The Seminary Libraries

The seminary libraries constitute one of the most distinctive and valuable assets of the institution as a whole.

Part of the present curriculum renewal will be to devise and implement ways in which independent research and other forms of library use can be increased and integrated with teaching.

The mechanical systems in Speer Library are exhausted, and future storage capacity is limited.  The firm of Einhorn, Yaffee, and Prescott was hired to produce preliminary conceptual studies on a new library.

In 2008 the board approved a project to provide space for traditional and new library services, growing paper and digital collections, and the Seminary’s Department of Information Technology.

The libraries are of significance for the worldwide Christian communities.  Library plans are being developed to maximize collaboration with libraries here and abroad.

The long-term goal is to enhance and enlarge the Seminary’s libraries, granting ever greater access and being able to provide hospitality to and collaboration with as wide a community as possible.

Cataloguing of material in the Reformed special collections will be seen as a strategic priority.

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