Study at the Abington College Library

Rooms and Spaces

Group Study and Media Commons Rooms at the Abington College Library.
Room Policies Equipment Availability
Room 5
Library lower level
Minimum of two, no more than four people PC, Solstice Collaboration Reserve this space
Room 6
Library lower level
Minimum of two, no more than four people Media Commons Mac, Televisions, DVD Player, VHS player Reserve this space
Group study spaces A, B, C, D, E, F Minimum of two, no more than four people Group study space B has solstice collaboration Reserve this space
One Button Studio, Room 102 Library, Main Level   Canon HD Video Camera, Epson Projector for Power Point presentations, iMac Computer, Greenscreen, Ceiling-mounted lights and microphone Reserve in advance at the circulation desk or by calling 215-881-7424
Media Commons (2 Lower level; 2 Main Level   3 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 desk First 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

 

Item Loan Period Location Usage
Dell Latitude 3420 laptop (10) 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Apple Macbook Air (2) 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Acer Chromebook 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Apple iPad (5) 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
TI 84 Graphing Calculators 4 hours
(some semester loan)
Circulation Desk Circulates
TI 30XII Scientific Calculators 4 hours Circulation Desk Circulates
TI BAII Plus Finance Calculators 4 hours Circulation Desk Circulates
Portable phone chargers 2 hours Circulation Desk Library Use Only
Plug in wall laptop chargers (USB-C) 4 hours Circulation Desk Library Use Only
Headphones 4 hours  Circulation Desk Library Use Only
Noise reduction earmuffs 4 hours Circulation Desk Library Use Only
Dell external DVD drive 4 hours Circulation Desk Library Use Only
Meta Quest 2 VR headset 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Nikon CoolPix P900 Digital Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
GoPro Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Garmin 360 Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Panasonic HC-X920 Video Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Canon Vixia HF R-60 Video Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Canon Vixia HF 10 Video Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Canon Vixia HF R-72 Video Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Sony FDR-Ax43 Video Camera 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Tripods - regular and table top  7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
I Rig microphone for phone or tablet 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Lavalier wireless microphone kit 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates
Snowball USB microphone 4 hours Circulation Desk Library Use Only
SD Cards for cameras 7 days Circulation Desk Circulates