About the Sexton Library

Mission

To advance learning and scholarship by ensuring access to the world’s architecture, engineering and planning information for students, faculty, researchers and practitioners of Nova Scotia.

Collection

The Sexton Library serves the Faculties of Engineering, Architecture and Planning. We provide access to print and electronic books, print and electronic serials, article databases, conference proceedings, standards, and theses.

History

The Nova Scotia Technical College (NSTC) was established in 1907, and in 1949 the College appointed its first librarian to set up the NSTC Library as a separate, identifiable entity. Beginning with a collection of 6,000 books and a subscription list of 125 periodicals, the Library continued to expand its collection of books, periodicals, standards, government documents, microforms, and more. To incorporate as much of its growing collection as possible, the Library was moved in 1961 to its present location on the third floor of Building B. Since then, the Library has seen evolutions in location, size, and especially name, which has changed along with the institution’s name over the years –from NSTC to Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) in 1980, from TUNS to DalTech in 1997 with the amalgamation of TUNS and Dalhousie University, and in 2001 from DalTech to our present-day Sexton Design & Technology Library. Through this evolution, the Library has been able to uphold dedicated service to students and faculty, to other universities and schools, to members of the professional community, and to the general public.

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