Library
The College of DuPage Library serves the college's 29,000 students and 1,400 faculty and staff. The library is based on the second and third floors of COD's Student Resource Center (SRC), located at the College's main campus in Glen Ellyn. The Library also provides services to the College's off-campus Regional Centers and Centers for Independent Learning. The library's collection includes over 200,000 individual titles, 900 periodical titles, over 100 databases, 14,500 musical recordings, 690 audiobooks, 13,000 instructional videos, and an extensive rental video collection.
The Library has partnerships with various community-based and state and national library organizations. The Library's Philanthopy Center is a partnership with the Donors Forum of Chicago. The Library also has a residency in community college librarianship program, designed to offer a two-year intensive, mentored experience in community college librarianship to a recent library school graduate. The Library also provides resources and facilities for the College’s Library Technical Assistance (LTA) certificate program.
In January 2000 the Library received the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries and Blackwells’ Book Services.
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