Mason Library Mission: Keene State College's Mason Library meets diverse academic needs and supports the College's mission of academic excellence by providing information literacy instruction and resources to facilitate learning. Vision Mason Library's vision is to achieve excellence in the following: Mason Library partners with the campus community to prepare citizens ready to engage in the world. The Library is a knowledge center where students learn information literacy skills that empower them to navigate a rapidly changing environment. The Library offers a welcoming space at the heart of the intellectual endeavor integrating materials, technology, place, and teaching in the tradition of a public liberal arts institution. Core Values Mason Library is committed to: Access to information Effective instruction Students learning to find, evaluate, and use information in a meaningful and ethical way Collaborating with individual faculty, departments, and schools to provide curricular support Developing collections that support the curriculum Appropriate technologies to meet diverse learning needs Contributing to campus life Preservation of college history and culturally significant collections Creating a variety of welcoming spaces to facilitate discovery and learning Partnerships with the greater Keene community Adopted 12/03/2010

Wallace E. Mason Library provides prompt information services and active instruction in research methods and the use of library resources.

Our holdings number about 326,000 items and annual publications; subscriptions to more than 900 print periodicals and newspapers and an extensive selection of videos, DVDs, audio books, and music CDs. The Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, Curriculum Materials Library (CML), Orang Asli Archives, and other collections are located in the library.

Online database providers such as EBSCOhost, JSTOR, ProjectMuse, and Web of Knowledge offer full-text access or indexing to an additional 21,000 resources, which include journals, magazines, and newspapers. Off-campus access to these services is provided to patrons with a library-validated KSC student or faculty ID. The library provides electronic access, including interlibrary loan services, to the holdings of more than 41,000 libraries worldwide through an international library network.

The physical holdings of Mason Library and the Keene Public Library are listed in an online catalog called Keene-Link. Simply type in the title, keyword, subject, or author to find out if we have what you need. If we do not have it, and we do not provide access to it through our databases, you may borrow it through interlibrary loan.

The library building is wired and wireless, providing access to the College network throughout the building, with 36 wireless laptop computers for use in the library by students. For the Circulation desk, call 603-358-2711; for Reference, call 603-358-2710, e-mail reference@keene.edu, or IM a librarian from the library's home page.