From 1927-1963, the Library was located on the ground floor of Benedictine Hall (the old South Cafeteria / Ben Central area)
"With the addition of several hundred books each year, even the spacious enlargements made in 1918 were insufficient...The former assembly hall was selected as the most appropriate quarters for the new library. We are to have a first-class library with wholly new shelving and equipment, and with all the methods and practices that will render our institution the most efficient service. The new shelves will contain room for about 40,000 volumes. Small spaces among the shelves will be converted into inviting reading nooks. Rooms in the rear will provide offices and workrooms. Contrasted with the former evening hours only, an all-day service will be established. In short, within a few months the new library will be one of the distinctive departments at St. Procopius College. It will raise the standard of our college; it will bear evidence to the truth of the cognomen of the Benedictines -- book collectors."
Description from a 1927 article published in Student Life, "The New S.P.C. Library"
