Levison Bason Library
Mission
The Levison Bason Library strives to be a welcoming space that serves the entire learning community, aiming to represent the very best of participatory culture while providing a space for both independent and collaborative work. Cornerstones of the library program include instilling the love of reading and lifelong learning, alongside inspiring critical, ethical thinkers and effective users of ideas and information.
Our Library Features
- 38,000 print volumes
- 17 Study Carrels
- 2 Conference rooms
- Over 65 Databases including newspapers, periodicals, and scholarly journals
- Over 20 Magazines in print
- Access to Ebooks through several Overdrive Collections
- Materials upon request
Members of the Collegiate community are welcome and encouraged to engage in their personal and academic learning pursuits in the library. In addition to providing access to research tools and reading materials, ensuring a Collegiate student can sit by the window in perceived solitude, thinking about life and turning the pages of a book will always be important to the mission of the Collegiate Library.
The library is a place for
Quiet
study, research, student-teacher meetings, reading for pleasure
Noise
collaboration, advisory, group work, club meetings, games, family visits
Exploration
discovery, inquiry, connection, creation, reader’s advisory
In the Lower School, we meet with classes on a weekly basis and students are welcome to visit the library throughout the school day. We partner with teachers and help to secure resources for their projects.
In Middle School and Upper School, we partner with faculty for research classes during class projects. Students are welcome to visit the library before, after, and throughout the school day. Middle School Students are encouraged to visit and offer recommendations for their own satellite library on the 8th floor.
Our collection is developed through professional library journals and community recommendations. We provide reader’s advisory to students and the greater Collegiate Community. The Collegiate Community is invited to check out and join us for library events such as book discussions, Library Week, and family read alouds.
What we are reading
Chilean Poet, Alejandro Zambra
A playful novel about love, families, relationships, and yes – poetry!
Cloth Lullaby, Amy Novesky & Isabelle Arsenault
A story about the life of French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. The book chronicles her lifelong fascination with spiders and they influence throughout her expansive career. The words and images weave together seamlessly to create a beautiful world.
The Way of the Kings, Brandon Sanderson
Over 1200 pages and you are left with wanting to know more and going on to read the second installment as soon as you turn the last page in the Stormlight Archive Series. Adventure, characterization, wars, and so much more. If you want to get lost in the pages, read, The Way of the Kings.
Milo Imagines the World, Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
We see the world through Milo and we get to experience him discovering that you can’t really know anyone just by looking at them.
The illustrations are both realistic and whimsical and the reader leaves the story with a renewed sense of openness for the world and the people we meet.