Libraries
Welcome to the libraries of the Melbourne College of Divinity.
The MCD community is served by libraries committed to meeting the coursework and research requirements of students and faculty in its Recognised Teaching Institutions.
Each library has its own distinctive identity expressed in collections that reflect their denominational heritage and which together comprise one of the nations leading deposits of theological material. They are accessible to all students enrolled with the MCD.
Please take the time to discover the range of resources and services that we offer.
Click on the library name link to leave the MCD website and be redirected to the library websites.
Churches of Christ Theological College
Campbell Edwards Library
The Campbell Edwards Library is the library of the Churches of Christ Theological College (CCTC). It provides resources for theological study and research, for students of the College, for persons in ministry in the Churches of Christ, and for other interested persons. The collection holds materials required to support college study units, both core materials and supplementary texts and includes books (25 000 volumes), journals (45 current subscriptions) and online databases. The main subject areas covered are biblical studies, theology, early and Reformation church history, pastoral theology and practical ministry.
Catholic Theological College (CTC)
Daniel Mannix Library
The Mannix Library exists primarily to serve the needs of staff and students of Catholic Theological College, Melbourne, and is also open to the public. It provides access to over 100,000 monograph volumes and approximately 220 current serials.
The Library was founded in 1923 as part of Corpus Christi College - the provincial seminary for the Catholic dioceses of Victoria and Tasmania. The seminary and the library were located at various times at Werribee, Glen Waverley and Clayton.
When Catholic Theological College was established in 1972, library services were extended to CTC. In 1999, the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne assumed responsibility for funding the library which was renamed the Daniel Mannix Library and relocated from Clayton to its current site in East Melbourne.
Institute for Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Formation
The Carmelite Library
The Carmelite Library is a unique theological collection in Australia, specialising in spirituality and mysticism. It is a research library, but open to the general reader engaged in the Way. As part of its role with ICSPF, the library orders everything of importance in the area of Spiritual Direction. Being also the Province Library of the Carmelite Friars, it has the best collection of literature in the 800-year Carmelite spiritual tradition. Other significant collection strengths are in the spiritual traditions of the world religions, medieval and Renaissance studies, hagiography, monasticism, and Mariology.
The Salvation Army Training College (SATC)
Salvation Army Training College Library
The Salvation Army Training College library is one of two theological libraries for the Salvation Army in Australia. Our collection holds some 26,000 items and supports all study undertaken at the college by both its residential and external students. This library also acts as a repository for Salvation Army publications and has a strong Salvation Army history collection.
Along with the functions of information and borrowing services the library also provides an access point to other Salvation Army collections both in Australia and overseas.
The library is staffed part- time 4 days a week. MCD students wishing to use the library should call before visiting the College to ensure the Librarian is on duty.
The United Faculty of Theology (UFT)
Dalton McCaughey Library
The Dalton McCaughey Library is on the campus of the United Faculty of Theology in Parkville. It is owned by the Society of Jesus and the Uniting Church. It has a large collection that in certain subject areas is of national importance. Books and journals are arranged on four levels in a new building which opened in 2007. There is an extensive collection of electronic resources that is accessible to borrowers via the library's web site. The building offers attractive conditions for readers and study groups including wireless access to the Internet, and computing, copying and printing services Special facilities are available to research students. All MCD students are eligible to borrow from this library.
Whitley College
Geoffrey Blackburn Library
The Geoffrey Blackburn Library supports the residential and theological community of Whitley College. Whitley is also recognized as the Baptist Theological College of Victoria which commenced in 1891. The theology collection of approximately 30,000 volumes covers all areas of theology including biblical languages, biblical studies, church history, systematic theology, ministerial studies, missiology and pastoral care. Specialist collections include Baptist History, and the works of F.W. Boreham. The current building was opened in 2001 and offers study areas, computing, copying and printing facilities, and a wireless network was installed in December 2009.
Yarra Theological Union
Patrick Murphy Memorial Library
The Patrick Murphy Memorial Library belongs to the Divine Word Missionaries. It consists of approximately 7,000 theological, biblical and spiritual books and journals primarily to serve the needs of the Divine Word Missionaries' seminarians and lecturers. It is however open to MCD students by appointment. It is staffed on Fridays and Saturdays only.
The Divine Word Missionaries' extensive missiology and church history collection is based in the St Paschal Library to facilitate access by students and research scholars. This collection is also open to MCD students during normal library hours.
Redemptorist Library
The Redemptorist Library belongs to the Redemptorist Community. It consists of approximately 26,000 theological, biblical and spiritual books and journals primarily to serve the needs of the Redemptorist seminarians and lecturers. It is open to MCD students by appointment only. It is staffed on Wednesdays.The Redemptorist Community has also built up an extensive Social Justice Library collection. It is housed at YTU in the Postgraduate Study Centre, and is adjacent to the Yarra Research Institute and Social Policy Connections offices. It is staffed only on Tuesday afternoons and may be accessed by MCD students by appointment.
St Paschal Library
St Paschal Library is the provincial library of the Order of Friars Minor, Holy Spirit Province, Australia. It is the main resource centre for Franciscan studies within Australia.
The Library is also the main campus library for the Yarra Theological Union, a Recognised Teaching Institution of the Melbourne College of Divinity.
St Paschal Library is also open to the public.
