College Library
The vision of the Fisher College Library is to serve as a gateway to information resources, creating an environment in which members of the Fisher College community can learn to access and use information in a constantly changing, technologically driven world.
...Fisher College has endeavored to create a learning environment that fosters the intellectual growth of its students, promotes respect for self and others, and seeks to develop inherent capacities of each student to prepare for a full, satisfying and productive professional and cultural life.
Graduates of Fisher College are expected to be informed decision makers, prepared for immediate career entry or further higher education, and able to demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for the values of all cultures. (excerpted from the College Mission)
The Library embraces the College Mission by providing resources designed to support the curriculum, to promote intellectual curiosity and cultural appreciation, and to engage students, faculty and staff in the teaching/ learning process. In support of the College-Wide Learning Outcomes, the Library educates the College community in the use of print and electronic resources informally on a daily basis, and formally through its library instruction program, in order to engender in them the skills necessary for lifelong learning, as well as personal and professional development.
The Fisher College Library provides learning resources designed to support the curriculum and to promote independent research. The College Library holds resources in a variety of formats including: books, periodicals, electronic media, videotapes, and DVDs. Students, faculty, and staff have access to online databases on-campus as well as remotely. The College Library features Horizon, our online catalog. Since 1994, the College Library has been a member of NELINET (New England Library Network) and participates in a regional/national system of interlibrary loan. Fisher College joined the Metro-Boston Library Network (MBLN) in December 2005. This network comprised of academic and public libraries, including the Boston Public Library, provides all members of the Fisher College community access to millions of library items that can be requested and are delivered regularly. The Library is staffed by professional librarians who provide an atmosphere conducive to learning, research, and personal development.
The College Library is open during the following hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. -10 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 12 noon - 8 p.m.
Sunday :2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Hours are subject to change and may vary during the summer, College vacations, and holidays. Library hours are extended until 11 p.m. during examination periods.
All students, faculty, and staff are provided Library barcodes, and all electronic resources and circulatory materials that are available to Day Division students are also available to students enrolled in the Division of Continuing Education. Each DCE campus is equipped with computers with Internet access housed in Reference Rooms, through which students may search the holdings of the Metro Boston Library Network. Each Reference Room provides for students, faculty, and staff a place to study, to do research, and to access the Internet, the online periodical databases, and the online catalog. Requests for items may be made by students directly to the College Library or through the staff at the DCE campus. Students of Fisher College are also encouraged to explore local libraries for additional and supplemental resources. For students in the Day Division, the Boston Public Library is easily accessible. Students in DCE may use local libraries in their respective communities.
Visit the Library section of our Web site for up-to-date library information. Librarians can be contacted at library@fisher.edu.