BU Toy Library

224 Student Services Center
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mary Katherine Waibel Duncan | (570) 389-4788
The BU Toy Library, funded by a TALE Teacher-Scholar Award, is staffed by SOLVE graduate students and BU undergraduate student workers and features hundreds of toys.

Located on campus, the BU Toy Library is the first-of-its-kind play and literacy resource center in Central Pennsylvania. The BU Toy Library serves professionals and paraprofessionals within our community as well as BU faculty, staff and students who are engaged in activities such as, but not limited to:

volunteer work
service learning
internship and practicum
teaching
clinical work

Objectives

To make available stimulating toys and other play resources to support and enhance faculty, staff, and students’ interactions with individuals of ALL developmental ages and abilities.
To promote the public value of play through on- and off-campus presentations and publications.
To engage students, faculty, and staff in the development of play resources and reference materials.
To assess the use and usefulness of the BU Toy Library in order to continue expanding this campus-based resource through successful grant applications.