Joseph S. Stauffer Library, or simply Stauffer, is the main social science and humanities library of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Construction was completed in 1994 at a cost of C$42 million, funded partially by the Ontario government and the Joseph S. Stauffer Foundation.
The library is the largest building on the university campus, with Postmodern architecture referencing the Neo-Gothic style by architecture firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). It won the 1997 Governor General's Award for Architecture.
The library features include: Adaptive Technology Centre Art Collection MADGIC-Maps, Data and Government Information Centre Map and Air Photo Collection Social Science Data Centre Wallach-Groome Sustainability Centre
Partnerships and collaboration The Queens University Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, and the Ontario Council of University Libraries. The Queens University Library is a contributor to the Open Content Alliance
References
Jenner, Paulette. Queen's University, History: Campus & People, Joseph S. Stauffer Library, 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20070102020714/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/bldgs/stauff.html
External links KPMB Architects Stauffer Library