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Welcome to the Waterbury Campus Library
In October 2003, the current award-winnng Waterbury Campus Library opened its doors to members of the UConn and Waterbury community. The library's history dates back to the founding of the campus as an Extension Center in 1941, with classes scattered around the City of Waterbury and the arrival of Margaret K. Barnes, the first librarian, who served until 1974. From 1946 to 1955, the library operated in the former Begnal School. When the campus then relocated to 32 Hillside Avenue, Waterbury, the library first occupied one large room in the Classroom Building then moved once again in May 1971 to Kirschbaum Hall, named for Dr. Edward H. Kirschbaum.
The Waterbury Campus Library is dedicated to serving the research needs of the students and faculty of the University of Connecticut. We serve as the focal point for the Waterbury Campus. Our computer workstations are networked to the main campus and provide access to nearly 250 online, e-books and thousands of full-text reference sources and journal articles. The library’s catalog, HOMER, is integrated with that of the main campus library and other regional campus libraries; and document delivery services provide easy access to the the resources of all UConn libraries.
The library also houses the Math Resource Center, Writing Center, several group study rooms, in addition to individual study carrels and comfortable seating throughout.