Welcome from the University Librarian
Hello, and welcome to the Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines! I came to Mines in August of 2024 and have been immensely impressed by the Library, Museum, campus, and our students, staff and faculty. From Oredigger Camp to the M-Climb, my first weeks showed me that there is truly something special going on here in Golden.
At Arthur Lakes Library we are reinventing what it means to be a library in a STEM-focused institution in the 21st century, and we are integrated into every aspect of campus life. Last year alone we:
- Taught information literacy to over 3,600 students.
- Held workshops for over 500 researchers on topics such as scholarly publishing and scientific data management.
- Saw over 300 searches of our catalog and 350 searches of our databases per day.
- Provided over 40,000 course readings to students.
- Welcomed over 330,000 visits to the Library and over 50,000 to our website.
- Digitized and made freely available to the world over 1,500 theses and dissertations.
- Continued building our oral history collection, the Women of Mines.
- Added or updated many new resources to our collection, including an AI Research Assistant that summarizes papers, extracts data, and more!
As Mines continues to grow, so shall we. Building on these successes and a long history of expertise we intend to provide more spaces and learning opportunities for scholars, whether they be fresh out of high-school, mid-career professionals, or world-renowned researchers engineering the future of our society.
Teaching, learning, research and community are all made possible in part by the work we do and the information we provide. Have a look around Arthur Lakes and our website and see why.
Welcome to Mines, and please contact me if you have any questions about your Library.
Sincerely,
Jack Maness
University Librarian