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About Armacost Library:

The Armacost Library plays an integral role in the intellectual and cultural life of the University of Redlands by facilitating the transformation of information into knowledge. Faculty and staff of the Library aspire to provide equitable access to information and support for academic success, promote reflective scholarship and engagement with the diversity of knowledge, foster lifelong learning, and collaborate to leverage the work and collections for social good in the surrounding communities.

The Library is a medium-sized library with a talented staff. The Library provides both open and cozy spaces for quiet study, tutoring, and group work. Exhibits showcase student work, campus history, cultural events, and more. In addition to serving as a federal repository library, housing a significant collection of U.S. government publications and maps, Armacost Library’s curriculum-focused collections include more than 800,000 books, periodicals, CDs, videos, DVDs, music scores, archival documents, microforms, e-books, streaming video, and open access resources. Special collections housed in the Library include the Farquhar Collection of California and the Greater Southwest, the MacNair Far Eastern Collection, the Irvine Map Library, the Hawaii-Pacific Collection, and the Barney Childs Collection.

Since 2009 the Library has been awarding the Armacost Library Undergraduate Research Award. In 2013 it established a publishing platform, InSPIRe@Redlands, to preserve and share scholarship produced by the University of Redlands community. This effort also led to the publication of the peer-reviewed Journal of Computer Science Integration. Since 2017 the Library has partnered with Campus Diversity and Inclusion to facilitate a textbook-lending program for students with demonstrated financial need. In 2017 Library personnel successfully migrated the ILS from Millennium to ExLibris Alma/Primo, after more than 20 years with Innovative. The migration project was truly a team effort, with every person in the Library involved in planning and implementation. Migrations of interlibrary loan, repository and publishing platforms soon followed. In 2022 the Library expanded tech lending to include laptops and accessible peripherals.

The Library’s current priority is to draft and implement an action plan informed by the University’s newly launched strategic plan – Forward Together, and the new mission statement: We welcome, educate, and empower a diverse community of learners for lives of meaning, impact, and joy. The action plan will also be informed by external reviewer feedback, the University’s 2019 merger with the San Francisco Theological Seminary, and the pending merger with Presidio Graduate School and planned launch of the Presidio Center for Sustainable Solutions.

About University of Redlands:

Established in 1907, the University of Redlands is a private, nonprofit liberal arts university that connects students to a world of opportunity geared toward their passions and potential. Centrally located near the beaches, mountains, and desert in the heart of Southern California, the University serves over 3000 undergraduate and graduate students on its main campus in Redlands, its new campus in Marin County and regional campuses throughout Southern California.

The Redlands Experience

The University provides a welcoming environment where access and opportunity come together to equip individuals to build a better future for themselves and those around them by offering more than 40 undergraduate programs, as well as 30 graduate programs in business, communication sciences and disorders, education, geographic information systems, and music – blending liberal arts and professional programs, applied and theoretical study, traditional majors and self-designed curricula with a 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio. In addition to an award-winning 160-acre campus in Redlands featuring orange groves, architectural landmarks and more than 1,700 trees, the University includes three regional locations, providing innovative programs at convenient places and times for working professionals. Surveys show that generations of alumni have found that the University prepared them well for career success and lifelong learning.

At a Glance

• 48% of college undergraduates study abroad
• 30 languages spoken by student body
• 28 Fulbright students since 2008
• 43 countries represented by the student body
• 120,000+ hours of community service
• 100+ student organizations
• 90% of students receive financial aid

Recent Accolades

• U.S. News & World Report ranks Redlands as #5 Regional Universities West.
• Money: 2023 one of the best colleges with 4.5/5 stars.
• Washington Monthly lists Redlands in the top 4% of colleges, ranked by contribution to the public good.
• Arbor Day Foundation named Redlands a Tree Campus USA for 13 consecutive years.
• Princeton Review 2023 lists Redlands in Best 385 Colleges & Best Western Colleges.
• College of Distinction for being well equipped to provide personalized education in line with four overarching distinctions in student engagement, teaching, community, and outcomes. Particular recognition in equity and inclusion, business programs, career development, education programs, and military support (2022-23).