Francisco Xavier Clavigero Library

The Francisco Xavier Clavigero Library ( _es. Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero) is the library of the Universidad Iberoamericana. It is the largest library owned by a private university in Mexico. It was created in 1943 and is located in the Lomas de Santa Fé neighborhood of Mexico City.

This library holds almost a quarter of a million volumes (249,710 as of 2004) and is named after Francisco Xavier Clavigero (1731–1787), a jesuit who moved to Bologna, Italy in honor of his desire to created records of the culture and the native people of his hometown, Veracruz, Veracruz. The library contains hundreds of historical documents including "El Sagrado Corazón del Santissimo Patriarcha Sr. San Joseph" ("The Sacred Heart of the Most Holy Patriarch Mr. San Joseph") written in 1751 by José María Genovese (1681–1757).

The library also provides database connection to and from other libraries in Mexico, Spain and Latin America.

External links

* [http://www.bib.uia.mx Official site] es icon
* [http://www.bib.uia.mx/bfxc/doc/estadistica.html#est Library statistics] es icon
* [http://192.203.177.43:8991/F/EQG4PQQ73H2BCSCVPDMPXGFHV98U46Y7758S3ST6G1HHAUGYJM-02609?func=find-b-0 web catalogue]
* [http://www.campus-oei.org/repertorio/128.htm Profile] at the Organization of Iberoamerican States for Education, Science, and Culture es icon
* [http://precisa.gob.mx/www.php?categoria=195 List of libraries] at the government of Mexico site es icon