Katharine Brush Library
Welcome
The Katharine Brush Library’s mission is to provide comprehensive, patron-centered services, facilities and collections in a comfortable, inclusive environment. By supporting the community’s research needs and teaching a comprehensive, patron-centered information literacy curriculum, library faculty and staff advance the School’s mission to prepare students for higher education and lifelong learning. Through its emphasis on cultivating critical thinking skills and a life of intellectual inquiry, the Library upholds The Loomis Chaffee School’s charge to inspire in students “a commitment to the best self and the common good.”
Borrowing and Returning Items
The Katharine Brush Library is open for borrowing and returning books and movies. Due to the pandemic, there are currently some changes to our normal procedures.
Returning Items: To return items, please place them in the outdoor book drop located in the wall next to the main entrance of the library.
Borrowing Items: Currently, our library stacks are closed for browsing. You can digitally browse our shelves by searching our library catalog PeliCAT. Once you find items you would like, please fill out this request form. Library staff will notify you when items are ready to be picked up at the main desk on the 1st floor of the KBL.
Discovery Search
Search here for books, articles & more:
PeliCAT
Search the online library catalog PeliCAT
Borrowing and Returning Items
The Katharine Brush Library is open for borrowing and returning books and movies. Due to the pandemic, there are currently some changes to our normal procedures.
Returning Items: To return items, please place them in the outdoor book drop located in the wall next to the main entrance of the library.
Borrowing Items: Currently, our library stacks are closed for browsing. You can digitally browse our shelves by searching our library catalog PeliCAT. Once you find items you would like, please fill out this request form. Library staff will notify you when items are ready to be picked up at the main desk on the 1st floor of the KBL.
Interlibrary Loan
The Loomis community has the ability to request items via interlibrary loan from other libraries. Patrons can search other library holdings through WorldCat. Please fill out the corresponding form for your request:
Ask a Librarian
Ask a Librarian
If you need help, please contact the library by email, phone, or visit us during regular library hours.
Email
Email with questions or to set up an appointment. You will receive a response within 24 hours.
Phone
You can call us during library hours: 860-687-6286.
Walk-in
You can visit us during regular library hours.
Fall Term I
Monday–Thursday |
8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Friday |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Saturday |
Closed |
Sunday |
Closed |