The federal University of Petroleum Resources Library is primarily an information center established to cater for the research, teaching and learning needs of individual students, staff, researchers and world academic community in Science, Petroleum and allied sectors. The University library has a growing collection of books, journals and e-resources in the following areas:

Oil and Gas
Science
Engineering
Information Communication Technology
Earth Science

The library serves the colleges of Science and Technology

Vision Statement
To become world class center of excellence in support of teaching, learning, research, consulting and extension services.

Mission Statement
Develop collections of sufficient quality, size and diversity  to support learning, teaching and research requirement of the university.

Serve as a gateway for coherent and easy access to national and international information and research resources.

Create and disseminate scholarly information resources that reflects the strength of the university.

Create a library environment that induce, encourage and facilitates research and learning.

Create a library without walls.

Develop core collections relevant to the needs of the university community.

Co-operate with other universities and research libraries, nationally and internationally for the benefit of our users.

The library is headed by Mathew I. Okoh