That optimism was warranted since by the June 1, 2015 deadline for confirmations the number of applicants who had accepted an offer of admission for first-year study in 2015-16 at Laurier Brantford rose by 24.1 per cent (or by 611 students) over the previous year. A significant challenge faced by any university starting a new campus location is to create a new library that is as useful as the one on their main campus. That can take many years, especially when the enrolment at the new campus is still quite low. Laurier Brantford has yet to meet that goal but it has established a partnership with the public library, which houses about 10,000 volumes in the Laurier collection and is open seven days a week (except on statutory holidays). The library also provides access to a system that contains the combined catalogues of the universities of Laurier, Guelph and Waterloo that are accessible to both students and the public. The materials are sent electronically or by deliveries made regularly to the library. The university also opened a "digital learning commons" in Grand River Hall in early 2014. The university's two librarians moved there from their previous office in the neighbouring Brantford Public Library. However, no current plan has been announced for the creation of a dedicated library, exclusively for Laurier students in Brantford.