Tireman Library

 

			Hours & Location
			Regular Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 am-6 pm Friday, 8 am-5pm Intercession/Break Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm Location: Travelstead Hall, MAP Wheelchair access is available by lift near the south entrance of Travelstead Hall.
			Contact Information & Staff
			Telephone: 505-277-6384 Fax: 505-277-8427 Director: Leslie Chamberlin, 505-277-7260, saticoy@unm.edu Administrative Assistant: Joyce Singer, 505-277-4040, jsinger@unm.edu

Tireman Library, in the UNM College of Education serves UNM students, faculty, and staff, as well as teachers employed anywhere in New Mexico (in public, private, tribal, and pueblo schools).  Library patrons may check materials out of the library. Materials may be checked out for two weeks (with no renewals). The library accepts returns in person, through campus mail, or by U.S. mail.

Tireman Library's collections includes about 100,000 education-related books and materials, with a strong emphasis on multicultural materials. Centerpieces of the library include the Anita Osuna Carr bilingual collection of children's books, curriculum materials, and an international and multicultural folktale collection.

Tireman Library Collections:

• Math K-12 (materials, kits, and books)
• Art Curriculum
• Art Prints
• Music Curriculum
• Science (materials, kits, and books)
• Language Acquisiton (including English, French, Spanish, and German)
• Language Arts Materials (English and Spanish)
• Career and Adult Education Materials
• Social Studies Curriculum
• Globes and Maps
• Biographies
• Non-Fiction
• Fiction
• Easy Books
• Big Books (English and Spanish)
• Spanish Books (easy to adult)

Educational Media/Library Science Program

Tireman Library also provides a setting for courses in the Educational Media/Library Science Program offered through the Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies. This program focuses on the education of teaching librarians. This program is for students who plan to work in school libraries, with endorsement by the New Mexico Education Department (PED).