Library
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General Information
MMI's library is open 74.5 hours per week to serve the needs of cadets, faculty and staff. More general information about the library including rules, study guides and FAQs are available at http://baerusers.pbwiki.com.
The basement of the library has two computer classrooms, three classrooms and the campus server room. The second floor has a large meeting room with a big-screen television, faculty lounge and the school's archives.
Collection
The main floor of Baer Memorial Library houses 19139 circulating books, 2918 reference items, and 745 audiovisual (AV) items. These items are searchable from OPAC stations around the library. Computers are provided for cadets to write papers and for Internet access. While reference and AV items are not available for checkout, the library provides a copier and several tv/vcr stations for student use. The library subscribes to 62 periodicals along with area and national newspapers 
Because MMI is a public institution, access to the Alabama Virtual Library is provided to all students. MMI also provides access to Early American Newspapers – an excellent resource for primary sources pre-Reconstruction -- and a list of vetted web sites at http://librarylinks.diaryland.com.
History
Marion Military Institute’s (MMI) library is named for Mildred Pope Baer, MMI’s librarian for twenty-five years. Mrs. Baer was killed in a car accident in 1957. Cadets contributed to a flower fund and found that they had $225.53 left over after the purchase of the funeral wreath, which they used to start a library-building fund.
The library was dedicated on May 21, 1966.
