Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library of Ringling School of Art and Design provides the School community and all those seeking visual arts resources a dynamic bridge to the expanding world of information. The Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library's primary mission is to meet the information needs of undergraduate students, faculty, and staff of Ringling School of Art and Design and thus support the professional visual arts educational goals of the School. Focusing on the curriculum, and providing support for other campus programs and the community, the library operates from a strong service orientation focused on effective and efficient access to varied resources. The library affirms the principles asserted in the Library Bill of Rights and promotes intellectual freedom and tolerance. Library collections support excellence in teaching and learning and foster the aesthetic, intellectual, professional, personal and social development of students.
Collection development focuses on immediate and future informational needs.
Providing a diverse body of materials that meets primary needs, library collections also serve as a link to the broader information spectrum. Library services are developed around users with emphasis on life long learning skills. To develop and promote services that assist in an understanding of information access and use, and foster an interest in life long learning. To improve and maintain collections in varied and appropriate formats that not only support the curriculum, but also address a broader perspective of the visual and liberal arts. To provide an accessible, well-equipped physical environment which is healthy, spacious, and conducive to study and work.