John M. Lilley Library

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John M. Lilley Library The John M. Lilley Library is the information and research hub of the Penn State Behrend campus in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Lilley Library is a signature building, open 97 hours per week during the academic year, that serves as a campus hub of learning and research at Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania. Library staff is available to answer student, staff, and faculty research questions. Librarians conduct approximately 150 class sessions each year on how to use library resources. Online full-text journals now total 47,000 titles. Books can quickly be requested and delivered within a few days from the 5.4 million volumes that are held throughout the Penn State University Libraries. Librarians encourage Behrend faculty involvement in the selection of print books, electronic books, and video materials as they strategically build the Library holdings.

10/22/2026

It’s National Archives Day! To celebrate we share a treasure from the Behrend Archives. These pages are from a “scrapbo...
10/21/2026

It’s National Archives Day! To celebrate we share a treasure from the Behrend Archives. These pages are from a “scrapbook” compiled after the dedication of the Flora Nick Wilson Picnic Grove on November 9, 1970. Sixty-nine years earlier to the day, Norman Wilson first began work at Hammermill. Very soon, he fell in love with Flora Nick, who was Ernst Behrend’s assistant. Unfortunately, this scrapbook was made using a type of photo album that was popular at the time and turned out to be acidic and not a great choice for safeguarding memories. Most of this scrapbook’s contents are paper documents and news clippings which are now permanently stuck to the album. If you have any questions about Behrend or Hammermill history, contact Behrend Archivist Jane Ingold at [email protected].

We're celebrating by sharing our chemistry materials with you!Penn State students, faculty and staff as well as communit...
10/18/2026

We're celebrating by sharing our chemistry materials with you!

Penn State students, faculty and staff as well as community borrowers with a Penn State account may see a listing of our chemistry materials at https://tinyurl.com/LilleyLibChemistry2026.

Stop by TODAY and enjoy a cup of hot coffee, tea or hot chocolate as you browse our collections and learn more about our...
10/17/2026

Stop by TODAY and enjoy a cup of hot coffee, tea or hot chocolate as you browse our collections and learn more about our resources and services.

We hope to see you today or tomorrow!

Looking for a dictionary?We have a vast variety of English, foreign language and subject dictionaries available for borr...
10/16/2026

Looking for a dictionary?

We have a vast variety of English, foreign language and subject dictionaries available for borrowing.

Penn State students, faculty and staff as well as community borrowers with a Penn State account may view our listing at https://tinyurl.com/LilleyLibraryDictionaries.

Today's the day! We hope to see you between 10:00a.m. and 2:00p.m!
10/14/2026

Today's the day! We hope to see you between 10:00a.m. and 2:00p.m!

October is National Cookbook Month, National Cookie Month, National Dessert Month, National Pasta Month, National Pizza ...
10/12/2026

October is National Cookbook Month, National Cookie Month, National Dessert Month, National Pasta Month, National Pizza Month and Vegetarian Awareness Month.

Seems like a great time to grab a cookbook and try some new recipes!

Stop by our cookbook collection on the library's first floor to borrow some of our cookbooks and get COOKING!

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4951 College Drive
Erie, PA
16563

Opening Hours

Monday 7:45am - 10pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 10pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 10pm
Thursday 7:45am - 10pm
Friday 7:45am - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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