Robert E. Eiche Library

Constructed in 1970 and named for Penn State Altoona's inaugural campus director, the Robert E. Eiche Library serves the research and course work-related needs of the college community. The library's staff supports the college's educational goals through purchasing materials that meet curriculum needs, providing ways of locating these materials effectively and offering special instruction sessions as well as scheduling class instruction sessions to help students improve their research and library skills.

Robert E. Eiche served as the inaugural campus director from 1939 to 1968, steering the institution from its incepient days as the Altoona Undergraduate Center through its transformation into the Altoona campus of the Pennsylvania State University. David R. Pugh, director of undergraduate centers for Penn State College, recommended Eiche for the directorship. As he told the local committee, "We are sending you a man who is a builder, and education, and a fine administrator."