Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana

Entrance on the north side
Country	USA
Type	Academic library
Established	1895, 1978 (current)
Location	University of Montana Missoula, Montana
Collection
Size	1.5 million volumes
Legal deposit	Federal Depository Library Regional Depository Library for Montana
Other information
Director	Shali Zhang, PhD
Website	lib.umt.edu

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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library is the campus library at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Completed 39 years ago in 1978 on the east side of campus, the five-story library was funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

In 1979, it was dedicated to Ambassador Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) and his wife Maureen. Previously a four-term U.S. Senator, alumnus Mansfield was the Senate's longest-serving majority leader (1961–77). The library is home to the earliest authorized edition of the Lewis and Clark journals.

The University of Montana library was established in 1895, two years after the establishment of the University of Montana. The library was temporarily housed in the old Willard School on Sixth Street in Missoula before a permanent structure was built on the UM campus. After one year at the old Willard School, library holdings totaled at 1,369 volumes, 19 periodicals, and 20 newspapers.

Today, the library features state-of-the-art electronic access to information. It is a Federal Government Depository Collection and has an extensive Maps Collection.

The University of Montana library has moved several times as the collection size expanded beyond the location's available capacity. Note:(The current names of the buildings are listed here.)

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library has the largest library collection of books and media in Montana and comprises the heart of The University of Montana’s library system. Collections exceed 1.5 million volumes, 125,000 maps, 100,000 archival photographs, 77,000 electronic books, 50,000 media items, 12,000 theses, dissertations and graduate professional papers, and over 11,000 linear feet of archival manuscripts. It also houses more than 5,000 rare and valuable books. Combined collections within the Montana Public Access Catalog of the Affiliated Libraries of The University of Montana exceed 1.9 million volumes. Over the last 10 years, the Mansfield Library has greatly increased access to electronic journal literature and now has over 30,000 print and electronic journals and hundreds of electronic databases.