The Otto F. Linn Library functions as a hub for student resources and services. It holds over 100,000 volumes with access to over 30 million additional volumes through its membership of the Orbis Cascade Alliance library consortium.
Warner Pacific University’s library began as part of the Pacific Bible College in 1937. In 1940, the library moved its mainly religious collection to Portland, OR. Lawrence E. Strobel graciously donated a significant number of books to the library. By 1949 its collections had increased to 6,000 volumes, and by 1954 the library was home to 10,000 volumes.
The current library building was built in 1954 and named after Dr. Otto F. Linn. In the same year, faculty members and 275 students formed a “human chain” to transport all 10,000 volumes from Irma Mouser’s office in the A F Gray Administration Complex to the new library building.