Columbia University Libraries
New York, United States. Founded 1754.
- Type: University
- City: New York
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1754
Overview
Columbias library dates to the founding of Kings College in 1754 and now totals more than 13 million volumes. Butler Library, the 1934 classical pile facing Low Library, anchors a system spanning rare books, law, journalism, and global studies collections across the Morningside Heights campus.
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