At Dartmouth Libraries, we're collaborators and partners in the teaching mission and research enterprise at Dartmouth and beyond.
The [Libraries] are the place where ideas can be incubated in collaboration and conversation with the expertise of librarians.
Faculty Member
Meet The Dean
Susanne Mehrer provides strategic leadership for Dartmouth Libraries, overseeing the ongoing development of the Libraries services, staff, collections, and facilities.
Strategic Framework
Both achievable and aspirational, our strategy is one that accelerates, engages, elevates, and amplifies scholarship and research at Dartmouth and beyond.
Library Departments
It's our people and teams that underscore our achievements, driving the work we do across our network of libraries and facilities.
Extensive Collections
We steward over 3.5 million volumes acquired since Dartmouth’s founding in 1769, along with the institution's physical records. If you can't find what you need, we'll source it for you!
Expert People
Whatever your research, curricular, or learning goals, our team is here to help you achieve them. We're committed to the expectations and rigor required of an R1 Institution, demonstrating very high research activity.
Unique and Inspiring Spaces
Our network of libraries extends from the Dartmouth campus in Hanover, New Hampshire, to Lebanon, New Hampshire, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We commit to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging in all levels of our work.
Story Highlights
Read all about our collaborative achievements and their impact at Dartmouth and beyond.
Values
Our values represent our guiding principles. They inform what we prioritize, how we make decisions, and how we treat one another. We commit to working in alignment with these values and holding ourselves accountable to them.
Community
We strengthen our vibrant community by contributing our expertise to research, learning, and scholarship, and through a commitment to being welcoming and inclusive to individuals, identities, backgrounds, and groups that have been historically marginalized.
Curiosity
We foster an environment of continuous learning, creativity, innovation, and support for the creation of knowledge and scholarship. We welcome, encourage, and honor differing perspectives.
Respect
We act with respect, appreciation, and support for the professionalism and expertise of our colleagues. We work to develop Library collections, programs, and teams that are ever more inclusive and just for our community.
Service
We are dedicated to service through our partnerships and our commitments to excellence, access, and expertise. We remain adaptable and focused on long-term sustainability of our work.
Trust
We choose to start from a place of trust and to build and maintain trust by acting with integrity, transparency, and authenticity in our collaborations, communications, and partnerships.