See our Library Services Updates page for information about changes to Rasmuson Library Services.

UAF students, staff, and faculty can now enter the library to pick out or to return their own materials, accessing the library by PolarExpress card.

Public library patrons can again place holds on our materials through the public library's catalog. Items can be picked up at the Noel Wien Library or the North Pole Branch.

University patrons who are reluctant to enter the library can still check materials out by appointment. Set an appointment to pick up items.

Visit the UA coronavirus information website to learn how the University of Alaska is responding to the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 situation and find links to communications, policy guidance and resources.

About the Collection

The Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives (APRCA) holds exceptional resources for the study of Alaska's history, politics, and culture, as well as significant international polar research materials.

APRCA serves a local, national, and international research community with more than 150,000 monograph and serial volumes; over 11,000 rare books, rare maps, and manuscript maps; over 20,000 linear feet of archives and manuscripts; in excess of 1 million photographs; tens of thousands of historical films and videotapes, and over 11,200 hours of oral history recordings.

This page was last modified on April 6, 2017