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Library rendering Grace Hauenstein Library
Gift results in the creation of the Grace Hauenstein Library A New Library to become a reality Watch the construction progress!
It's been rumbling around campus
almost as long as the College has
been at Robinson Road - talk of a
new library...

Now, after decades of talk, plans, and even announcements about its existence, construction of a new library on the Aquinas campus began in July 2005 after the location and design had been decided, funding pledged and approval given by the Board of Trustees. Now, the time is right. Over the past months, the Jarecki Center for Advanced Learning was enlarged and converted into the Grace Hauenstein Library. >More

Press Releases
Ground Breaking: September 23
Quote from Francine Paolini, Library Co-director
A comparison of the previous Woodhouse and new Grace Hauenstein libraries...
Woodhouse Library: Grace Hauenstein Library:
  • No group study rooms
  • No viewing rooms
  • 15 station information literature classroom
  • 16 public access computers
  • No digital editing suite
  • Combined circulation & media checkout desks
  • Closed media stacks
  • No archives service desk
  • No special collections area
  • Square footage: 21,180
  • 6 group study rooms
  • 2 viewing rooms
  • 26 station information literature classroom
  • 20 public access computers
  • 1 digital editing suite
  • Separate circulation & media checkout desks
  • Open media stacks
  • Archives research room
  • Special collections room part of archives room
  • Square footage: 14,000 existing; 26,000 addition. Total: 40,000 square feet
The Grace Hauenstein Library:
Other Grace Hauenstein Library
features:
Is the heart of our institution
Offers expanded services
Features current technology
Provides study space that facilitates learning
Is a facility of the future
Circ. shelving increased by 26%
Reading Clinic housed within library
Increased student seating
Increased student study space
Expanded Media hours
Wireless technology throughout
All collections more accessible
Adequate parking
Woodhouse Library