Mission Statement –
Vision and Values –
Friends of the Library - Exhibitions
Sherre Harrington, Librarian of the College
Policies: Accessibility for the Disabled – Borrowing – Behavior - Gifts – Privacy
Libraries: Frost – Keefe Science – Morgan Music – Visual Resources Collection
Five Colleges, Inc.
The Five College consortium, one of the oldest and most successful consortia in the country, provides an extraordinarily rich set of academic and cultural resources, as it connects the Valley's 30,000 undergraduate students. The consortium includes highly successful collaboration among the Five College Libraries: Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Library Facts and Figures
The Library began with 700 volumes in 1821. The collection currently contains over 1 million volumes, 12,000+ videos and DVDs, 5000 online journal subscriptions, 2500 inprint subscriptions, maps, visual images, musical scores, and more. The Library is known for its holdings in areas as diverse as African art, postcolonial Anglophone literatures, contemporary drama, Tibetan Buddhism, “alternative” and “small press” publications, Russian and Soviet cultural studies, and postmodern legal theory. The Library has been a selective Federal Depository Library since 1884, and has a very strong collection of historic public documents.
Services: Borrowing/Renewing Books – For Faculty – For Community Residents – Lockers – Liaisons – Off-Campus Access to Databases– Printing – Study Spaces – Wireless
Library News and Events
The Library sponsors many events such as Community Tea, Exam Study Breaks, Exhibits, and more. Library News also features new resources, databases, staff openings, and more.
Maps and Directions
Planning a trip to the library? Here are directions to the campus; a cool satellite image of the library, the surrounding campus and town via WikiMapia; and local transit maps.
If you need to find you way inside the Robert Frost Library, consult the floor plans on this site. Copies are also posted on each floor, and a handy brochure is available at the Loan Desk in Access Services on Level 1 (the main floor of Frost Library).
Comments regarding this page should be directed to Susan Edwards (seedwards)