Fall Visit Day!
You're invited to meet with faculty on campus during our Fall Visit Day for prospective students and their families.
September 30 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Each year, more than 100 classes visit the Henry Luce III Library for curriculum-driven research instruction. In collaboration with classroom teachers, Brooks School's librarians teach students how to find, evaluate and cite a variety of electronic and traditional print sources.
The 15,000 square-foot, three-story library features:
In a world of proliferating information, the Luce librarians are committed to cultivating patient, curious and discerning student researchers. Our students appreciate it -- and take advantage of all the opportunities that our library offers. Take it from them:
Today, I used the library to...
... do research on my paper."
Brooks' librarians personally design research guides for Brooks classes featuring specific books, databases and other resources tailored to the needs of each course.
... relax and get inspired."
The library's materials support recreational reading, too. We have an expansive Young Adult collection and a wide-ranging digital reading collection available to everyone on campus.
... work with a study group."
Students rely on the library as a work-friendly space for gathering with their classmates. Printers and computers make it a great place to prepare class presentations, as well.
Originating as a single room in the Old Whitney House in 1927, the school library has always been an integral part of the Brooks community. Relocated to a wood paneled room in Gardner House in 1930, the school library maintained its status as a center for intellectual pursuits. Expanding to fill three additional rooms in 1949, the Brooks library was formally dedicated to the memory of De Forest Van Slyck, Jr., a Brooks graduate who was lost in action during World War II.
In 1965, the library moved from its Gardner House location into a new building, the Goelet Library, designed to accommodate a collection of 15,000 books and to serve 200 students. As the collection enlarged and information technology became critical to scholarship, the Henry Luce III Library was constructed to function as the major resource for the Brooks School community's learning and teaching needs. Named after Henry Luce III '42, the distinctive tri-level structure was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Amsler Woodhouse MacLean and dedicated in May 1995.
The library is open, and staffed, more than 82 hours per week.
Sunday Noon to 10 p.m.
Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Online Catalog
You're invited to meet with faculty on campus during our Fall Visit Day for prospective students and their families.
September 30 from 1 to 3 p.m.