Library

Welcome

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the library portion of the Divinity School's website.  Folks often ask me, where is the Divinity School's library?  All of the resources that we've collected over the past twenty years are available in the center of the campus, in the University Library.  Divinity books and periodicals are integrated into the wider university holdings.  However, the majority of our books are found on the second floor of the library in the B classification.  To the left, you'll see links to the library's catalog, as well as databases such as the ATLA Religion Database.  Though these resources primarily serve Beeson's students and faculty, we are glad to welcome clergy and other members of the greater Birmingham community to visit the library. —Michael Garrett, Divinity Librarian

About the Divinity Librarian:

J. Michael Garrett
B.A., Union University
M.Div., Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
M.L.I.S., University of Alabama

Michael Garrett serves as the Divinity School's librarian, offering reference assistance to divinity students and faculty as well as developing the divinity holdings for Samford’s library.  He is the director of the Divinity School’s media services. Before returning to the divinity school in 2002, he was director of libraries at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to his service at New Orleans, Mr. Garrett worked for the divinity school and served as assistant pastor of Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Bessemer, Alabama. He and his wife, Amy, have two sons.

For more information, email Michael Garrett or call (205) 726-4004.