Celebrating 25 Years of the Miller Center

As we celebrate 25 years of this amazing building, the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center, we are grateful that the leaders and community members of the time envisioned that the library would be of great significance to the faculty, staff, and students in their educational journey here at St. Cloud State. This building offers a daily gift of belonging, collaboration, research—and even joy and discovery—what a space to bring people together, expand our thoughts and ideas, and find common ground. Throughout the next few years, we will be embarking upon significant work in our collections, accessibility, digital scholarship, and teaching in our strategic plan.

In this time of change, trials, and opportunities, the library is a place of social gathering, sharing of ideas, intellectual freedom, and steadfastness for our community of learners, educators, researchers, scientists, and inventors. We uphold these values without expectation, judgement, or limitation. All are welcome, all will be recognized, and all have importance in how we operate and plan and organize our collections, services, spaces, and support. It is truly a team effort, and one that we do not take lightly. Across the country we see library spaces and collections face increasing restrictions and challenges that impact not just those in that community or school but send a wave of caution and apprehension to libraries and institutions of education when faced with potential limitations or availability of materials and resources.  

We invite you to spend meaningful time with us—and don’t hesitate to ask questions or share suggestions, but that you also support all libraries, whether in your hometown, down the road at Great River Regional Public Library, or in the k-12 schools. We (and you) are part of an amazing, connected network of professionals that deeply care that you have the ability to learn and grow, and without that support we may be looking at a very different future for some of our colleagues.  

Join us in celebrating 25 years of the Miller Center—and help us shape an even brighter future for our Huskies and our library. We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Go Huskies!

Rhonda Huisman
Dean, University Library

Check out the history of the library  St. Cloud State Libraries: Past and Present from 1875