Raugust Library

Raugust Library, built in 1971, is located at the heart of the Jamestown campus. For many students, the library is their favorite learning and meeting place. In the library, you will find a comfortable learning environment with wireless internet access and an entire second floor dedicated to quiet study.

We offer the UJ community – students, faculty, and staff – a wide range of services and resources:

  • One-on-one research and citation help
  • Online how-to guides, videos and tutorials
  • Individual and group study spaces with whiteboards and TV displays
  • More than 150,000 books, DVDs, and other materials
  • Online resources providing 24/7 on and off-campus access to millions of articles, ebooks, and streaming videos and music
  • A 1-credit research skills course (ID201)
  • Course-integrated information literacy instruction 
  • Course Reserve materials for individual classes
  • Interlibrary Loan 
  • Mail delivery of library resources (distance students) 
  • Printing and photocopying
  • University Archive and special collections

The library is a member of ODIN (Online Dakota Information Network), allowing access to an additional eighteen million items from other libraries in the state of North Dakota. Moreover, the library has access to other interlibrary loan networks that allow library staff to fulfill requests using the collections of libraries all over the world.

Our special collections include the University Archive, which houses university and local historical records, the Curriculum library, which contains children’s books and educational materials, and an extensive collection of the works of Louis L’Amour in a dozen languages.

The library building is also home to other student support services including the UJ Writing Center, the Student Success Center and Career Services.