University of Minnesota Libraries
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The University of Minnesota Libraries is the library system of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, operating at 14 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.

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 creatorSir 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, aMinnesota 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
 

 

The Elmer L. Andersen Library. Home to the Charles Babbage Institute; Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; and the University Archives
 

 

Walter Science and Technology Library
 

 

Law Library at Walter Mondale Hall

Minneapolis West Bank Campus
• Elmer L. Andersen Library
• Charles Babbage Institute
• Children's Literature Research Collection
• Givens Collection of African American Literature
• Immigration History Research Center
• Jean-NickolausTretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
• Kautz Family YMCA Archives
• Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA)
• Social Welfare History Archive
• Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (SCRM)
• University of Minnesota Archives
• Law Library, School of Law
• 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
Minneapolis East Bank Campus
• Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, Rapson Hall
• Biomedical 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
St. Paul Campus
• 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.

References
1. ^ a b c "University of Minnesota Libraries Facts and Figures". University of Minnesota. 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
2. ^ a b c "ARL Statistics 2008–2009" (pdf). Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC. 2011. p. 74. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
3. ^ "The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing by Volumes Held". American Library Association, Chicago. 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
4. ^ Baenen, Jeff (18 December 2009). "Investigate Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota".The San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco). Retrieved 12 August 2012.
5. ^ Lemanczyk, Sarah (21 December 2011). "Sherlock's Archive". Studio 360. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
6. ^ Karen Nelson Hoyle (November 1978). "The Kerlan Collection". Children's Literature Association Quarterly 3 (1-2): 13. doi:10.1353/chq.0.0642.
7. ^ "The Hess Collection". University of Minnesota. 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
8. ^ "Stanford's Holdings and Other Major Dime Novel Collections". Stanford University. 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
9. ^ "James Ford Bell Library". University of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
10. ^ "Law School Profile". University of Minnesota. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
11. ^ ARL Statistics, p. 79

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