Students work in the newly consolidated book arts studios.
The facilities include several letterpresses for relief printing, an etching press, a broad selection of handset types, a darkroom, and a computer lab. The Florence Walter Bindery houses an impressive selection of equipment and tools, many handmade in Paris. The program also makes extensive use of the excellent collection housed in the Elinor Raas Heller Rare Book Room of the Olin Library, which is home to Mills's Center for the Book. In addition to studio classes, Mills Book Arts students can track contemporary trends through the many visiting professionals and scholars who come to campus. There are frequent lectures at Mills and nearby locations, as well as ample opportunities for field trips, internships, and the viewing of exhibitions in the Bay Area, long a rich location for the practice of Book Arts.