Auraria Library

Auraria Library
The Lawrence Street entrance to Auraria Library
39°44′36″N 105°00′10″W / 39.7434°N 105.0029°W / 39.7434; -105.0029
Location	Denver, Colorado, United States
Type	Academic
Established	1976
Collection
Items collected	All formats
Size	About 790,000 print and electronic books; about 87,000 electronic journal subscriptions
Access and use
Population served	The library serves the 45,000 students on the Auraria Campus.
Other information
Director	Cinthya Ippoliti
Employees	55
Website	http://library.auraria.edu/

Auraria Library is an academic library in downtown Denver, Colorado. It provides academic resources and research experiences to students, staff, and faculty at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), and the Community College of Denver (CCD) on the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) campus, also called the Auraria Campus. The Library is administratively operated by CU Denver and occupies a building owned by the State of Colorado.

About one in five students in college in Colorado attend classes on the Auraria Campus.^[1] The combined tri-institutional census for fall 2012 reports 45,062 students attending the three institutions. The three institutions have combined populations of 15,903 minor students from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, which represents thirty-five percent of the total student population. Seventy-six percent of the graduates remain in the Denver Metropolitan area, contributing to its economic and civic vitality.

The library is known for its association with Beall's List, created by its former faculty member Jeffrey Beall and used by universities and libraries worldwide.