The Cranbrook Academy of Art Library houses about 25,000 volumes, the majority within the visual arts fields. The collection is strong in contemporary art and has extensive holdings in each of the ten disciplines studied at the Academy.

The Academy library is one of seven throughout Cranbrook Educational Community linked by an integrated library system (epixtech Horizon). Holdings from the Cranbrook Schools libraries (K-12) and the Cranbrook Archives may also be viewed from the Academy library's computers or through the iPAC (Web) interface.

The library subscribes to approximately 190 periodicals, mostly within the visual arts. Indexes available in the library include Art Abstracts, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and Design and Applied Arts Index.

Approximately 41,000 art slides are contained within the slide collection on the lower level of the library. Arrangement of the collection is by medium, then period, country, and artist if known. Copy photography facilities and a 35mm camera are available for use within the library.

Audio visual equipment -- slide projectors, camcorders, overhead projectors, LCD projectors, video and digital cameras, VCRs, tape recorders, and tripods -- is also available for circulation.

Special collections include Cranbrook Academy of Art theses and masters statements; Cranbrook Press books; fine art folios from the collection of George Booth; audio cassette tapes of Academic lectures; artists' books; videocassettes; DVDs; and vertical files on Cranbrook artists.