{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox library | name = Joseph S. Stauffer Library | logo = 200px|Stauffer Library | type = social science and humanities academic library of Queen's University | established = 1994 | ref_legal_mandate = | num_branches = | items_collected = | collection_size = | criteria = research publications | legal_deposit = | annual_circulation = | budget = | director = | num_employees = | website = [http://library.queensu.ca/stauffer/ Stauffer Library] }} [[Image:Stauffer.jpg|200px|left|One portion of Stauffer Library's interior helical staircase]] '''Joseph S. Stauffer Library''' or 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== {{refbegin}} *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 {{refend}}
==External links== *[http://www.kpmbarchitects.com KPMB Architects] *[http://library.queensu.ca/stauffer/ Stauffer Library]
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Category:Library buildings completed in 1994 Category:Academic libraries in Ontario Category:Buildings and structures in Kingston, Ontario Category:Libraries in Frontenac County Category:Postmodern architecture in Canada Category:1994 establishments in Ontario Category:Libraries established in 1994 Category:Queen's University at Kingston