University of Minnesota Libraries
Wilson Library, largest in the system
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| Country | United States |
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| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1851 |
| Branches | 14 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 7,111,311 volumes[1] 109,681 serial subscriptions[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | 55,931 faculty, staff and students and the state of Minnesota |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $41,225,580 annually[2] |
| Director | Wendy Pradt Lougee |
| Staff | 391[2] |
| Website | http://www.lib.umn.edu/ |
The University of Minnesota Libraries is the library system of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, operating at 13 facilities in and around Minneapolis–Saint Paul. It has over 7 million volumes and 109,000 serial titles that are collected, maintained and made accessible.[1] The system is the 17th largest academic library in North America[2] and the 22nd largest library in the United States.[3] While the system's primary mission is to serve faculty, staff and students, because the University is a land-grant institution its libraries are also open to the public.
The Libraries hold a variety of notable specialized and unusual collections. Examples include the world's largest assembly of materials on Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;[4][5] the Kerlan Collection of over 100,000 children's books;[6] the Hess Collection, one of North America's largest collections of dime novels, story papers and pulp fiction;[7][8] the James Ford Bell Library of rare maps, books and manuscripts,[9] and the seventh largest law library in the United States, including over 1 million volumes and personal papers such as those of Clarence Darrow.[10]
The system is a Federal Depository Library, a Minnesota State Depository Library and United Nations Depository Library. Among research institutions it maintains the second largest collection of government documents in North America.[11]
Library buildings and collections
- Elmer L. Andersen Library
- Charles Babbage Institute
- Children's Literature Research Collection
- Givens Collection of African American Literature
- Immigration History Research Center Archives
- Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
- Kautz Family YMCA Archives
- Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA)
- Northwest Architectural Archives
- Social Welfare History Archives
- Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (SCRM)
- University of Minnesota Archives
- Law Library, Law School
- Music Library, School of Music
- Wilson Library
- Ames Library of South Asia
- Business Reference Library
- East Asian Library
- Government Publications Library
- James Ford Bell Library
- John R. Borchert Map Library
- Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, Rapson Hall
- Bio-Medical Library, Diehl Hall
- Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine
- Eric Sevareid Journalism Library, Murphy Hall
- Mathematics Library, Vincent Hall
- Walter Library
- Digital Technology Center
- Science and Engineering Library
- Magrath Library
- Kirschner Collection
- Natural Resources Library, Hodson Hall
- Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife
- Forestry Library
- Plant Pathology Library, Borlaug Hall
- Veterinary Medical Library, Veterinary Sciences Center
- Off-Campus Locations
- Andersen Horticultural Library at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Services
The library system makes various services available to faculty, staff and students such as:
- Alumni and Visitor Services
- Copyright Consultation
- Instructor and Researcher Support
- Peer Research Consultants
- Scanning & Digitization Services
The system also offers services to citizens in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota through MINITEX, a publicly funded program that supports academic, state government, public, school and specialized libraries in the region.
See also
References
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