About The Library...

The Library Media Services Department at Greater Lowell Tech contains one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in a technical secondary school in the country. It provides students with a wide variety of resources that are integrated into the curriculum and learning activities to help them become lifelong learners and discriminating users of information.

There are two library/media centers at Greater Lowell Tech. The main one, the IMC (Instructional Media Center) is located on the third floor in the center of the building. The smaller satellite media center (SMC) is located in the Construction/Automotive technical cluster on the first floor. The media centers resources are available to all students and staff.

The IMC contains material for the school's academic areas of study, as well as general reference material and current periodicals. It holds material for all areas including Business/Graphics, Personal Services/Health and children’s material. Additionally this area houses the Television Studio, Media Retrieval Center (which sends video programs out school wide), the Computer Resource Center, and the Media Preparation Room (photography, laminating, transparencies, cataloging of materials, etc.).

This SMC holds print material for the following: Carpentry, Electrical, H.V.A.C., Masonry, Painting & Decorating, Plumbing, Auto Collision Technology, Automotive Technology, Machine Technology, Metal Fabrication and Small Engines. Additionally this area has computers available to all students and staff.

The library is a member of the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS) which provides free of charge, several full text electronic databases. 

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them."
— Ray Bradbury