Oberlin Group of Libraries


The Oberlin Group of Libraries is a consortium of American liberal arts colleges, led by a board elected from its members' libraries' directors. The group evolved from meetings of college presidents in 1985 and 1986 at Oberlin College., it has 80 members. Its activities include facilitating interlibrary loans and other collaboration.

History

The first meeting of the Oberlin Group was held at Oberlin College in November 1986. Their initial shared cause was getting more funding for their college libraries.
During the 1990s the group finalized an interlibrary loan agreement.

Membership

  1. Agnes Scott College
  2. Albion College
  3. Allegheny College
  4. Alma College
  5. Amherst College
  6. Augustana College
  7. Austin College
  8. Bard College
  9. Barnard College
  10. Bates College
  11. Beloit College
  12. Berea College
  13. Bowdoin College
  14. Bryn Mawr College
  15. Bucknell University
  16. Carleton College
  17. Claremont McKenna College
  18. Clark University
  19. Coe College
  20. Colby College
  21. Colgate University
  22. Colorado College
  23. Connecticut College
  24. Davidson College
  25. Denison University
  26. DePauw University
  27. Dickinson College
  28. Drew University
  29. Earlham College
  30. Eckerd College
  31. Franklin & Marshall College
  32. Furman University
  33. Gettysburg College
  34. Grinnell College
  35. Gustavus Adolphus College
  36. Hamilton College
  37. Harvey Mudd College
  38. Haverford College
  39. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  40. College of the Holy Cross
  41. Hope College
  42. Kalamazoo College
  43. Kenyon College
  44. Knox College
  45. Lafayette College
  46. Lake Forest College
  47. Lawrence University
  48. Macalester College
  49. Manhattan University
  50. Middlebury College
  51. Mills College
  52. Morehouse College
  53. Mount Holyoke College
  54. Oberlin College
  55. Occidental College
  56. Ohio Wesleyan University
  57. Pitzer College
  58. Pomona College
  59. Randolph-Macon College
  60. Reed College
  61. Rhodes College
  62. Rollins College
  63. Sarah Lawrence College
  64. Scripps College
  65. Sewanee: The University of the South
  66. Simmons University
  67. Skidmore College
  68. Smith College
  69. Spelman College
  70. College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
  71. St. Lawrence University
  72. St. Olaf College
  73. Swarthmore College
  74. Trinity College
  75. Trinity University
  76. Union College
  77. Vassar College
  78. Wabash College
  79. Washington and Lee University
  80. Wellesley College
  81. Wesleyan University
  82. Wheaton College
  83. Whitman College
  84. Whittier College
  85. Willamette University
  86. Williams College
  87. College of Wooster