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Library and Technology
Phone: 413-538-2225
Web: Library, Information, &Technology Services
LITS Facilities and Services
Mount Holyoke is one of the first undergraduate institutions to have merged its library and computing services. The result is Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS), which combines the College's vast library, computing, foreign language, media resources, and Archives and Special Collections. Read more about LITS facilities and services below.
Information Commons
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Computing
Library
Workshops
Media Resources
Video Resource Center
Archives & Special Collections
Foreign Language Center
Coffee in the Library?
Information Commons
Computers, Collaborative Space, and Plasma Monitors
Reacting to an ever-increasing demand for access to online resources and state-of-the-art hardware and software programs, as well as all technical support services, LITS created an Information Commons. The Information Commons, located on the fourth floor of Miles-Smith, has more than 50 high-end computers including two collaborative work areas with oversized plasma monitors.
Mount Holyoke's Information Commons was featured in Library Journal, April 15, 2004: Campus Library 2.0 The Information Commons (PDF).
Ask LITS for Help
Ask LITS is online help to assist with your library or technology questions.
Computing
To assist you with planning your computer needs at Mount Holyoke College, please read our:
If you have further questions or concerns about your technology needs, please call 413-538-2600.
Library
Visit LITS online for information about:
The Five College Library consortium connects students to library resources of not just one but four prominent colleges and a flagship research university. The Five College Library Catalog lists the books, journals, and media owned by each library. A free bus runs frequently between the campuses, which are within 12 miles of one another.
Check the libraries' websites for information on services, facilities, and hours:
Technology Workshops and Training
Our Community Technical Support (CTS) team provides technology training in the following areas:
- Building Web Sites (planning, Dreamweaver, etc.)
- Email
- Excel
- Graphics and Images (Photoshop, etc.)
- Network Space
- Powerpoint
Student Web Technology Consultants (Swebtechs) and other student tech staff provide workshops, small group consulting services, and one-on-one lab assistance.
Media Resources
Media Resources provides the following circulating equipment for academic purposes:
- CD player
- Digital Video and Still Cameras
- DVD player
- Laptop computer
- Microphones
- Overhead projector
- Portable screen
- Public address system
- Slide projector
- Tape recorder
- Tripod
- VCR
- Video camera
- Video/data projector
To reserve equipment fill out an online Equipment Request Form.
Video Resource Center
The Video Resource Center (VRC) is located in Dwight 109B and facilitates video editing technology in digital formats, as well as providing basic audio editing/mixing equipment.
Drop-in hours are available during the semester for instruction on equipment/software usage or help troubleshooting a project problem.
Available software:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- iDVD
- Flash
- Quick Time Pro
- SoundTrack
Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections is a research collection of archival records, manuscripts, and rare books. The official records of
Mount Holyoke College document its administration, curriculum, and programs. The manuscripts include personal papers of Mount Holyoke College trustees, presidents, faculty, staff, and alumnae. The collection also contains papers and records of some
authors, artists, families and institutions not related to Mount Holyoke College. The rare book collection dates from 1470 with strengths in the areas of American History, Dante's Divina commedia, children's literature, Renaissance science, atlases and fine
press books.
Digital Collections: Some materials from the collection that have been digitized are available online, please visit Mount Holyoke Digital Collections Online.
To contact an archivist, send an email to Archivist or visit our reading room during open hours: Mondays 1-5, Tuesday – Friday 9-5, Saturdays 1-5 by appointment.
Ciruti Center for Foreign Languages
The Language Resource Center (LRC) is located on the lower level of the Ciruti Center for Foreign Languages. The LRC supports instruction in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, as well as other languages that are part of the MHC curriculum. The LRC is equipped with a lounge area that has a TV, VCR, and satellite broadcast; media rooms for group and individual study; project rooms, soundproof recording room, and computer labs. The computer labs are equipped with an array of instructional technologies such as:
- Foreign language fonts and proofing tools
- Foreign language software, CD-ROMS, and DVDs
- Instructional audio and video collection
- Multiregional video viewing machines and DVD players
- Online foreign language audio
- SCOLA - 24/7 live programming from over 50 countries
Coffee in the Library?
Yes, we have a wonderful coffee shop in the library court, Rao's Coffee, which sells a variety of drinks and treats.
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