Welcome to the Lisa B. Tuttle Memorial Library

The Lisa B. Tuttle Memorial Library was a gift to the school in memory of a former student who was tragically killed in a 1977 hiking accident in Austria. The library, as part of the Smith Center for Science and Communications, was designed by the Office of Michael Rosenfeld, Architects, and opened in February 1998.

Library Hours

7:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon - Thursday

7:00 am - 1:00 pm Fridays

Head Librarian
Merlyn Miller
362.1775 ext. 122

Assistant to the Librarian
Debra Ehler-Hansen
362.1775 ext. 123

Mission
The mission of the Tuttle Library is to ensure that students and staff members have access to a wide range of information tools and technology thereby becoming effective users of information.

The Collections
The Tuttle Library houses a collection of 15,000 volumes with a strength in American history. There is a small periodicals collection, both in paper and in electronic formats. The library participates in the Vermont Automated Library Service which makes it possible for users to access books from any library in Vermont for a specified time.

The collection is organized in conformance with the Dewey Decimal System. There are distinct areas for fiction, nonfiction, biographies, oversized books, videos, audiotapes, professional and reference works. Local Vermont newspapers are available on a daily basis. Articles on and by Vermont authors, on educational issues, and concerning local history can be found in the Vertical File.

Articles about Burr and Burton are also regularly clipped and kept in an annual scrapbook. The library is protected by a security system and every effort is made to ensure that the libraryˆs entire holdings are available to users with the least amount of restraint.

Information Technology
The library uses Follettˆs Unison Program, an automated system that allows users to easily access the collections.

There are networked computers available for use in the Mack Molding Research Area. Students may access their accounts from these computers as well as the Internet. This area is also available for public use during evening hours. Scanners are available as well as zip drives. The librarian also has a small inventory of school supplies, including floppy discs, zip discs, and recordable CDs.

Students are required to have an Internet User Agreement and Update signed by their parents before they may access the Internet. These permission forms are kept on file in the Librarianˆs Office.

The Hunter Seminar Room, located at the western end of the library, is designed like an amphitheater and seats 54. It offers a state-of-art communications systems allowing faculty to present classes using the school wide network, including the Internet, CD-ROMS, DVDs, videos and slides.

Library Services

Community Services
In addition to serving the needs of the school, the doors of the Tuttle Library are always open to parents and members of the community as well. The library is a resource for area elementary schools and local businesses, lending equipment as well as books.

Interlibrary Loans
Books may be requested from any library in Vermont and the librarians are very happy to help with research.

Information Skills
The librarians teach information technology skills within the framework of the curriculum. They are also happy to help visitors.

Book Repair
In addition to repairing books in-house from our collection, the library offers faculty members a book-repair service for textbooks.

Professional Affiliation
Head Librarian Merlyn Miller currently serves as a board member of the Vermont Educational Media Association and the New England Educational Media Association, and is serving a two-year term as a member of the American Association of School Librarians Appointments Committee and a two-year term as a member of the AASL Annual Conference Committee.

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