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Library, Archives, Museum

The library, archives, and museum (LAM) support the university’s academic, research, lifelong learning, and community outreach goals. The LAM facilitates access to information resources and provides a wealth of scholarly opportunities. The LAM is a showcase for the university and its people and seeks to preserve the university’s unique cultural heritage materials, serving as the permanent repository for the university and its community’s history.

Library

The Kreitzberg Library is a full-service academic library. The Kreitzberg Library building, named for principal donors Barbara and Fred Kreitzberg (’57), offers six comfortable and attractive floors for collections, research, and study. There are spaces for individual and group study, the Todd Multipurpose Room, computer labs with access to the Norwich University network, two library instruction rooms, wireless internet throughout the building, photocopiers, scanners, and a media-viewing room.

The library collections include print books, e-books, magazines, e-journals, DVDs, streaming videos, and much more. The library is also a selective depository for federal government publications. Professional librarians and support staff offer the full range of academic library services, including reference service, interlibrary loan, and individual and group library instruction. The Kreitzberg Library’s catalog, databases, and online journals are accessible both on- and off-campus, providing easy access for students in their dormitories or across the world. The library is open seven days a week during the academic fall and spring semesters, and librarians are available in person or via email every day.

We serve all Norwich students and faculty, whether online or on-campus. Our goal is to make the research process as easy as possible.

We strive to offer as much digital and electronic content as possible; the library currently licenses over 140 research databases, digitized primary source collections, and publisher platforms, providing access to more than 93,000 full-text e-journals, 973,000 e-books, and 39,000 streaming video titles.

We support the use of open access resources and curate a selection of open access resources relevant to the University's academic endeavors. The library supports Lever Press, an open access academic publisher, to create equitable open access publishing opportunities for our faculty and student authors.

We enable distance-students to do professional and scholarly research without leaving home by:

  • Providing journal articles not available online and print books from our collection through material request services.

  • Having a dedicated team of librarians available to help seven days a week via email and throughout the week via chat and phone.

  • Collaborating with the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies to ensure equity of access to academic resources for NU students worldwide.

Archives

Norwich University Archives and Special Collections on the 5th floor of the Kreitzberg Library is the official repository for permanent University records of all formats. We collect, preserve, and provide access to over 580 unique collections documenting the history of Norwich and the accomplishments of its alumni, faculty, staff, and students. As Special Collections, we also manage a collection of over 6,000 rare and special books, primarily relating to military history.

Professional archivists are available to answer questions about archival research and Norwich University history as well as to collaborate with students and faculty interested in using our collections to enrich classes, student life, and learning. Although our primary focus is on the history of the University, our collections can also be used to support subject areas such as English, history, and political science, and to explore the history of disciplines like mathematics, engineering, and the health sciences.

Access diverse primary sources and other unique collection materials with the support of Archive’s staff in the welcoming and secure space of our reading room. Additionally, more than 15,000 letters, diaries, photographs, publications, and other individual items from our collections can be fully accessed online. All are welcome to Explore Our Collections to begin discovering the University’s born-digital and digitized heritage.

Museum

The Sullivan Museum and History Center, a 16,000-square-foot modern facility, is dedicated to telling Norwich University’s story by carefully preserving the university’s rich history and growing collection of over 20,000 objects. As a teaching museum, classes from many disciplines, including history, art, English, engineering, and interdisciplinary courses, have the opportunity for hands-on learning with collection objects and curator-guided access to the storage vault. A growing number of objects are available online for research anywhere in the world through the collections management database.

Rotating exhibits at the museum have included a series on the Civil War, anniversary exhibitions for World War I and II, Norwich explorers and innovators, a cross-disciplinary exhibit for edged weapons and firearms, art exhibits featuring works by Norwich University professors and alumni. Permanent exhibits present the founding of Norwich University, the history of Norwich alumni’s involvement in major wars, and more.

The museum offers educational programming throughout the academic year, including in-person and virtual Lunch and Learns, special evening events, and gallery talks or tours.

Explore the museum’s website for more information!