Mississippi Valley State University

James Herbert White Library

Welcome to the James H. White Library

The library is named in honor of Mississippi Valley State University’s founding father and first president, Dr. James Herbert White.

The mission of the James H. White Library is to enhance access, collect, organize and maintain a print and non print collection that supports the university’s mission of research, teaching and learning, and service through the development of collections, access services and effective delivery of services.

The library has as its goals the following:

• To collect and provide access to print and non-print research materials

• To provide instruction in the use of traditional library collections and new technological information resources through an innovative user access education program

• To provide optimal efficient delivery of services

Library Hours of Operation

Monday - Thursday   8:00am -10:00pm

Friday        8:00am - 7:00pm

Saturday    10:00am - 4:00pm

Sunday       2:00pm - 10:00pm Computer Lab Hours Monday   7:30am - 7:45pm Tuesday - Thursday   7:30am - 9:45pm Friday    7:30am - 4:45pm Saturday    Closed Sunday    2:00pm - 9:45pm    Library News: Note: All faculty, staff and students are now required to have a user id and password to access the computers in the library. You may retrieve your user id and password from Information Technology in Annex I.