F.W. Olin Library Take a Virtual Tour of Mills

Any college library is a magnet for students, and the Mills Library is no exception. But what is exceptional is the care that went into making the F.W. Olin Library as comfortable as it is functional. Completed in 1990, the library houses a collection of more than 225,000 volumes and other media, with special emphases on literature, history, women's studies, art, and music. Students can settle into in an array of comfortable study areas featuring pod seating, easy chairs, and huge two-story windows that invite in the natural light and showcase the greenery of the surrounding trees.

A special draw to students and the public alike is the Special Collections of the F.W. Olin Library. The collection of more than 23,000 rare books and manuscripts housed in the Heller Rare Book Room includes printed books from the 15th century to the present, as well as the Mills College Collection. It is also the home of the Mills Center for the Book, a forum for cultural, literary, and aesthetic heritage of the book.