Dartmouth College Library

What Dartmouth College Library does

Dartmouth College Library is the library system of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university founded in 1769 and headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire. Operating as an internal academic unit of the college and governed by the Trustees of Dartmouth College, the library system provides information access, research support, and creative production services to Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, and authorized visiting researchers. Its core technology consists of a digital library infrastructure providing access to nearly 300,000 digital items — including manuscripts, classical texts, medieval manuscripts, scientific accounts, photographs, maps, and audiovisual materials — through the integrated Dartmouth Library Search platform. The system operates across multiple physical locations including Baker-Berry Library (averaging 27,150 weekly visits), Rauner Special Collections Library, Feldberg Business & Engineering Library, Medical and Health Sciences Libraries, Jones Media Center, Evans Map Room, Sherman Art Library, and the Book Arts Workshop. Unique institutional assets include the historic 1926 16-bell Baker Library chime, the Dartmouth College Charter, the first edition of The Federalist Papers, and the Change the Subject documentary screened at over 100 institutions.

Name

Dartmouth College Library

Legal name

Trustees of Dartmouth College

Website

https://library.dartmouth.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1769

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dartmouth College Library is the academic library system of Dartmouth College, providing research support, special collections access, and creative production services to the Dartmouth community across multiple physical locations and a digital platform hosting nearly 300,000 items.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Library Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Libraries and Archives (519210), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Research Library Operations (College/University Libraries) (EDAEAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Library & Electronic Resources Operations (e-Resources, Repositories, Licensing) (EDAEAGAF), Library User Services & Information Support (Reference, Research Help, Instruction Support) (EDAEAGAL), Special Libraries (Law, Medical, Corporate, Government) Operations (EDAEAGAD), Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Resource Sharing Operations (EDAEAGAK)

Keywords

• Academic library services
• Digital collections
• Research support
• Special collections
• Scholarly publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: As a department of Dartmouth College, the library is funded through the college's operating budget. No direct revenue is generated from library services which are provided free of charge to the Dartmouth community.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dartmouth College Library is an academic library system providing access to physical and digital collections, research support, study spaces, and creative production facilities for the Dartmouth College community. The library offers a unified portfolio of services including a discovery platform (Library Search), Digital Collections with nearly 300,000 items, research databases, course reserves, interlibrary loan, data services, digital scholarship support, publishing and copyright guidance, design and production services, and records management. Services are organized across multiple specialized physical libraries including Baker-Berry, Rauner Special Collections, Feldberg Business and Engineering, and Medical and Health Sciences Libraries.

Product overview

Dartmouth College Library is a comprehensive academic library system offering a unified portfolio of services organized around information access, research support, and creative production. The core offerings include Library Search (the primary discovery platform), Digital Collections (nearly 300,000 digitized items), and specialized databases and research guides. Supporting services encompass Data Services for research data management, Digital Scholarship support, Publishing and Copyright guidance, Design and Produce creative facilities (including Book Arts, audio/video production, and media services), and Records Management. The library system operates across multiple physical locations including Baker-Berry Library (the main facility), Rauner Special Collections Library, Feldberg Business and Engineering Library, and Medical and Health Sciences Libraries. Unique institutional assets include the historic Baker Library Bell Tower (16-bell chime), the Change the Subject documentary film, and the Collections Care program for preservation. Services are designed to support the entire Dartmouth academic community from undergraduates to faculty and visiting researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Library Search
• Digital Collections
• Databases
• Research Guides
• Course Reserves
• Interlibrary Loan
• Data Services
• Digital Scholarship
• Publishing and Copyright Services
• Design and Produce
• Records Management
• Rauner Special Collections Library
• Collections Care Program
• Subject Librarian Services
• Ask Us (LibAnswers)
• Borrow and Request
• Literature Review to Poster Course

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% fall rate decrease in five months at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Appalachian Trail ConservancyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership to curate exhibition 'From Vision to Reality: The Appalachian Trail from Then to Now' in honor of the ATC's 100th anniversary. The exhibit highlights Dartmouth's maintenance of over 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Hanover to Mount Moosilauke since 1929.
• Bruner/CottminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2026Architectural and design firm leading Baker Library Reiss Hall and 1902 Room refurbishments. Returning collaborators after 2016 Baker Tower renovation, conducting 3D scanning for design concepts ahead of 2026 work.
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-designed and co-facilitated 'Literature Review to Poster' course between Medical & Health Sciences Libraries and DH's Office of Advanced Practice Providers. The 10-week program trains RNs and APPs to transform clinical observations into research posters. Resulted in 60% fall rate decrease at DHMC.
• Dartmouth Student GovernmentminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Student government partnership for library wellness initiatives including walking treadmill installation on Berry Library first floor and sunlamp installations throughout Berry Library.
• William Jewett Tucker CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration to pilot Meditation, Prayer, and Reflection Nook on Baker Stacks 5, leading to additional quiet reflection nooks across multiple library locations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• HathiTrust: HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative digital preservation repository in which Dartmouth participates. It is comparable as a shared digital infrastructure and aggregation layer for academic library content, and increasingly competes with or substitutes for individual library digital collection platforms.

Direct peers

• University of Pennsylvania Libraries: Penn Libraries is the library system of another Ivy League institution, with comparable digital scholarship, special collections, and subject-librarian services. It is a relevant peer on academic library operations and structure.
• Brown University Library: Brown University Library is a peer Ivy League academic library with similar scope of digital collections, special collections (e.g., John Hay Library), and research support services, though at slightly smaller scale.
• MIT Libraries: MIT Libraries supports a leading research university with a strong emphasis on data services, digital scholarship, and engineering/STEM subject librarianship — closely paralleling Dartmouth's Feldberg Business & Engineering Library and data services portfolio.
• Columbia University Libraries: Columbia University Libraries is a multi-library system serving a large Ivy League research university, with comparable digital collections, special collections (e.g., Rare Book & Manuscript Library), and digital scholarship services.
• Harvard Library: Harvard Library is the library system of Harvard University, the most directly comparable Ivy League academic research library. It operates across multiple specialized libraries, maintains vast digital collections, and serves a similar faculty/student research community at a private research university.
• Stanford Libraries: Stanford Libraries serves Stanford University with deep digital scholarship, data services, and special collections capabilities. It is comparable in scale and in its emphasis on digital humanities and digital publishing — capabilities Dartmouth is investing in.
• Princeton University Library: Princeton University Library provides research, digital scholarship, and special collections services to Princeton's academic community. It is comparable in mission, structure (multi-library system), and the depth of special collections and digital initiatives.
• Cornell University Library: Cornell University Library is a multi-unit research library system at an Ivy League institution with comparable digital collections, preservation programs, and subject librarian networks, making it a strong functional peer.
• Yale University Library: Yale University Library serves Yale's academic community with extensive special collections, digital initiatives, and subject librarian services. As another Ivy League institution with comparable scale, special collections, and digital scholarship programs, it is a direct functional peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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