Access to the Internet is also available from the Library. Our combined collections of over 180,000 books and 600 periodicals are accessed by computer, with turn-around time of two to three days. The Seeley G. Mudd Computer Center opened in 1984, about the time of the personal computer's introduction in the United States. The School's decision to provide the newest tools to enhance the academic program was a reflection of Marlborough's commitment to excellence and its recognition of the importance of the computer age to education for young women. Today, Marlborough remains at the technological forefront of this fast-advancing era.
Students also have use of several color scanners and color printers.
At Marlborough, computers have become a part of daily classroom work as well. The English Department utilizes photo CD ROM software to display specific period images. In the Mathematics Department, students use computers to model mathematical functions and to manipulate geometric shapes. Students on the newspaper and yearbook staffs use one of the networked classrooms for computer-assisted design and layout of their publications through Adobe Pagemaker desktop publishing software. The Fine and Performing Arts Department uses software that allows photography students to work with digital imagining in its Hilary Haight Audio Visual Media Center.