The United Library of Garrett and Seabury Seminaries

Regular Term Library  Hours

MON - THURS

8:30AM-10:00PM

FRIDAY

8:30AM-4:30PM

SATURDAY

Noon-4:30PM

SUNDAY

2:00PM-10:00PM

Holiday closures and non-term hours will be posted.

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Welcome Video
 

Welcome to The United Library!

Independence Day -- 1The Library will be closed on the 3rd and 4th of July.  Online databases still accessible via Net-ID. 

On the Move -- Books in our BV section and in the BX 1-800's are being shifted.  Many staff members will be in the annex (orange compact shelves under the "patio") assisting with this project.  Thank you for your understanding during this major and necessary project!

Summer Hours are in Effect

June 8th - July 10th  (will be closed on the 3rd  & 4th for Independence Day)

Monday - Thursday     8:30AM - 10:00PM

Friday                             8:30AM - 4:30P

Saturday                        Noon - 4:30PM

Sunday                          2:00PM - 10:00PM

July 11 - August 30th

Monday - Thursday       8:30AM - 4:30PM

Saturday & Sunday      Closed

 

Regular Term  Hours (column on the right) resume August 31st, though we will be closed on Labor Day (7th) .  Fall classes begin on the 8th. 

Retrieval Service in effect for Seabury items:  With the consolidation of the Seabury and Garrett circulation desks, the the Seabury stacks are no longer open access.  Requested items from the Seabury location will be retrieved twice daily (requests in by 10 AM, available by 11; requests received by 2:00 will be available by three).  A form for requests is available at the Garrett desk.  Alternatively, send an e-mail including title, author, call letter and your contact info to United.Library@Garrett.edu.  Requests will be held at the Garrett desk for 48 hours.  Faculty from Garrett and Seabury may request that any items from the United Library collection be delivered to their campus mailboxes.  Faculty should please specify campus mail delivery when making  title requests.

  The United Library was established in 1981 when the libraries of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary were merged.  The two seminaries, one Episcopal and the other United Methodist, are located directly across the street from each other and each school houses a portion of the 320,000 volume collection.  We invite all patrons and visitors to explore the book stacks on both campuses, to use the public study spaces at both library locations, and to delve into our special collections of rare items.