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Joseph S. Stauffer Library

Joseph S. Stauffer Library

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Joseph S. Stauffer Library or Stauffer is the main social science and humanities library of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Construction was completed in 1994 at a cost of C$42 million, funded partially by the Ontario government and the Joseph S. Stauffer Foundation.

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One portion of Stauffer Library's interior helical staircase

The library is the largest building on the university campus, with Postmodern architecture referencing the Neo-Gothic style by architecture firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). It won the 1997 Governor General's Award for Architecture.

The library features include:

  • Adaptive Technology Centre
  • Art Collection
  • MADGIC-Maps, Data and Government Information Centre
  • Map and Air Photo Collection
  • Social Science Data Centre
  • Wallach-Groome Sustainability Centre

Partnerships and collaboration

The Queens University Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, and the Ontario Council of University Libraries. The Queens University Library is a contributor to the Open Content Alliance

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