Robert R. Muntz Library
Jeanne R. Standley, Executive Director
The University of Texas at Tyler Library supports the advancement of student success. As an essential academic unit, the Library serves as a center of discovery, exchange, and advancement of ideas. The Robert R. Muntz Library confirms its commitment to the following goals:
- Create lifelong learning opportunities for students, faculty and staff through an expansion of the libraries’ role in academic and campus activities.
- Develop and maintain a thoughtfully chosen and well-organized array of resources that supports the curriculum and stimulates intellectual curiosity, while anticipating and responding to the changing educational environment.
- Enhance student learning through the integration of information literacy across the curriculum.
- Provide an environment that promotes research, reflection, and collaboration.
- Promote high operational, service and ethical standards by ongoing evaluation of resources and services.
The Robert R. Muntz Library collects, organizes, and provides access to a diverse collection of resources in support of the teaching and research missions of The University of Texas at Tyler. Utilizing strategies that identify the recognized and anticipated needs of the University community, the resources are delivered in appropriate and available formats. The Library provides an eclectic mix of books, databases, and journals in print, online and recorded formats depending on the disciplinary and geographic needs of our users. The Library building also includes computers for student use and collaborative spaces for study.
The University Archives and Special Collections Department houses rare books, artifacts, and archival collections about the history of UT Tyler and East Texas. The UASC has distinct functions which drive its overall goals:
- To document and preserve the teaching, research, community service and administrative functions of the University.
- To document and preserve student life and activities of the University.
- To develop and maintain documentation on local history, including Tyler and Smith County.
- To provide research assistance and accessibility of materials to students, faculty, staff and outside researchers.
- To ensure longevity of the records and collections at the University Archives and Special Collections.
- To assist departments, faculty and staff in managing records with enduring value.
The Library also hosts UT Tyler’s institutional repository, Scholar Works at UT Tyler. Scholar Works is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes the scholarly output of the UT Tyler community, including: theses, dissertations, faculty publications, and departmental newsletters.
The skillful, service-oriented library staff provides assistance to our users with their research and information needs. The Library Outreach Department offers educational programs, events, and exhibits, many of which are collaborative and/or supportive of activities taking place at the University.
The library provides an environment conducive to study and collaboration throughout the building and in the gardens.