Upgrade Your Online Meeting with These Virtual Harvard Library Backgrounds

By Clare O'Keeffe April 21, 2020

Photo of desks, chairs, and books in the Woodberry Poetry Room

Miss being in the library? Us too. We’re all studying, researching, and learning remotely these days to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. But don’t worry: we have you covered. You can take your next meeting or class from our spaces using digital backgrounds. Download our Harvard Library Virtual Backgrounds for your next Zoom session.

How to use these backgrounds:

Download an image, saving it to your desktop
Open up Zoom
Go to Settings > Virtual Backgrounds
Click the plus sign (+) to add your new library background!

A photograph of an orange leather chair. — A cozy favorite in Andover-Harvard Theological Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a room with bookshelves and leather chairs — A reading nook at Baker Library on the HBS campus. | Download Image

Photograph of a garden — A terraced garden at the Biblioteca Berenson, part of the Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy. | Download Image

photograph of room with tables, books and lamps — There’s natural light galore in the Farlow Reading Room at the Botany Libraries. | Download Image

Photograph of colorful coaches — Find some modern comfort in Cabot Library’s lower level. | Download Image

Photograph of a white room with lights, chairs, and TV — Lights, Camera, Action in one of Cabot Science Library’s media studios. | Download Image

Photograph of a room with books and desks — Kick it old school at the Chemistry Library Reading Room. | Download Image

Photograph of a room filled with couches, chairs, desks, and books — Watch out for the wildlife at the Ernst Mayr Library for comparative zoology. | Download Image

Photograph of a small room with chairs and a table — A moment of serenity at the Fine Arts Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a ceiling with an opening in it — Let there be light at the Fung Library Reading Room. | Download Image

Photograph of the back of a chair facing a fire place — This study spot at HGSE’s Gutman Library even has a fireplace. | Download Image

Photograph of a bookshelf with books — The latest releases at Harvard Kennedy School Library and Knowledge Services. | Download Image

Photograph of the exterior of a stone building — Step on down to the Harvard University Archives and Map Collection in Pusey Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a statue outside of a brick building — Lions keep watch at Harvard-Yenching Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a bookshelf in a room with a fireplace, paintings and tables — The always elegant Edison and Newman Room at Houghton Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a room with couches, desks, and a bookshelf — A rare quiet moment in Lamont Cafe. | Download Image

A photograph of a pac man style sign that reads "MEDIA LAB" — Get creative in Lamont Library’s Media Lab. | Download Image

Photograph of a room with 2 bookshelfs filed with books and a table — Stained glass and style at Loeb Music Library’s Spalding Reading Room. | Download Image

Photograph of the exterior of a brick building — A summer’s day at Tozzer, home a world-renowned anthropology collection. | Download Image

Photograph of 2 columns and tables with chairs — The long view of Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room. | Download Image

Photograph of outside of building with trees and grass — Sit on the virtual steps at Widener Library. | Download Image

Photograph of books sitting on a bookshelf — Up your shelfie game with this selection from Widener Library. | Download Image

Photograph of a room with couches, desks and chairs — Wolbach Library is out of this world (no, really: it holds our astrophysics collections) Download Image

Photograph of a room with triangular tables with couches — No need to phone-a-poem if you take your next meeting from the Woodberry Poetry Room. | Download Image