During this conference, workshops and plenary sessions are offered that present stimulating and practical material from the faculty and guest speakers. Alumni, pastors, and friends from across the nation attend. The purpose of the Central Seminary's library is to provide curriculum support, information access, and research resources for the students, faculty, and staff of the seminary community. Most of the 30,000 volume collection is devoted to Biblical studies, theology, and related areas. In addition, the library houses about 150 current periodicals and journals, and a number of theses, dissertations, and historic periodicals in bound copy and on microfilm or fiche.
Students also have access to the libraries of other theological seminaries in the area.
These libraries hold about 500,000 volumes representing about 250,000 different titles, constituting the most significant resource in theological studies between Chicago and the West Coast. The massive library of the University of Minnesota also is accessible, along with the Minneapolis Public Library, one of the finest and best-equipped in the country. Central's library is located in the beautiful new facilities of the new seminary building in Plymouth. The expanded facility provides for expansion of the collection plus a spacious study area with a number of study carrels and reading tables. Location Central Seminary is located on a beautiful campus in Plymouth, Minnesota.