The library is named to honor Mary Kintz Bevevino, a 1987 alumna of the university. The library is located at the heart of the campus between Mercy Hall and Gildea and McHale Residence Halls. The building encompasses 37,500 square feet and houses stacks for 90,000 volumes. A variety of study environments are available for students' use, including casual seating, study tables, individual carrels, group study areas and a video viewing room.
Bevevino Libray
Books, reserve materials, and library resources may be checked out and returned at the Circulation Service Desk on the first floor. Friendly Library Staff is always available to answer questions and provide service.
Student on a laptop
Data and power connections for laptops are located throughout the library, or you can go wireless with a Wi-Fi enabled computer. Don’t have one? You can borrow one from the front desk.
Alden Trust Center
The centerpiece to the first floor is the newly-constructed Alden Trust Computer Teaching Laboratory. It is a high-tech teaching classroom that enhances the teaching and learning process for the students. The room features a 65 inch plasma screen connected to a SMART Sympodium. This setup allows the instructor to write on their touch screen so that graphics and text will be displayed on the plasma screen, and assume control of any individual PC in the classroom.
Students working on the second floor
The second floor houses the Data Search Lab, the Periodicals/Reference collection and Children's Literature collection, as well as OPAC stations, micro-film viewer/printers and copy machines.
McGowan Center
On the third floor you will find the McGowan Center, a fully-networked conference center used for seminars, conferences, community meetings and other activities.