Mission

Herrick Memorial Library provides comprehensive yet straightforward access to outstanding scholarly resources for Alfred University’s programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education, and business.  Student learning, whether collaborative or individual, is supported through well-designed facilities and new technologies.  Emphasizing responsiveness, collaboration, flexibility, and innovation, the Library promotes the spirit of free inquiry that is at the heart of the intellectual experience, teaching research and critical skills of lifelong value to the University’s graduates.