About Tutt Library
Charles L. Tutt Library is a hub for research, learning, and intellectual community, providing welcoming and inclusive space for students to learn, grow, and thrive at Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§.
Acknowledgement of Indigenous Territory: Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§ is located within the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples. The earliest documented peoples also include the Apache, Arapaho, Comanche, and Cheyenne. An extended list of tribes with a legacy of occupation in Colorado is included here: Colorado Tribal Acknowledgement List.
Overview
Tutt Library supports Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§'s inquiry-based curriculum with:
- Robust services supporting student learning and a rich array of experts, technologies, and learning spaces (Library Partners)
- Inviting spaces where students and faculty can do scholarly work, including classrooms, group study rooms, reading rooms, senior carrels, , events spaces and meetings rooms.
- Over 425,000 physical volumes, a climate controlled Special Collections vault, and supporting teaching and research at Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§
Vision
Tutt Library's vision is to be one of the finest liberal arts college libraries in the country, responsive to the distinctive rhythms of the Block Plan and rooted in Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§'s sense of place.
Mission
Tutt Library's mission is to foster intellectual exploration and discovery. We fulfill this mission in partnership with the Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§ community in a number of ways:
Delivering research expertise, collections, services, and technologies to support Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§'s academic mission and the rhythms of the Block Plan.
Creating an inclusive environment that respects, appreciates, and enriches all individuals and groups in our diverse community.
Serving as a hub for academic excellence programs, scholarship, learning, and discovery in a range of collaborative, reflective, and creative spaces.
Teaching students to discover, create, and use information and knowledge with rigor and integrity.
Preserving and sharing Ó£ÌÒɬ¸£Àû¼§'s intellectual and creative works and building distinctive collections related to our sense of place.