Named in honour of a former Academic Dean, Bernard Schalm, the Library was built in the summer of 1980 and has been built into a significant student resource over the years.

The library’s present collection includes approximately 50,000 books, over 130 current periodical titles, and a number of electronic databases. This collection was moved to Vanguard College (12140 - 103rd Street, Edmonton) during the summer of 2011 as part of an agreement between the two institutions to share library resources). You can read more about the Taylor-Vanguard library agreement here.

The Taylor-Vanguard library also belongs to the NEOS library consortium, which consists of academic, government and hospital libraries within central Alberta. NEOS libraries share an on-line integrated catalogue that exceeds five million records. Taylor students have borrowing privileges at all NEOS libraries. To know about borrowing within NEOS, please click on the “Policies” section below.

Library Resources

• Approximately 50,000 circulating and reference books.
• Over 130 current print periodicals subscriptions.
• Electronic databases that provide access to thousands of electronic journals.
• Several hundred videos, CDs and DVDs.
• Listening and viewing stations.
• Reference services.
• Interlibrary Loan services.
• Access to over 5 million books and journals within the NEOS Library Consortium. To know about borrowing within NEOS, please click on the “Policies” section below.

Library Policies

Student Library Information (.pdf)

Updated: September 30, 2011