Library Hours
Monday — 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday — 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday & Thursday — 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Friday — 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday — 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday — Closed
Closures
January 19th
April 3rd-6th
May 22th | Closes at Noon
May 25th
July 3rd
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About
The Donald E. O’Shaughnessy Library (DEOL) is a resource center that acquires materials in those areas which relate to the curriculum and programs of Oblate School of Theology (OST), as well as materials designed for scholarly research in theological subject fields, and organizes those materials for efficient intellectual and physical retrieval. Through the provision of its collection development and database subscriptions, DEOL provides for the informational needs of the students, faculty, administration, and staff of the School in matters relating to the performance of their functions at OST.
To assist students, it serves in obtaining access to informational resources which are not a part of its collection, the Library participates in resource- sharing activities in both a local and a national level, including the utilization of computerized bibliographic services. The Donald E. O’Shaughnessy Library holds approximately 85,000 plus volumes in its 17,000 square-foot facility, which consists of three floors in its west wing and three floors in its north wing.
The north wing consists of the main entrance, the circulation desk, a patron-resource center, and reading area. The second and third floors house the circulating collection. Study areas throughout the library are also available. The west wing of the library houses the Periodical Reading Room that displays about 400 scholarly and popular journals and periodicals. This floor also holds special collections that feature items such as thesis/ dissertations of our faculty and alumnae, the Loeb Classic Library, Penguin Classics, and other artifact- specific collections. This wing also holds the reference room that is rich in research materials geared and maintained for the theology student and research scholar. The area holds biblical commentaries, dictionaries, and concordances. The Fathers’ Room houses collections specific to the writings of the Fathers of the Church, like the Latin and Greek Migne Collections, and the Sources Chretiennes. The Basement in this wing houses religion/theology bound journals like Acta Apostolicae Sedis, American Catholic Studies Journal, Aztaln: Journal of Chicano Studies, Biblical Interpretation to mention a few. Aside from the main library building the DEOL houses other libraries on the campus of Oblate School of Theology. These libraries include the Archives Library, Special and Rare Book Library, and an Offsite Library. The Lebh Shomea Project entails incorporating the library holdings at the Oblate Lebh Shomea House of Prayer in Sarita, Texas into the DEOL catalog. The DEOL doors are open to the local community as well as researchers. These patron groups may apply for library privileges.
