The Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) Library closed permanently on December 19, 2008. The arduous task of moving the materials to new locations is nearly complete. The goal throughout the relocation process has been to retain the core psychiatric collection.
New locations for WPIC materials:
- A significant portion of the reference collection is located on Falk Library’s main floor next to the Falk Library reference collection, still with the same WPIC call numbers.
- The circulating collection of print books is located on the main floor of Falk Library in the rear corner, with the same WPIC call numbers.
- Print journals that are available electronically were relocated to remote storage.
- Journal titles that are not available online were moved to Falk Library (typically volumes published 1990-present) or to remote storage (volumes published before 1990).
- The more recent print psychiatric journals were integrated into the Falk collection in one alphabetical sequence.
- Books in the consumer collection were distributed among UPMC Shadyside Hopwood Library, the Family Health Library at Children’s Hospital, and nearby public libraries.
- Rare or unique materials will be housed in the Rare Book Room in Falk Library.
For further assistance on locating materials from the former WPIC Library, contact any HSLS library.
~ Leslie Czechowski