Points of Pride | Morris Library | SIU

At Morris Library we take great pride in the beautiful new building, the exemplary service we provide to all of our patrons and the superb collections. Below is a list of a few Points of Pride that are the foundation of Morris Library.

• You and the hundreds of alumni and friends who support and give to Morris Library
• 2nd largest publicly-funded university library in Illinois
• Member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries
• Dozens of Library faculty and staff to serve the students, faculty and researchers of the campus and beyond
• 3 million volumes
• 36 million microform units
• 27,979 electronic journals
• 1,275 print subscriptions
• 14,412 other serials
• 225,000 maps
• 93,000 aerial photographs
• OpenSIUC, the open access database of research being conducted at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
• World renowned Special Collections Research Center containing political papers, rare books, and manuscripts
• Archive of Southern Illinois University Carbondale