Fontbonne University Library provides immediate access to over 80,000 volumes. We are a member of the Bridges cluster of MOBIUS.

Library Vision Statement

The Fontbonne University Library aspires to be the best small Catholic university library in the Midwest, supporting the education of leaders to serve a world in need.

Library Mission Statement

The Fontbonne University Library is dedicated to the discovery, understanding, preservation, and dissemination of information and ideas.

• Library personnel facilitate discovery and understanding through educational programs in information literacy, assistance in reference and research, and access to a variety of resources
• Librarians select, organize, and preserve high-quality, diverse collections to support the curriculum and develop citizen leaders
• Library services empower the members of the Fontbonne University community to use information resources creatively, analytically, and critically in order to act ethically and responsibly as citizens and leaders

Library resources are focused on student learning and faculty teaching and research. As resources permit, services are provided to Fontbonne staff and residents of the surrounding community.
The Library provides an atmosphere characterized by inclusion, open communication, and personal concern. The University Library continues the heritage of the Sisters of St. Joseph by fostering the values of quality, respect, diversity, community, justice, service, faith, and Catholic presence. In keeping with these values, the Library makes available the widest possible diversity of views and expressions, including those which are unorthodox or unpopular.
The Library supports the principles of the America Library Association's "Library Bill of Rights" and "Freedom to View" statements.

Values

The University Library continues the heritage of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet by fostering the values of quality, respect, diversity, community, justice, service, faith, and Catholic presence.

Quality: The library is committed to providing access to high quality resources and services.

Respect: The library treats all patrons with respect and personal concern.

Diversity: Library collections reveal a diversity of ideas and viewpoints, with an adherence to the principles of the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read statements.

Community: The library maintains a position at the center of the Fontbonne community, providing meeting spaces, promoting communication, and taking part in service opportunities.

Justice: The library maintains a fair and equitable distribution of scarce resources among the varied competing demands on campus.

Service: The library strives to serve the Fontbonne campus community, the larger communities of Clayton, St. Louis, and Missouri, and the library profession.

Faith: Members of the library staff express their respective faiths in their dedication and commitment to the importance and future value of their service at Fontbonne.

Catholic Presence: The library enhances and promotes Fontbonne's Catholic identity through participation in annual workshops and events emphasizing the mission and heritage of the institution.