington College Library

Rooms and Spaces

Group Study and Media Commons Rooms at the Abington College Library.
RoomPoliciesEquipmentAvailability
Room 5
Library lower level
Minimum of two, no more than four peoplePC, Solstice CollaborationReserve this space
Group study spaces A, B, C, D, E, FMinimum of two, no more than four peopleGroup study space B has solstice collaborationReserve this space
Media Commons (2 Lower level; 2 Main Level 2 iMacs with software for creating podcasts and editing video. Additional equipment for digital projects such as microphones and tripods can be checked out at the circulation deskFirst come, first served

 

 

Scan, Copy and Print

Scanners

  • 1 Epson 11 x17 flatbed scanner
  • 1 Click Mini 11 x 17 overhead scanner

Copiers

None available.

Printers

Paw Prints kiosks are found at the locations below. Paw Prints is powered by wepa to provide cloud-based printing services:

  • Woodland Lobby
  • Woodland = 334
  • Lares - 2nd Floor
  • Sutherland - 3rd Floor
  • Lion's Gate

Visit the Paw Prints website for more information, including how to log into the service.

 

Textbooks and Reserves

Course Reserves

Course Reserves Textbooks that are on physical course reserve will be available for checkout from the circulation desk in the library. Please contact Catherine Rohland (caw25@psu.edu) at 215- 881-7431 for additional information regarding reserves. Guidelines for placing books on reserve:

  • Course Reserves Request Form For faster processing, personal copies of textbooks may be brought to the circulation desk to be placed on reserve. If you do not have a personal copy to put on reserve contact Catherine Rohland (caw25@psu.edu) for alternate ways of requesting textbooks.
  • Electronic Reserve Request Form We can create durable links to full-text articles available through most, but not all, of the Libraries' licensed databases.
  • If an article is not available through the Penn State system, please submit clean, scannable copies of articles to the Library. E-reserves require 2-3 weeks for processing. For further information on Course Reserves, including copyright restrictions and linking reserves to Canvas, please refer to Course Reserves on the University Libraries homepage.

Guidelines for placing books on reserve:

  • For faster processing, personal copies of textbooks may be brought to the Circulation Desk to be placed on reserve. If you do not have a personal copy available to be put on reserve, please contact Catherine Rohland (caw25@psu.edu) for alternate ways of requesting textbooks.
  • We can create durable links to full-text articles available through most, but not all, of the Libraries' licensed databases.  If an article is not available through the Penn State system,  please submit clean, scannable copies of articles to the Library.   E-reserves require 2-3 weeks for processing. 
  • ​For further information on Course Reserves, including copyright restrictions and linking reserves to Canvas, please refer to Course Reserves on the University Libraries homepage.

 

Equipment to Borrow

 

ItemLoan PeriodLocationUsage
Dell Latitude 3420 laptop (10)7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Apple Macbook Air (2)7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Apple iPad (5)7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
TI 84 Graphing Calculators4 hours
(some semester loan)
Circulation DeskCirculates
TI 30XII Scientific Calculators4 hoursCirculation DeskCirculates
TI BAII Plus Finance Calculators4 hoursCirculation DeskCirculates
Portable phone chargers2 hoursCirculation DeskLibrary Use Only
Plug in wall laptop chargers (USB-C)4 hoursCirculation DeskLibrary Use Only
Headphones4 hours Circulation DeskLibrary Use Only
Noise reduction earmuffs4 hoursCirculation DeskLibrary Use Only
Dell external DVD drive4 hoursCirculation DeskLibrary Use Only
Meta Quest 2 VR headset7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Nikon CoolPix P900 Digital Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
GoPro Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Garmin 360 Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Panasonic HC-X920 Video Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Canon Vixia HF R-60 Video Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Canon Vixia HF 10 Video Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Canon Vixia HF R-72 Video Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Sony FDR-Ax43 Video Camera7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Tripods - regular and table top 7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
I Rig microphone for phone or tablet7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Lavalier wireless microphone kit7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates
Snowball USB microphone4 hoursCirculation DeskLibrary Use Only
SD Cards for cameras7 daysCirculation DeskCirculates