John M. Pfau Library

John M. Pfau Library

John M. Pfau Library
Country	United States
Type	Academic library
Scope	Research
Established	1965
Location	University District, San Bernardino, California
Branches	1 (Helene A. Hixon Information Center, Palm Desert Campus)
Collection
Size	750,000 books; 21,000 electronic journals
Access and use
Members	CSU San Bernardino faculty, staff, and students as well as community members
Other information
Director	Cesar Caballero
Website	http://www.lib.csusb.edu/

The John M. Pfau Library is the library on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino in San Bernardino, California, United States. It is named after the founding president of the university, Dr. John Martin Pfau. It has two sections totaling 294,000 square feet.

The first library director, Arthur E. Nelson, was appointed by Dr. Pfau in 1963. Nelson began accumulating materials in a local warehouse and by 1965 had 50,000 books to move into Sierra Hall, one of the first (multipurpose) buildings on the campus. In 1968, construction began on the current library building which was occupied in 1971. Later on, a new wing was added which was completed in 1994.