page_title: Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center
section_title: A joint-use library
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center / A joint-use library
caption_attribution_description: English: Library sign for the joint Metropolitan University and Learning Center and the Dayton's Bluff Public Library.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center, or Metro State Library, located in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was constructed in 2004. The library serves the 11,580 students of Metropolitan State University, a four-year public university in Minnesota, as well as community patrons from the surrounding neighborhood.
  The library and learning center resources cover two floors of the building, and houses the university's print collection, as well as a large information commons space on the first floor.
  The university library shares a building with the Dayton's Bluff branch of the Saint Paul Public Library, making it only one of a handful of joint-use libraries in the country. The two libraries frequently plan programs or host events together, to support academic learning and community engagement.
context_section_description: The Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center is located in the same building as the Saint Paul Public Library's Dayton's Bluff Branch. It was the first joint-use library in Minnesota to house both an academic library and a public library, and is one of only seven such libraries in the United States. The Metropolitan State Library and Information Center encourages community use of resources at both libraries, and issues community cards for patrons who are not faculty, staff, or students at Metropolitan State University.
  As a part of their commitment to community engagement, Metropolitan State University founded ICES (Institute for Community and Engagement in Scholarship) in order to have a way to focus their outreach efforts. The libraries host joint events, including the 2015 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read, and author talks such as a 2013 visit with Rainbow Rowell. They also support community book clubs for adults and a teen reading club. They also provide programming in and around the David Barton Community Labyrinth and Garden on the library's west lawn.
caption: Library sign for the joint Metropolitan University and Learning Center and the Dayton's Bluff Public Library.
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