University of Chicago Library

University of Chicago Library is the library system of the University of Chicago, located on the university's campus in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is the ninth largest academic library in North America, with over 11.9 million volumes as of 2019.[2] The library also holds 65,330 linear feet of archives and manuscripts and 245 terabytes of born-digital archives, digitized collections, and research data.[2]

University of Chicago Library
The interior of the Harper Memorial Library. Today, Harper Memorial functions as a study space and reading room; it no longer provides collection access.
LocationHyde Park, Chicago, United States
TypeAcademic library
Established1891
Branches6
Collection
Size11,560,575[1]
Access and use
Circulation440,000
Members33,000
Other information
DirectorTorsten Reimer
Websitehttps://www.lib.uchicago.edu/
References: Andrew Abbott: The University Library

The library has borrowing privileges with several other archives, museums, and libraries in the Chicago area, including the Art Institute of Chicago Library, the Chicago History Museum, Fermilab, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Newberry Library.[3]

The library was founded by president of the University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper, who set the course for Special Collections as a “working collection” in 1891. The library's collections are located in six sites: the Joseph Regenstein Library, the John Crerar Library, the D'Angelo Law Library, the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, the Eckhart Library for mathematics and computer science, and the School of Social Service Administration Library.[4]

See also

References
  1. Roebuck, Gary; Morris, Shaneka; Kyrillidou, Martha (29 September 2015). "ARL Statistics 2013-2014".
  2. "About the Library - The University of Chicago Library". www.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  3. "Libraries and Museums". College Admissions. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  4. "Campus Libraries".

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