Library
The primary goal of the Andrew Mellon Library program is to ensure that students acquire the necessary skills of information literacy demanded by today’s world. Each member of the library staff is committed to providing a supportive environment for learning.
Ray Bradbury: "There's no sense going to school unless your final destination is the library"
History
The Andrew Mellon Library is a handsome redbrick Georgian structure. A gift of U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon in honor of his son Paul Mellon '25, it was completed in 1926. Almost 40 years later, in 1962, Paul Mellon donated the new wing, which was dedicated in 1963 at a ceremony where the Poet Laureate Robert Frost spoke.
Thanks to the generosity of Chris Hutchins ’56, the first floor of the library was significantly renovated in 2002 to integrate electronic resources and technology with traditional library resources. The second floor was refurbished at the same time to provide group study rooms and a robust wireless network.
In 2010 ground level space was repurposed to create an annex for the school archives and a group study room which houses the John F. Kennedy ’35 collection.
Students come to the library daily to study, to do research and computing, to work together in groups, and to receive instructions in developing effective research strategies.
