Vermont Technical College Hartness Library Hartness Library is a learning resource that students use throughout their college careers. Located in the heart of the campus and open 83.5 hours per week during the academic year, the library houses an extensive collection of print, recorded, and electronic resources and offers professional staff assistance with library research and information literacy skills. Whether from the library or from residence halls, classrooms, labs, and remote sites, VTC students can use the website to check the availability of research material in the Vermont State Colleges libraries, make interlibrary loan requests, or renew books. The site also offers indexing for more than 1,500 journals and newspapers and, through InfoTrac's Expanded Academic Index, provides the full text of more than 700 periodicals.
Students can submit information requests directly to the reference desk via e-mail.
The library's team of staff professionals is dedicated to helping VTC students succeed in college. Students rely on their expert help with research requests and for access to materials through interlibrary loan and document delivery services. Hartness Library was named in memory of James Hartness, prominent inventor, engineer, and former governor of Vermont.