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Campus Services
Libraries
The libraries at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's
University serve the combined student body with a joint staff and coordinated programs and
services. Joint holdings of the two libraries are over 570,000 volumes, 1,717 active paper
periodical subscriptions, over 6,000 electronic periodical titles, 264,489 government
documents and 110,355 microforms. The online catalog, PALS (see
http://www.csbsju.edu/library/books/palscat.html)
of the joint libraries allows students to search the collections of both facilities, as
well as 125 other libraries in Minnesota and many libraries in both North and South
Dakota. In addition, through the MnLINK Gateway patrons have access to the University of
Minnesota, its coordinate campuses, and most public library systems in the state.
Twelve librarians and twenty support staff provide a full range of
services to students, including personalized reference consultations and classroom
instruction in library use and research strategies. Interlibrary loan provides physical
access to collections of the University of Minnesota, other Minnesota libraries (MINITEX),
as well as libraries in the Upper Midwest. Both libraries feature Media Centers with
extensive audio and video resources.
The joint libraries' website (http://www.csbsju.edu/library)
provides access to the online catalog and also to a wide variety of services and
information resources, periodical information, many locally-developed subject guides to
electronic information resources, library catalogs worldwide, and the Internet. The campus
computing network enables students and faculty to utilize these resources from virtually
any computer on campus whether in their dorm room, office or one of the well-equipped
public access computing areas on both campuses.
Clemens Library at the College of Saint Benedict provides study
space for more than 500 students. In addition to an excellent core collection of resources
to support the curriculum of both colleges, Clemens Library features materials in the
fields of nursing, education, juvenile books, fine arts, literature, religion and women's
studies. The resources of the Music Library at the Benedicta Arts Center are also
available to students at both schools.
Alcuin Library at Saint John's University, designed by architect
Marcel Breuer at the same time the Abbey Church was built, features many study alcoves as
part of the seating capacity of about 500. The library also includes a rare book room, two
audio-visual auditoriums with seating capacities of 148 and 62, and controlled access to
the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library which is included in the library building. In
addition to its core collection, Alcuin Library includes many specialized and scholarly
works, especially in the areas of theology and history. Alcuin Library is also a partial
Federal Depository Library for Government Documents and a Defense Mapping Agency
Depository Library.
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