Grebel Library and Archives

Your access point for library books, resources, and study space.

The Milton Good Library at Grebel gives you access to books, research support, and academic resources across campus and beyond.

Resources to Support Your Learning

  • Part of OMNI, a network of the University of Waterloo and 19 Ontario university libraries—with access to thousands of collections and resources. Get your library books delivered right to Grebel!
  • Book a group study room for 3-6 people.
  • Support from friendly, knowledgeable staff for library and research questions
  • Gateway to hundreds of specialized databases for university-level research
  • Supports teaching and learning in Music; Peace and Conflict Studies; Mennonite Studies; Religion, Spirituality, and Culture; and Theology
  • Home of the Mennonite Archives of Ontario, preserving and providing access to historical information and documents of Mennonites, Amish, and related communities

Hours and additional information are available on the website.

Library Trivia

  • The Milton Good Library opened in 1964 in what is the current Games Room. Students helped move the books into a newly-built academic building in 1976.
  • The 2013 building project doubled the space of the Library and added a state-of-the-art archival vault.
  • The oldest book in the Archives was published in 1520, titled Verba dei quanto candore & qz syncere praeaedicari, quantaqz solicitundine vniuersi debeant addiscere, by Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von Karlstadt.

Library Staff

Laureen Harder-Gissing

Archivist-Librarian

Mandy Macfie

Library Associate