Libraries
We operate two libraries on our Middlebury, Vermont campus, and one library on our Monterey, California, campus for the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
Davis Family Library
At a roomy 143,000 square feet—roughly 3 acres—the Davis Family Library on Storrs Avenue boasts 725 seats; wired and wireless networks; key service desks immediately accessible from a spacious, sunlit atrium; state-of-the-art classrooms; group study rooms; and offices for staff members supporting library and technology, as well as the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research.
Davison Library
The Wilfred Davison Memorial Library (located on the Bread Loaf Mountain Campus, in Ripton, Vermont) supports the Bread Loaf School of English and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences each summer.
Middlebury Institute Library
Located at the center of Monterey campus at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, the Middlebury Institute Library serves students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Collection Relocation
Armstrong Library
The Armstrong Science Library, named for James I. and Carol Aymar Armstrong, was located in McCardell Bicentennial Hall. January 2024 the Armstrong Library collections and services were centralized to Davis Family Library. The collection included over 40,000 print item focused on supporting curriculum and research in the fields of biology, chemistry and biochemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geography, geology, physics, and psychology.
Music Library
The Music Library was located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts (MCFA). Summer 2011 the music collection and services were centralized to Davis Family Library. The collection included almost 20,000 compact discs; over 18,000 scores; and 13,000 books about music, encompassing everything from the latest contemporary classical and avant-garde works to jazz, blues, and popular music for study or recreational listening.