Welcome to the FERN Center!
Located just off of the Peavy Atrium, the FERN Center is ready to welcome you! We have study tools and supplies, textbook course reserves, and a small forestry-focused lending library all available for student checkout. Bring your student ID (or know your student ID number) and come on by! The textbook course reserves and equipment are able to be checked out for 3 hours at a time, while Dean’s Lending Library books can be checked out for 10 days. See here for the overdue items fine policy.
We are typically open between 8:00am-5:00pm, M-F. (Hours may be subject to change).

Dean’s Lending Library Inventory available here!
FERN Center Equipment
Available for 3-hour checkout (extensions available).
- Phone chargers
- Headphones
- Compasses
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Calculators
- Colored pencils
- Highlighters
- Markers
- Chain board kits
- Hand lenses
- Pocket stereoscopes
- Therapy Lamps
- Whiteboards
- Locker keys
- Webcams
Book Theme
Stop by the FERN Center to check out our new theme and peruse the books picked out by our staff!
Looking for something specific?
Just ask! Email us at ferncenter@oregonstate.edu, stop by during normal operating hours, or message us in the CoF Discord!