University of Chicago Library

Wednesday, September 8, 2010


University of Chicago Library
Country United States
Type Academic library
Established 1891
Location Hyde Park, Chicago
Branches 6
Collection
Size 7.5 million
Access and use
Circulation 440,000
Members 33,000
Other information
Director Judith Nadler
Website http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.html
References: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/about/abbott-report.html#VII

University of Chicago Library is the library of the University of Chicago, located on the university's campus in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is one of the largest university libraries in the United States.

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 Mansueto Library, the Eckhart Library, and the School of Social Service Administration Library.


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