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Lucy Scribner Library

Know Your Library

"Shhhhhh..."

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Too much noise for you, even in the library? Go up to the 3rd floor; it's the quiet zone! There's plenty of space to stretch out and work on that paper you've been putting off, or book one of the two large study rooms for some quiet study time with a friend!

For something "Special"...

A group of students sitting around a large, wooden table. The instructor is explaining to them with a cart of archival items behind her.

Stop by the Ponhdorff Room on the third floor for a look at Special Collections. The Department of Special Collections houses the college’s archives and its rare book collection. The collecting mission of the archives is limited to materials directly related to Skidmore College.

Digital Collections and Where to Find Them

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You can also find some of these Special Collections have been digitized and are available in our Digital Collections.  Responsible for Digital Collections and Creative Matter, a repository for the Skidmore Community's scholarly research, the Head of Digital Projects and Collections is located on the third floor next to Special Collections.

Be a Kid at Heart!

A wide shot of the wall built-in shelving of the Children's Room with various displays and a line of stuffed animals on the top. The walls have colorful hot air balloons and clouds on them.Another section of the children's room with a comfy chair and ottoman, a rug with a child-friendly design of books and stars. Built-in bookshelves with picture books are on either side of the chair.

Our children's collection features picture books, early chapter readers, biographies, other non-fiction books, and novels for up to Middle School readers.  While kept for Education Studies students and employee children, anyone is welcome to use and borrow books from this collection or just cuddle with one of our stuffies.