Named in honour of a former Academic Dean, Bernard Schalm, the Library was built in the summer of 1980, with a capacity to house 100,000 books.

The library’s present collection includes approximately 50,000 books, over 130 current periodical titles, and a number of electronic databases.

The 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 11, 2009