Location | Hours | Access | Reserves | Facilities | Reference and Research | Student Employment

Staff
Brooke Henderson, Art Librarian, selects materials for the Art Library, provides research assistance and instruction, and oversees the Art Library in general, ext. 3258
Jeanne Hablanian, Art Library Associate, oversees circulation, course reserves, and student staff, ext. 2944

The art and architecture library collections which provide broad-based coverage of the history, theory, criticism, and practice of the visual arts, are housed in the Art Library, a branch library in the Jewett Arts Center. The collections include over 63,000 volumes which support teaching and research in almost all fields of art. While printed sources--books, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals--continue to form its most important collections, the Art Library has significant holdings of other materials as well. Electronic versions of most of the major indexing and abstracting services for current visual arts literature are available through the Wellesley College Library website.

The Art Library primarily serves the students and faculty of the Art History, Architecture,  and Studio Art Departments, though anyone in the Wellsley community is welcome to use the collection. The Art Library is open to the public, but material only circulates to patrons who hold a current Wellesley College library card.  For more information on our access policies, please visit:   Use of Wellesley College Library and Library Materials

The Art Library is located on the second floor of the Jewett Arts Center (1958), designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph and his associates Anderson Beckwith & Haible.

Location

Directions to the Wellesley College campus. The Art Library is located on the second floor (ground floor) of the Jewett Arts Center, which is part of the Academic Quad.

Hours

Operating hours.  Reference hours.

Access

Please see the Wellesley College Library's Circulation and Access Policies for details on who may use the facilities.

Borrowing privileges are granted to members of the Wellesley College Community and to individuals affiliated with designated institutions which are formally linked to the College. Please review the policies carefully as the Art Library has restrictions not shared by the other Wellesley College libraries.

Reserves

For Students

Reserve Lists are lists of items (books, articles, or videos, etc.) that an instructor has placed "on reserve" for their course. All materials on reserve for courses in the Art Library are kept behind the Circulation desk (Desk Reserves) or are located on shelves in the Reading Room (Shelf Reserves). Reserve material checks out only for short periods of time (usually 3 hours) and may not leave the Art Library so that everyone in the class has a chance to use them. There is a check out limit of one Desk Reserve item per person at any one time.

For Faculty/Staff:

The Wellesley College Art Library offers instructors the opportunity to place course-related materials in a special library collection called Reserves. Items can be placed on Desk Reserves (located behind the Circulation Desk) or on Shelf Reserves (located in the Art Library Reading Room). Access to these materials is maximized by keeping loan periods short and restricting the number of items that can be checked out at any one time. Please contact Jeanne Hablanian at ext. 2944 or via email if you have further questions about Art Library Reserves.

Please use the "Suggest a purchase" web form to order new materials for Course Reserves or contact the Art Librarian, Brooke Henderson, at ext. 3258 or via email. Purchasing requests should be made early in the process to allow for shipping and cataloging.

Facilities

The following facilities are available at the Art Library.

• VHS, DVD, and laser disk players and accompanying headphones
• Reservable carrels for students -- contact Jeanne Hablanian
• Self-service photocopiers (black and white, color)

Reference and Research

For help with your research, to schedule a library research session for your class, or to discuss acquiring particular resources, contact Brooke Henderson, Art Librarian, via email or call ext. 3258).

For preliminary online research assistance, connect to the Art Resources or Architecture Resources webpages.

Student Employment

Students interested in working at the Art Library should contact Jeanne Hablanian at ext. 2944 or email