University Libraries

Oxfords great library, refounded by Thomas Bodley in 1602 on the ruins of Duke Humfreys medieval hall, has been a legal deposit li...

First recorded in 1416, the University Library at Cambridge holds around 10 million books and maps as a legal deposit library sinc...

The oldest library system in the United States began in 1638 with the bequest of about 400 books from the young minister John Harv...

Yales collection began with some 40 books in 1701 and has grown to roughly 15 million volumes across more than a dozen libraries. ...

A marble box on the Yale campus, Gordon Bunshafts 1963 design filters daylight through translucent Vermont marble panels that glow...

Firestone Library, opened in 1948 as the first large American university library built after World War Two with open stacks, ancho...

Columbias library dates to the founding of Kings College in 1754 and now totals more than 13 million volumes. Butler Library, the ...

Opened with the new university in 1891, the Chicago system holds about 12 million volumes. Regenstein Library of 1970 was among th...

Michigan began collecting in 1838 and now preserves more than 13 million volumes. The Hatcher Graduate Library and the adjacent Sh...

Founded with the university in 1868, the Berkeley library system holds over 12 million volumes. Doe Library of 1911 opens onto the...

Stanfords libraries began with the university in 1891 and now hold millions of items centered on Cecil H. Green Library. Special s...

The library of Trinity College Dublin, founded with the college in 1592, holds about 6 million printed items. The Old Library of 1...

The baroque showpiece of the University of Coimbra, chartered in 1290, was built between 1717 and 1728 under King Joao V. Gilded e...

Enriqueta Rylands founded this neo Gothic palace of books in memory of her husband, opening it to the people of Manchester on New ...

Founded with the university in 1575 in the Dutch revolt against Spain, Leiden owns one of the oldest university library collection...

Founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, daughter of a wealthy merchant, as part of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque university, this is often c...

Christopher Wren designed this library for Trinity College, Cambridge, and it was completed in 1695. The single long room sits abo...

The library of the oldest university in Sweden was founded in 1620 when King Gustavus Adolphus donated the book collections of the...