Welcome to the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library

For the first time in York University's history, there will be a library devoted entirely to the support of business teaching and research. The business books, which were formerly located on the fourth floor of the Scott Library, and the business reference materials, which were located in the now defunct Business and Government Publications Library, have been combined to create the new library.

The Peter F. Bronfman Business Library will be opened in two stages. The first stage, now complete, involved moving the staff, the Reserves collection, the current periodicals, and the public workstations to their new location on the second floor South Wing, Room S237, of the new Schulich School of Business building located at York Boulevard and Ian Macdonald Boulevard. Reference service and some circulation services are available.

The second phase involves making the reference collection available and moving the monographs and the bound periodicals from the Scott Library to the Bronfman Business Library. We expect this to happen in late September once the east wing of the library is completed. In the interim, limited study seating space will be available for about 48 people in the group study rooms. After the east wing is open, the six group study rooms will be available for students to book.

Students at work in one of the Bronfman Business Library group study rooms

As with any library, the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library is more than just a collection of print materials. We also provide access to electronic resources and our reference staff are specialists in business research. In addition, we provide a place to study and a place to relax. We will be initiating a number of new services such as reference assistance from the librarians' offices, conveniently located network drops, a wireless network access area using the AirYork service, full service circulation, a quiet room, and we are breaking the food barrier. Now library patrons may bring cold finger foods and drinks in spill-proof containers into the library.

In creating this new library Elizabeth Watson and staff worked closely with Dean Deszo Horvath and Schulich School of Business faculty, Siamak Hariri and architects from Hariri Pontarini Architects, Monica Contreras and her team from York University's Facilities Planning Department and York University Libraries staff to create an innovative and welcoming space for you.

We invite you to visit us, but be forewarned that as with any undertaking of this size, there is a transition period. We hope to be fully operational by the end of October. In the meantime we will do everything we can to assist you. If you can't find it, please ask us!

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