The mission of the John and Louise Hulst Library is to bring together people, resources, spaces, and technology to enhance student learning and effective teaching.
The Library is a centralized library facility that houses a collection of 314,000 volumes, including 145,000 book volumes, 18,500 print journal volumes, and 163,000 microtext units. The library subscribes to nearly 500 journals, magazines, and newspapers and has electronic access to another 15,500 titles. In addition to providing print and electronic resources, the library serves the campus' media needs by acquiring and circulating video tapes, DVDs, projectors, laptops, recorders, camcorders, cameras, GPS units, VCRs, DVD players, mp3 players, CD players, and other media equipment. A collection of over 4,000 sound recordings resides in the library's Listening Room. The library has a significant collection of curriculum and children's literature materials housed in the Teacher Resource Center. Other specialized collections include the Dordt College Archives and the Dutch Memorial Collection.
