# data[].attributes.headline
Your mission statement helps to define the library's purpose within your learning community while your vision statement shares the hopes and  aspirations that you have for your library, its clientele and their future together.

# data[].attributes.subject
Your mission statement helps to define the library's purpose within your learning community while your vision statement shares the hopes and  aspirations that you have for your library, its clientele and their future together.

# data[].attributes.headline
The Montgomery County Public School Library Media Programs provide innovative, learner-centered services to nurture and challenge the academic and personal information needs of students and staff

# data[].attributes.subject
The Montgomery County Public School Library Media Programs provide innovative, learner-centered services to nurture and challenge the academic and personal information needs of students and staff

# data[].attributes.body
student-centered
engaging
challenging
collaborative
community
center of innovation
problem-solving
independent thinkers
inquiry-driven

# data[].attributes.body
"Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful."

# data[].attributes.headline
“to know is not enough. ” - from Hampshire College

# data[].attributes.subject
“to know is not enough. ” - from Hampshire College

# data[].attributes.body
"Bring the Teddy Bear to Life"

# data[].attributes.headline
BV Future-Ready Libraries transform all students and staff (patrons) into Future-Ready citizens. 

# data[].attributes.subject
BV Future-Ready Libraries transform all students and staff (patrons) into Future-Ready citizens. 

# data[].attributes.body
To bring innovation and inspiration to every athlete.

# data[].attributes.headline
A community of intellectual explorers, mindful adventurers, and encouraged risk-takers.

# data[].attributes.subject
A community of intellectual explorers, mindful adventurers, and encouraged risk-takers.

# data[].attributes.body
A thriving library is an integral part of the lives of the community

# data[].attributes.body
Every student succeeds-student success

# data[].attributes.headline
We envision a physical and virtual space where all learners discover, create, inquire, and think critically to produce and communicate new knowledge both independently and collaboratively.

# data[].attributes.subject
We envision a physical and virtual space where all learners discover, create, inquire, and think critically to produce and communicate new knowledge both independently and collaboratively.

# data[].attributes.body
“We strive to offer our customers the lowest possible prices, the best available selection, and the utmost convenience.”

# data[].attributes.body
Advance discovery, innovation and learning

# data[].attributes.headline
A community of intellectual explorers, mindful adventurers, and encouraged risk-takers.

# data[].attributes.subject
A community of intellectual explorers, mindful adventurers, and encouraged risk-takers.

# data[].attributes.body
Knowledge driven global society

# data[].attributes.body
Evolving knowledge-creation and knowledge-needs

# data[].attributes.body
Encourage all ideas and perspectives

# data[].attributes.body
Strives to be a center of collaborative learning that produces creative students who have an appreciation for literature, critical thinking skills, and a respect for self and others

# data[].attributes.headline
as  a  gateway  to information  resources  and  services,  a  design  studio  to  spur  creativity  and  collaboration,  and  a  calm and orderly place to make sense of a data flooded world.”  

# data[].attributes.subject
as  a  gateway  to information  resources  and  services,  a  design  studio  to  spur  creativity  and  collaboration,  and  a  calm and orderly place to make sense of a data flooded world.”  

# data[].attributes.headline
BV libraries, where there is no end to education.

# data[].attributes.subject
BV libraries, where there is no end to education.

# data[].attributes.body
Transform
Inspire
Unique
Agility
Foster

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Educating for change: A Vision for the Hampshire Library

The Hampshire College library is a dynamic hub of people, technology, and information that serves as an incubator of ideas across all disciplines. Educating for change demands comprehension of the past and vision for the future. The library's innovative and risk-taking intellectual environment fosters new ways of creating knowledge and understanding.

We aspire to:

Serve as a welcoming social and intellectual center of the College.

Partner with students, faculty, and staff in reimagining the library.

Embrace transformations in research and collections, building on the foundational collaboration between collections, technology, and media to redefine library services.

Create connections between people, tools, and ideas.

Empower a creative and energetic staff to experiment, expand the library's reach across campus, and anticipate student needs in a rapidly changing world.

Adapt and design collections, formats, and access to promote an open learning environment.

We can help you with:

About the Library

Facts and Figures
Collections, as of June 2016:

129,804 Physical Books

368,913 E-books (includes Five College E-Books)

8,280 Bound Journals

307 Print Journal Subscriptions

53,059 E-Journal (online) Subscriptions

1,322 Databases

105,694 Streaming Media items

3,369 Div IIIs

5,178 Music CDs

3,956 DVDs and Videos

893 16mm Films

321 Games

366 Seeds

1,260 Zines

The Five College Integrated Library System

The Five College integrated library system, ALEPH, from major library systems vendor Ex Libris, provides access to Hampshire's library collections as well as those of the other Five Colleges. It allows Hampshire students, faculty, and staff to request books from the other colleges to be sent to Hampshire for pickup, as well as view and/or renew the books they have checked out from each of the libraries.
Browse the Five College Libraries Catalog

The Hampshire College library is a dynamic hub of people, technology, and information that serves as an incubator of ideas across all disciplines.

Library Hours

Research help is available to assist you with research questions, citation management, and finding resources for all your projects.

Learn More

Check out organic and non-genetically engineered seeds, free of charge at the Harold F. Johnson Library as part of the College's Seed Lending Library.

Learn More

With The Library InfoBar & Circulation Services

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
We aspire to: Serve as a welcoming social and intellectual center of the College. Partner with students, faculty, and staff in reimagining the library. Embrace transformations in research and collections, building on the foundational collaboration between collections, technology, and media to redefine library services. Create connections between people, tools, and ideas.