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The Durland Alternatives Library is dedicated
to providing free and open access to materials expressing viewpoints
and information not readily available through the mainstream
publications and mass-media sources. |
| The Alternatives Library began as a resource collection
founded by Rev. Paul Gibbons for his CRESP project on alternative
communities and lifestyles. It became the Durland Alternatives
Library in 1974 when it was dedicated as a living memorial to
Anne Carry Durland by her parents Margaret and Lewis H. Durland
to further the concerns of community and ecology which were
important to her. Since that time, the library collection has
been providing contemporary issue-oriented resources often unavailable
in research and public libraries. |
| The Alternatives Library is free and open to all.
Books, periodicals, and audio and video tapes are available
for circulation to both the academic and greater Ithaca community.
Materials may also be requested through the interlibrary loan
services of the Finger Lakes Library System. Special reserve
services are provided for on and off campus groups committed
to contemporary issues. Rotating collections on a variety of
topics are available to area schools. Upon request, materials
are available for loan to incarcerated individuals. |
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Since 1974 this collection has been providing resources on contemporary
issues and ideas as well as philosophical and spiritual studies
usually unavailable in research and public |
| libraries. Although eclectic in nature our more
than 7000 books, 900 audio tapes, 300 current periodicals and
350 video tapes share a combined emphasis on individual, social,
and ecological awareness and transformation. |
The Alternatives Library networks with campus and community
agencies involved in many forms of local, regional, and global
activism. Bringing together people and resources is the library's
mission. |
127 Anabel Taylor Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-6486
alt-lib@cornell.edu
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