Get Involved
There are myriad ways that both the public and members of the Bryn Mawr community can get involved with Special Collections and the Libraries. Learn about opportunities for stewardship, engagement, employment, and collaboration below.
Gifts of Support
Contributions to Special Collections and the Bryn Mawr College Libraries come in many forms, from sponsoring internships, exhibitions, and lectures, to helping the Libraries undertake special projects as needs arise. Learn more about supporting our efforts below.
Make a Gift
You can make a one-time or recurring gift, designated to Special Collections or the Bryn Mawr College Libraries directly online by visiting the Alumnae/i Relations and Developement Make a Gift online donation form.
Friends of the Libraries
Friends of the Libraries help to provide contemporary facilities for learning and scholarship; underwrite opportunities for students, faculty, and the public to engage with Bryn Mawr’s extraordinary collections.
Donate Objects or Collections
The Bryn Mawr College Libraries welcome gifts of books that meet the scope of its collecting activities, items of interest to faculty for their teaching or research, and to students for their courses of study. Learn more about our gifts-in-kind policy.
Subscribe to our Digital Newsletter
Mirabile Dictu is the official digital newsletter of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries. Published annually, the newsletter contains exhibition spotlights, student project features, and library news and events.
Student Opportunities
Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) offers opportunities for students to gain experience and funding through student employment, internships and the Seymour Adelman Book Collector's Prize.
Students are integral to the work we do in Special Collections. We hire students to staff the reading room, catalog and rehouse objects, and digitize our collections, among many other projects. Students are typically hired at the start of the Fall semester for academic year positions, and in the spring for summer positions. Special Collections also offers summer internships, with application deadlines typically falling in March.
Collaborating on an Exhibit or Program
You've done great work, now show it off! If you would like to organize an exhibit on campus, please apply for space using the application forms below.
Special Collections and its Museum Studies program aim to facilitate opportunities to display community members' research or collections on campus in a professionalized manner. Contact speccoll@brynmawr.edu with questions about how to partner.
College Communications is available to coordinate digital displays of community members' research on campus. Contact communications@brynmawr.edu with questions.
Application Forms
We're working on making application forms available for each of our campus display areas. Please see the form links below to submit for display:
Park Science Building | Canaday Library | Carpenter Library | Collier Science Library | Old Library