Explore a vast collection, including troves of physical and digital material! We collect and maintain millions of items to support your teaching, research, and learning at Dartmouth and beyond.
Explore Our Collections
General Collections
For the discovery and creation of new knowledge, explore our General Collections! At Dartmouth Libraries, we steward physical and electronic information resources to support Dartmouth's current teaching and research profiles.
General Collections
For the discovery and creation of new knowledge, explore our General Collections! At Dartmouth Libraries, we steward physical and electronic information resources to support Dartmouth's current teaching and research profiles.
Digital Collections
Dartmouth Libraries digital collections offer a rich array of accessible resources, encompassing unique historical documents, multimedia archives, and scholarly works that support research and learning across diverse disciplines.
Digital Collections
Dartmouth Libraries digital collections offer a rich array of accessible resources, encompassing unique historical documents, multimedia archives, and scholarly works that support research and learning across diverse disciplines.
Media Collections
Dartmouth Libraries offers media collections aimed at enriching the curriculum and supporting research across various disciplines. Explore films, audio recordings, and digital resources.
Media Equipment
From expert photography and filmography gear to microphones and headsets, find the high-tech solution to your media recording, editing, and production needs in the Jones Media Center.
Media Equipment
From expert photography and filmography gear to microphones and headsets, find the high-tech solution to your media recording, editing, and production needs in the Jones Media Center.
Collections Care
At Dartmouth Libraries, we prioritize collections care and preservation through meticulous environmental controls, careful handling practices, and ongoing staff training to ensure the longevity and accessibility of our diverse archival and library materials.
Collections Care
At Dartmouth Libraries, we prioritize collections care and preservation through meticulous environmental controls, careful handling practices, and ongoing staff training to ensure the longevity and accessibility of our diverse archival and library materials.
Libraries Collections & Services Facility
The LCSF, the newest addition to Dartmouth Libraries, provides archival standard conditions and environmental controls to house our collections and Dartmouth's records for generations to come.
Libraries Collections & Services Facility
The LCSF, the newest addition to Dartmouth Libraries, provides archival standard conditions and environmental controls to house our collections and Dartmouth's records for generations to come.
Rauner Special Collections Library
Stewarded by an expert team of specialists, Rauner Library houses over 100,000 rare books, millions of manuscripts, and the extensive Dartmouth College Archives.
Rauner Special Collections Library
Stewarded by an expert team of specialists, Rauner Library houses over 100,000 rare books, millions of manuscripts, and the extensive Dartmouth College Archives.
Guided by our strategic goal to ‘enhance discovery and access to world-class collections and content,’ we aim to optimize the growth, discoverability, and long-term sustainability of the Libraries’ scholarly materials, whether physical, digital, or in unique formats.
Collection Development
We build and cultivate scholarly collections that underpin Dartmouth’s academic mission. Our priority is to provide current and future members of the Dartmouth community with access to a wealth of information resources in various formats. As Dartmouth’s research, educational, professional, and clinical programs evolve, we align our collections to support and anticipate emerging needs while navigating the ever-shifting scholarly publishing landscape.
Our collection development experts apply user-focused and thoughtful decision-making when purchasing and licensing information resources and incorporating access to collections through our network partnerships. Not only do these network partnerships expand access for the Dartmouth community, they also broaden access for the greater scholarly community by sharing scholarly materials and increasing open scholarship initiatives.
Collection Management
Careful management of the Libraries' collections ensures the long-term sustainability of Dartmouth’s rich intellectual history. We continue to thoughtfully steward collections, balancing the resource needs of current and future scholarship with consideration of digital and physical preservation, space needs, and environmental factors.
We leverage our library experts' deep knowledge of collection care, data analytics, digital preservation, disciplinary knowledge, and Dartmouth’s academic priorities to safeguard the long-term health and accessibility of the collections. Active, continuous management is essential to monitoring and maintaining the integrity of our locally held collections.
Collections Values
Open
The Libraries seek to support and facilitate the widest access to information at the local, national, and global levels.
Accessible
The Libraries seek to reduce and mitigate barriers to information access.
Diverse
The Libraries seek to build and curate collections reflecting the variety of human experience and human thought.
Foundational
The Libraries seek to build collections that support the asking and answering of questions at multiple researcher levels for the creation of new knowledge.
Sustainable
The Libraries seek to build collections that are financially and environmentally sustainable.