Northwestern University Library

The Northwestern University Library
Established	1970
Location	Evanston, IL
Coordinates	42°03′11″N 87°40′27″W / 42.0531°N 87.6742°W / 42.0531; -87.6742Coordinates: 42°03′11″N 87°40′27″W / 42.0531°N 87.6742°W / 42.0531; -87.6742
Branches	1
Collection
Size	4.6 Million
Website	http://www.library.northwestern.edu/

The Northwestern University Library is the principal library for the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The library holds 4.6 million volumes, making it the 11th largest library at a private university.^[1] The building was designed in brutalist style by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Construction started in 1966 and the library opened in 1970. The library succeeded the Charles Deering Library as the main library on campus. The Deering Library was connected to the main library through construction, and continues to house the University's special collections.^[2] Until the building's completion in 1970, the Deering Library, now connected to the University Library, served as the primary library for the Evanston campus.

Along with the other institutions in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the Northwestern University Library joined the Google Book Search project on June 6, 2007.^[1]

Library Collections

• Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies: Established in 1954, the Herskovits Library is the largest separate Africana collection in existence.
• The Music Library: Contains extensive holdings of printed music and archival materials documenting music composed since 1945.
• Transportation Library: The Transportation Library is one of the largest transportation information centers in the world with a collection of over 450,000 items.
• The Northwestern University Art Collection.
• Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
• Northwestern University Archives

External links

• Official Library Site at Northwestern.edu
• Library Digital Collections

References

1. ^ ^{a b} June 6, 2007 "Google Project Will Create Digital Repository for Select University Library Collections" [1]
2. ^ "Building View, Northwestern Architecture: University Library," Northwestern University Archives [2]