Administration

Libraries' Administration provides leadership and support for the K-State Libraries in its mission to elevate academic success as an integral partner in research, learning, and discovery. 

• Building Services - provides building access and room reservations.

• Communication and Marketing - manages event coordination, graphics, and publicity for the Libraries.

• Financial Services - manages accounts payable and receivable, as well as travel. 

• Human Resources - manages professional development, staffing, recruitment, and training.

• Library Planning and Assessment - manages strategic planning and analysis.

Collections, Discovery, and Information Technology Services Division 

Responsible for content selection, collection analysis, forward-thinking technological engagement, and monitoring trends in publishing and information delivery. 

• Content Development and Acquisitions - develops, manages, and preserves the collections of K-State Libraries.

• Metadata, Preservation, and Digital Initiatives Department - enhances access and preservation for intellectual and cultural resources.

• Information Technology Services - provides custom application development, builds and maintains system platforms, handles data wrangling and storage, delivers technology consultations, manages web development, and supplies software and hardware technical support.

Research, Education, and Engagement Division

Responsible for supporting the research and teaching mission of the university through innovative services across all libraries.

• Academic Services  - provides services and information for students, staff, and faculty.

• Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship (CADS) - connects your scholarship to the world by disseminating and preserving scholarly research in the digital environment.

• Interlibrary Services Unit - facilitates access to materials not held in our libraries through interlibrary loan and document delivery, while also sharing our resources with other educational institutions.
  

• Library User Services  - is responsible for circulation, reserves, peer tutoring, and Library Help (basic reference, information assistance and referral).

• Richard L. D. and Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections - provides research assistance and houses the university's historical and unique collections and archives.

Other Units Housed in Hale Library

Provides access and support for technology services to the university.

• IT Help Desk - provides IT services in support of teaching, learning, research, and service. 

• Media Center - a high-end computer lab for video editing, scanning and editing images, developing webpages, creating audio recordings, and more. 

• Network and Telecommunications Services (NTS) - provides reliable, secure, and high-performance information technology infrastructure for computing, networking and communications.