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Dartmouth College Collections Program

The goal of the Dartmouth College Library Collections Program is to provide materials in all formats to directly support the research and teaching mission of Dartmouth College, as well as the life-long learning needs of the Dartmouth community. The Collections Program departments and staff provide selection, purchase or lease, management, metadata, and preservation services to support this goal. The Collections Program staff is also involved with partnerships and consortia among libraries, publishers, and vendors to provide greater access to resources than would otherwise be possible. Dartmouth College Library also develops digital collections through the Dartmouth Digital Collections initiatives.

The subject specialist librarians select materials in consultation with the faculty and administrators in the departments, institutes and centers at Dartmouth College. Collection Development Policies give an overview of the programs and collections. The collections include materials such as print and digital books, journals, article databases, maps, videos, web resources, numerical datasets, musical scores and recordings, and visual image databases, as well as objects, manuscripts and archives. Dartmouth College students, faculty and staff have access to more than 72,000 digital resources such as journals, indexes, and databases, 2.4 million books, over 368,000 ebooks, 24,000 films and videos, 192,000 maps, 38,000 sound recordings. 450,000 photographs and 25,699 linear feet of manuscripts and archives.

Collections Program Highlights and Policies

For more information, contact:

Elizbeth E. Kirk, Associate Librarian for Information Resources
Barbara DeFelice, Director, Digital Resources and Scholarly Communications Programs