Hours and Location

Location

The Library is located on the main campus of Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. It is located on the first floor of the Burroughs Learning Center - the large white building on the east side of campus.

Hours

Summer hours (May 29th - July 30th):
Mon.-Fri.: 8 am - 4:30 pm
Sat.-Sun.: closed

Fall hours (August 20th - December 7th):
Mon.-Thu.: 8 am - 10 pm
Fri.: 8 am - 4:30 pm
Sun.: 6 pm - 10pm

Finals extended hours (November 26th - December 5th): Mon. - Thu.: 8 am - 12 am

Holiday Closings

Fri., August 3rd - Sun., August 19th: Semester Break

Mon., September 3rd: Labor Day

All changes in scheduled times will be posted both on this website and on the front doors of the Library.

Alex Debonis, Assistant Professor of English

Testimonial

"How students reason and acquire knowledge is at least as important as the hard data they memorize. In my classes, the students and I work to cultivate in ourselves what the late writer David Foster Wallace calls the “Democratic Spirit,” which he defines as an attitude that “combines rigor and humility, i.e., passionate conviction plus sedulous respect for the conviction of others.” It seems likely that “Democratic Spirit” offers all of us the only way to effectively address the thorny problems of our own time as well as those of the future."

Recent News

Tennis Cats Fall to Cumberland University in Nationals in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Ala. –The Bethel Wildcat Men's Tennis squad lost to Cumberland University 5-2 Wednesday in the 2013 Men's Tennis National Championship in Mobile, Alabama. The Wildcats' only two losses were to CU as the Bulldogs were the only team to have beaten Bethel during the regular season, doing so back on March 27 in McKenzie. Cumberland beat Mobile 9-0 Tuesday to advance to the match-up against the Wildcats.CU faces No 2 seeded Auburn Montgomery in the Quarterfinals Thursday at 9 a.m. AUM beat Graceland 5-0 Wednesday to advance. AUM is 19 -4 on the season.The No. 7 seeded Wildcats qualified for the national event with an automatic bid after winning the AMWC/HAAC/TranSouth Conference tournament. The Wildcats finished 20 -2 on the season and were ranked 7th in the nation in the final regular season poll of the year.This was Bethel's fourth appearance in the national tournament and marked the first appearance for Bethel since 2009. Bethel is 3-4 all-time in national tournament matches.Peter Baca, Robin Demasse, Eduardo Espinar, Travis Hyman, Nilola Salvik, Kristian Takac, and Paolo Vecchi represented the university in Mobile. The squad is coached by Rafael Delgado who is assisted by Ernesto Escamilla Jr. Escamilla was named the ITA Men's Assistant Coach of the Year earlier this week.

Lankford Presented Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

David Lankford of McKenzie, who taught Mathematics at Bethel for more than four decades, was presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during Spring 2013 Commencement to honor his years of service and leadership to the school's Math Department.