Brantford
Overview
Students and faculty will find library resources and services at two physical locations at the Brantford Campus:
- the Laurier Library Brantford is in Grand River Hall: librarians, collections, staff support, and study spaces
- the Brantford Public Library: study spaces
Building Spaces
Laurier Library Brantford
The Laurier Library Brantford is located on lower level of Grand River Hall at 171 Colborne Street.
The Laurier Library Brantford space features collections, staff assistance, study areas, access to electronic resources, a public access computer for alumni, and on-site librarians trained to help students and faculty members with their research.
The Laurier Library Brantford space is open to all from 8:15-4:30pm Monday to Friday, with OneCard tap access only to gain access to Grand River Hall after 4:30pm.
Brantford Public Library
Laurier students can get a Brantford Public Library card for free in order to access public library materials and access additional study spaces.
Library Help
The Library provides a Chat Service where you can chat live with library staff. You can email libraryhelp@wlu.ca for assistance or phone the Library Help desk at 548-889-3766 during staffed library hours.
For more research support, there are two librarians based at the Laurier Library Brantford and there are several librarians based in Waterloo who support additional Brantford subject areas.
Any subject librarian can be contacted for support too.
You can always contact libref@wlu.ca for research support
The Library has created tutorials on using the library and doing research.
Resources
The Laurier Library Brantford houses a collection of Laurier print books and other materials. Material from other campus libraries and other participating universities can be requested through Omni. You can visit the libraries in-person or request them to be delivered to Laurier Library Brantford for pick-up or one of the Library’s other locations. We also provide a Mail on Demand service where we will ship the material directly to you. Articles and chapters can be requested through the Scan on Demand service.
The Library has many online resources, books, articles, and videos. These can be accessed by current students, staff and faculty. You can search for items in Omni, databases, or journals. For resources for a specific subjects, we provide Subject Guides.
Course Readings are available through Ares, often via a link in your course in MyLearningSpace.
Laurier Library Brantford Project
The Laurier Library is redeveloping the Digital Library and Learning Commons (DLLC) on Floor 1 of Grand River Hall to become Laurier Library Brantford. Learn more about this initiative.
Building Hours
To see building hours past this week, visit the extended hours view. Hours for individual services may vary from the building hours; please see the respective service's page for more details.
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Saturday (January 31):
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Sunday (February 1):
Closed
Equipment
See descriptions of Library technology.
- Network Login computers
- Photocopying
- Printing
- Printing (colour)
- Public computers
- Scanning
- Video viewing
Public Transit
The Brantford Public Library and Laurier Brantford Library are located at the south-west corner of Colborne and Market street, along the 1, 9 and 14 bus routes. Please visit the Brantford Transit website for more information.
Parking
Parking is available for two hours or less on the downtown streets surrounding the Library. Paid parking is also available at the Market Centre Parkade located behind the Library. Please visit the Laurier parking website or the City of Brantford parking website for more information on parking in downtown Brantford.
Lost and Found
Please visit the Brantford Special Constable service.