Verena, Gail and Nicole work at the library Monday through Friday. Professional reference services are provided 9- 4 p.m. each day.  On evenings and weekends, the circulation desk is staffed by EBC students.  To contact us, please click below:

Jennifer Wohlgemut, Library Director (on maternity leave 2010)
Verena Enns, Acting Library Director
Gail Haeussler, Library Assistant
Nicole Sivyer, Library Assistant 

*Fines must be paid and amount owing at a zero balance before any new items may be checked out.
Fines and amounts owing must be paid by the end of each semester in order for student’s grades to be released.

In addition to the 25,000 items in our collection covering a wide range of issues and subject matter, the EBC Library also maintains two special collections, including:

Ahrens Street Collection: This is a collection of monographs from the original EBC Library.  This collection is found in the F.C. Peters room in the Library and is available for in-library use.

Hugh Hill Collection: an extensive collection of books on Anabaptism can be found in the Hugh Hill Memorial Room in the Library and are available for in-library use.

Books may be borrowed for 2 weeks.  They may be renewed for an additional 2 weeks, provided no one has requested that item. All fines outstanding on your card must be paid before you can check out or renew any additional materials.

 Loan periods: 3 day, overnight, 2 hour (as per instructor request)

Often an instructor will place materials in our reserve room for student use.  Students may access these materials by asking at the front desk.  Restrictions have been placed on the borrowing period for all of these items by their instructor. Some materials may be borrowed for a limited time period and others are for in-library use only.  Students may check out a maximum of 2 Reserve items at any time.  Due to the high demand of reserve items, renewals are not permitted.  Late fees for reserves returned late are $1 per day per item or $1 per 2 hours for 2 hour loans.

To access the pre-paid photocopier and printer students need to set up an account with the library.  A pre-loaded $20 fee will enable students to print and copy with convenience.  This will enable students to use an access code to do their printing without worrying about having enough change each time they visit the library.  Students will be reminded when their pre-paid accounts are running low, so that money can be reloaded onto their account (much like a Tim Horton’s pre-paid card).

*Any monies remaining in the account at the end of the semester will be refunded to student, or applied to their next semester’s printing.  Similarly, any monies owing on the account will be billed to the student.

The library will not accept IOUs for printing except under special circumstances and with permission granted by the librarian.

The cost of printing or photocopying is $0.15 per printed page. Users are expected to pay for any ruined copies except for machine error; repairs should be handled by library staff only. The copyright law of Canada governs photocopies of copyrighted materials. The person using the copier is liable for any infringement.  A summary guideline for acceptable photocopying practice is available at the photocopier or below.

Today many students photocopy articles and books and print online resources that are under copyright protection.  The Copyright Act is the legislation in Canada that sets out what you can and cannot do with other people’s copyright materials.  Access Copyright provides users with the means to copy from copyright protected materials while ensuring creators and publishers are fairly compensated.  A detailed sign of permissible copying practices can be found near the EBC Library photocopier.

Up to 10% of a printed published work may be copied, and the following may be copied even if they exceed 10% of the full work:

• works whose copyright is owned by EBC
• an entire newspaper article or page
• an entire short story, play, poem, essay or article from a book or periodical issue containing other kinds of works
• an entire single item of print music from a book or periodical issue containing other kinds of works
• an entire entry from an encyclopedia, dictionary, annotated bibliography or similar reference work
• an entire reproduction of an artistic work from a book or periodical issue containing other kinds of works
• an entire chapter which is 20% or less of a book

Community Borrower for: 

Wilfred Laurier University

University of Waterloo

University of Guelph

A $20 annual fee will grant access to all three universities.  Database access is not available with this fee. 

Kitchener Public Library

Free to residents and students in Kitchener.  Full access to books and online journals and databases.

The primary obligation of the Edna Pridham Memorial Library is to the students and faculty of Emmanuel Bible College. As a small, privately funded library, we can provide only a limited service to the broader community. You are welcome to use the library and if you reside in the K-W area and intend to make extended use of the library, you may apply for borrowing privileges. Please register in person at the circulation desk.  All above guidelines and rules regarding borrowing privileges and use of the library apply to community borrowers, with the exception that no more than 3 books can be signed out and in your possession at any given time.  Note that COURSE RESERVE books are not  available for loan to community borrowers.  Please phone for further information at 894-8900, ext.  273.

Both Alumni and Pastors may have full use of the library and borrowing privileges at no charge.  All library guidelines and rules regarding borrowing privileges and use of the library apply to alumni and pastors, with the exception that no more than 3 books can be signed out and in your possession at any given time.