Library

Get to know the Army general libraries. You will find something for soldiers and families in all locations and military stages. There are 62 libraries across seven countries with physical collections in all formats. They support professional, educational and recreational reading.

Installation libraries play an important role for soldiers. They offer technical publications to support job requirements and career development. Soldiers can earn college degrees and certifications, update promotion packages, prepare for transition or retirement and more. Computers are available for completing training or personal education.

These libraries are also a “community couch” with programming, study and meeting spaces. There is something for everyone, including book clubs, story times and walks, game and movie nights. A themed summer reading program provides family fun. Evening and weekend hours accommodate busy schedules.

Makerspaces are now available in many Army libraries. All ages can explore and enjoy science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics.

Soldiers and their dependents who are deployed or in remote locations can use the Army MWR Library Online. It offers a wide variety of electronic databases and downloadable content. Contact your installation library for questions about registration. If you’re not near an installation library, contact usarmy.mwr.library@mail.mil.

All Defense Department service members and their families can also use the online DOD MWR Libraries. The libraries have a wide range of online resources for children and adults. Access free tutoring, finance and language classes, career transition assistance, car care advice, legal forms and much more. Visit Military OneSource today to see what the DOD MWR Libraries can do for you and your family.

Army MWR Libraries support a worldwide network of Soldiers, Families, Veterans, and DOD Civilians. MWR Libraries have something for everyone – story hours, book discussion groups, gaming nights, movie nights, teen programs, internet access, computer labs with word processing and access to readiness training. Online resources include military training, investment tools, educational resources to write that perfect college paper or get tutor help, transition resources, auto repair resources, latest best-sellers as an e-book or audio book, interactive e-books for children, magazines, and newspapers are all available 24/7.  Librarians are available to help you find answers, and can also help point you to the best source to find what you need. 

All you need is a library account. 

Account Registration

How can I access Army MWR Library services and resources?

One MWR Library account connects you to 70 libraries across seven countries with access to books, movies, games, great programs, knowledgeable staff, and online resources. Get an MWR Library account today.

Your MWR Library 

• Register for an account by visiting your local MWR Library .
• If you’re in Europe or deployed, use Europe Army Libraries.
• If you’re remote from an MWR Library, contact us. 

Once registered, you have access to all Army MWR Library great services, programs and resources, including all online resources.

MilitaryOneSource

If you aren't in the Army, you can use MilitaryOneSource to access online resources available to all eligible personnel in any branch of service. Go to On & Off Base Living | Recreation and Travel | Libraries. You must create a Military One Source account.  

At home, deployed, and in remote locations, MWR Library services and resources support Soldiers, Family members, veterans, and DOD civilians. For more information or assistance, contact the Army MWR Library Program.

For Deployed Soldiers 

Family and MWR Libraries also support deployed Soldiers in remote locations through monthly deliveries of paperback book kits and Playaways, small MP3 players containing an audio book. Kits contain about 25 paperback books or 24 Playaways specially selected to match the interests of Soldiers. For more information, contact us.

Visit your MWR Library to learn about the services and resources available to you and your Family

The Department of Defense makes library resources accessible to the military community wherever members serve through installation libraries and the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Digital Library. The Libraries and Information Services program is classified as mission sustaining (Category A) and is supported almost entirely with appropriated funds. The Libraries and Information Services program does not generally include libraries with the primary purpose of providing technical reference and information related to training centers, military occupational specialty education or Department of Defense scientific facilities.

Our Libraries have a wide variety of popular:

• Books, audio-books, magazines, newspapers, videos, music, art prints and more, as well as online resources such as e-books, e-audiobooks, e-magazines, educational resources, 24/7 online library services. 
• Educational and career advancement materials including military reading lists, test preparation and online practice for ASVAB, CLEP, DANTES tests, online materials supporting undergraduate and graduate programs offered through Army Continuing Education System (ACES), support for military professional training, online tutoring through Tutor.com.
• Support for Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) providing books and online resources on writing resumes, job hunting, careers, and test preparation.  
• IMCOM Professional Development print and electronic resources for courses offered by and through the College of Installation Management MG Robert M Joyce School for Family MWR.
• Programming such as summer reading for children, teens, adults, reading groups, story times, movie nights, gaming nights, book clubs, and maker spaces. 
• Safe, comfortable environments include spaces for programs, study rooms, meetings, collaboration, community meeting rooms, displays and technology. Internet access is available and most MWR Libraries have WiFi available.
• The MWR libraries have computers and printers, as well as copiers, scanners, and fax machines.  
• Paperback book kits and Playaways to the deployed.
• Print and online resources for foreign language study, dictionaries and language instruction programs.
• Travel books online for travel destinations.
• Leisure and recreational resources in print and online including hobby information, investment tools, genealogy tools, arts and crafts, gaming, car repair, small engine repair, hometown newspapers, homeschooling, sports and fitness, outdoor recreation. If you like board games, scrapbooking, knitting, crocheting, or arts and crafts, your installation library may offer classes and supplies to get you started.

Program highlights

• Installation library resources – Installation library resources include print media such as books, magazines and newspapers and digital media such as eBooks, DVDs and audiobooks. Installation libraries offer book clubs, classes and events, the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Summer Reading Club and more. Many provide access to computers, internet and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines.
• Morale, Welfare and Recreation Digital Library resources – These resources include College Level Examination Program practice exams, an electronic reference library on technology and digital media, the Morningstar Investment Research Center, the Gale Student Research Center and TumbleBooks for beginning readers.
• Accessibility – All service members and their families can use installation libraries and the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Digital Library, which is especially ideal for deployed service members and members of the military community who are not near an installation. Its resources are available 24/7 anywhere in the world where there is internet access. Hours vary at brick-and-mortar installation libraries.

• Logging in to the digital library – Service members and their families will be prompted to log in or create a username and password to access the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Digital Library.

Eligibility

Unlimited use of Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs and services is authorized to active-duty service members (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard) and their families, reserves (Individual Ready Reserve, National Guard, reservists in training) and their families, cadets of service academies and U.S. Merchant Marine and their families, active-duty commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, retirees from active duty and reserves and their families, honorably-discharged veterans with 100 percent disability and involuntarily-separated service members under the Transition Assistance Management Program and their families, Medal of Honor recipients and their families, Department of Defense and Coast Guard civilians stationed outside the United States and their families, unremarried surviving spouses and orphans of personnel who died on active duty or in retired status, and unremarried former spouses who were married to the service member for 20 years during active duty.

The JFC Brunssum Library offers more than books! Customers can borrow books,

CDs, DVDs, video games, board games, magazines and language courses.

Next to English, the Library also has German , Dutch, French and Spanish sections. The library offers a an enormous digital collection online.

E.g.  Mango Language Courses, hundreds of magazines, Universal Classes, Music concerts and much more.

The JFC Brunssum Library is a lively hub with free WIFI, Internet PCs and a coffee corner (free tea and coffee). Also available  a multi-purpose room for meetings, gaming, clubs, proctor and more.

During the months of June to August, the library offers a Summer Reading Program for kids when they can win prizes for the number of minutes read.

JFC Brunssum Library Hours of Operation:

DSN: 314 597-4293

COMMERCIAL NUMBER: 045-534 0293.