USU Library - Utah State University

USU Library - Utah State University

USU (Utah State University) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's largest public residential campus. As of Fall 2019, there were 27,810 students enrolled including 24,669 undergraduate students and 3,141 graduate students. The university has the highest percentage of out-of-state students of any public university in Utah totaling 23% of the student body.

Founded in 1888 ass Utah's agricultural college, USU focused on science, engineering, agriculture, domestic arts, military science, and mechanic arts. The university offers programs in library arts, engineering, business, economics, natural resource sciences, as well as nationally ranked elementary & secondary education programs. It offers master's and doctoral programs in humanities, social sciences & STEM areas (Science - technology - engineering and mathematics). It received its current name in 1957.

The university is classified among Doctoral Universities  High research activity". Utah State University has produced 7 Rhodes Scholars, 1 Nobel Prize winner, 1 MacArthur Fellows program inductee, Four recipients of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, & 34 recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.  USU has 9 colleges  and offers 159 undergraduate degrees, 83 master's degrees,  also 41 doctoral degrees. USU's main campus is in Logan with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin and 28 other locations throughout Utah.  In 2010, the College of Eastern Utah, in Price, Utah joined the USU system becoming Utah State University College of Eastern Utah (USU Eastern).  Throughout Utah, USU operates more than 20 distance education centers.  Regional campuses, USU Eastern, and distance education centers account for 61.6% of the students enrolled.  USU has 149,000 alumni in all 50 states and 110 countries.

USU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Utah State Aggies. They are a member of the Mountain West Conference.

USU Library

The Merrill–Cazier Library is an academic library serving the students of Utah State University and the community of Logan, Utah.

The Merrill–Cazier Library opened in September 2005. The building integrated the Cazier Science and Technology Library with a 189,000-square-foot (17,600 m2) expansion, replacing the 74-year-old Merrill Library. The library is named for Milton R. Merrill, former Utah State University vice president, and Stanford Cazier, former Utah State University president.

The original Merrill Library was built in 1930 by the Whitmeyer Company of Ogden, Utah  & expanded in 1967.  A second library, the Cazier Science and Technology Library, was added to campus in 1995.

The Merrill–Cazier Library recently marked its 100th anniversary as a regional United States Government document depository.


A central atrium connects the former Cazier Science and Technology library with the new construction allowing the two to work as one.  The library is 305,000-square-foot (28,300 m2), about the same as the previous two libraries combined, using technological innovations, the new library is a more functional building.

Recently labeled a 'Smart Library' by Campus Technology magazine,  Merrill–Cazier Library offers a technology-rich environment with radio frequency identification tags (RFID), a self check-out system, an on site automated retrieval system, the Information Commons consisting of 150 computer workstations, group study rooms of which 14 are equipped with computers and large

USU Library Hours

Normal Hours

Sunday -- 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Monday -- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday -- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Wednesday -- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Thursday -- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Friday -- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday -- 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Special Hours

Jul 24 -- Closed -- Pioneer Day

Aug 08 -- Closed -- Semester Break

Aug 09 -- Closed -- Semester Break


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