Apart from the monastic community it is used by local parishioners, retreatants and occasionally university staff and students. It is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association and contributes to the Australasian Union List of Serials in Theological Collections and to the Australian Libraries Gateway database. Organisation of the collection began in 1965 and, after two temporary locations, it is now housed in the permanent library built in 1980. Classification is Dewey and Lynn-Peterson and cataloguing is automated using ITS for Windows which supports the Z39.50 protocol. Monograph loans are made to approved borrowers or through Inter Library Loan.
Consultation is by appointment.
Wheelchair access is available.