Mills College Slide Library

The Slide Library is located in the Aron Art Center, next to the Art Department Offices. We are open for student use by appointment only, Monday through Friday, from 8:45 am–3:00 pm. Please phone 510.430.3291 or email hannaht@mills.edu at least a day in advance to make your appointment. Appointments are scheduled for one-hour time blocks. If you believe you will need a longer, or open-ended appointment, please talk to us when scheduling.

The slide collections consists of over 130,000 slides which are arranged by culture and media. There are two reference books to help you find the slides you need. One is the 20th Century Notebook and the other is the Index of Women. Both are alphabetical listings which give the location of slides related to any artist. Ask the staff for further assistance.

How to check out slides:

• Slides may be checked out for one week. You may renew them by telephone or email.
  
• Students may not have more than 80 slides out at any time. Please do not take all the slides on any particular artist.
  
• Fill out a pink check-out sheet (they are near the door). Fill out the top portion fully, then list each slide, giving the artist's name and title of the work. Be sure to allow enough time for this process. Give the completed sheet to a library staffer.
  
• Carousels are available for check-out also.
  

When returning slides:

• Give them to a library staff, and identify yourself.
  
• Return your own slides, never anyone else's. Do not allow anyone to use slides you have checked out. Do not allow anyone to return your slides for you, especially your professor or TA.
  

Important things to know:

• You will be fined $10.00 for each lost or broken slide, and $20.00 for each carousel lost, damaged, or returned incomplete.
  
• There will be a late charge for overdue materials. Repeated late returns will result in loss of borrowing privileges.
  
• The slides in this collection are protected by copyright. They are not to be duplicated, or used off-campus without the expressed permission of the Visual Resource Curator.