Originally dedicated in 1961, Grasselli Library doubled its capacity (to 100,000 square feet) in 1995 with the opening of the Breen Learning Center.  The library owns more than 700,000 catalogued items, including books, bound periodicals, audiovisual and electronic resources.  The library has 1,500+ current periodical subscriptions and online access to 14,000+ full-text electronic journals through OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center and other subscription services.  The electronic catalog, Carrolline, and many of the library’s 180+ electronic databases are available via the Graselli Library and Breen Learning Center home page.  The library provides authorized users off-campus access to most electronic services.

By virtue of the library’s membership in OhioLINK, students at John Carroll University have electronic assess and direct borrowing privileges at all eighty-five member libraries throughout the state.  There is two to three day delivery among all OhioLINK libraries, making over 45 million items available for three-week loans.  Resources not available through OhioLINK can be borrowed through traditional Interlibrary Loan.  The library provides traditional reference services, e-mail and chat assistance.

The library’s Computer Commons is equipped with 38 workstations.  Wireless access to the Internet is available throughout the library, and the library can loan wireless-enabled laptops to students for use in the library.  The Student Multimedia Center provides state-of-the-art hardware and software for student multimedia projects and can lend video cameras and laptops for class projects.  Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center also offers private and group study spaces, an electronic classroom, an open-air reading garden, and a snack room with vending machines.  (For information on library instruction, see the Graselli Library and Breen Learning Center home page.)