Mission statement

The Todd Wehr Library is committed to enriching the academic endeavors of the St. Norbert College community. The library will:

• Support the mission and core values of the College.
• Be good stewards of library resources by building strong collections and caring for them so that they may be passed on to future generations.
• Support the teaching and research needs of the St. Norbert College community and promote lifetime learning.
• Provide access to the collections by providing assistance, instruction and outreach to the St. Norbert College community and beyond.
• Provide a welcoming environment conducive to reflection and learning.
• Partner with local, regional and national consortia, networks and organizations to promote resource sharing.

Library history:

St. Norbert College’s first library was a small room on the first floor of Main Hall, which opened in 1903, and contained books donated by students. In 1924, the original recreation room of Boyle Hall became the main library until 1959, when the library was moved to Boyle’s third and fourth floors.

In 1977, the Todd Wehr Library, which is still used today, was established through the remodeling of an existing campus dormitory. The library, which is the center of student academic life on the campus, houses more than 247,000 volumes, including books, journals and other serials, microforms, maps and charts. Over 3,000 volumes are added to the collection each year.

In addition to the 700 journal subscriptions held locally, the library subscribes to a number of online database, indexing and abstracting services. These databases provide citations/abstracts for approximately 35,000 journals and full text articles for 9,000 of these journals.

Of the library’s total collection, 38% of the titles are in the humanities. The library subscribes to approximately 50% of the titles covered in H. W. Wilson’s Humanities Index. Equally significant, the College will soon be able to grow substantially its humanities collection thanks to a recent gift bequest of $150,000 that endowed a fund for library acquisitions in the humanities.

To prepare St. Norbert students effectively and creatively for the information age, the College is constructing a state-of-the-art library learning center. >>MORE