St Marys Seminary Baltimore, MD SOT catalog 2019
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Educational Resources<br />
The Knott Library<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s <strong>Seminary</strong> & University’s library<br />
traces its roots back to the collection of theological<br />
and philosophical works that the<br />
members of the Society of <strong>St</strong>. Sulpice brought<br />
with them from Paris in 1791. Today the<br />
Marion and Henry J. Knott Library of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Mary’s <strong>Seminary</strong> & University has a collection<br />
numbering over 140,000 volumes. The collection<br />
is primarily of a philosophical and<br />
theological nature; approximately 20% of the<br />
collection is in foreign languages, including a<br />
substantial rare books collection. The library<br />
also provides extensive access to e-books and<br />
databases with full text articles.<br />
The Knott Library is completely automated,<br />
and library patrons enjoy ease of access to the<br />
full collection, as well as to the world-wide<br />
web through public access computer stations.<br />
The fiber optic network extending through<br />
the entire seminary complex grants this same<br />
access to all seminarians and faculty from<br />
their rooms and offices. Reciprocal borrowing<br />
arrangements for students and faculty exist<br />
with Loyola/Notre Dame Library and the<br />
Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins<br />
University, and on a wider scale through the<br />
libraries of the Maryland Independent<br />
College and University Association, the<br />
<strong>Baltimore</strong> Academic Library Consortium,<br />
and OCLC.<br />
In 2002 the Knott Library was expanded,<br />
creating the Raymond E. Brown Center,<br />
named after the late Rev. Raymond E. Brown,<br />
P.S.S., alumnus and former faculty member of<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s, one of the 20th century’s premier<br />
Catholic biblical scholars. The Raymond E.<br />
Brown Center includes Fr. Brown’s own<br />
research collection on the Gospel of John,<br />
general stacks, and five classrooms.<br />
An area attached to the main stacks of the<br />
Knott Library was dedicated in Spring, 2006,<br />
as the John Paul II Reading Room, housing<br />
objects of art suggestive of the great contemporary<br />
Holy Father, particularly highlighting<br />
his groundbreaking efforts in the area of<br />
Christian-Jewish dialogue. This mediaenabled<br />
room can be used for study, small<br />
gatherings, and specialized lectures in the<br />
spirit of Saint John Paul II and in recognition<br />
of his legacy to the Church and the world.<br />
The library assets housed in its shelves are<br />
dedicated collections reflecting its ambience,<br />
containing all the writings of Karol Wojtyła<br />
and John Paul II, as well as secondary works<br />
of biography and study regarding the many<br />
facets of his thought, teaching, and pontificate.<br />
It also houses basic holdings regarding<br />
Christian-Jewish dialogue, Holocaust studies,<br />
and works highlighting the role of Righteous<br />
Gentiles during the Shoah.<br />
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