University of Minnesota Libraries explained

University of Minnesota Libraries
Country:United States
Type:Academic library
Established:1851
Num Branches:12
Collection Size:7.7 million volumes
119,770 serial subscriptions
Pop Served:55,931 faculty, staff and students and the state of Minnesota
1.6 million visits
Budget:$41,225,580 annually
Director:Lisa German
Num Employees:391

The University of Minnesota Libraries is the library system of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, operating at 12 facilities in and around Minneapolis–Saint Paul. It has over 8 million volumes and 119,000 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.[3] While the system's primary mission is to serve faculty, staff and students, because the university is a public institution of higher education 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 creator Sir 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, a State of Minnesota Depository Library and United Nations Depository Library. Among research institutions, it maintains the second-largest collection of government documents in North America.[11] The University of Minnesota was awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2017.[12]

Library buildings and collections

Minneapolis West Bank Campus
Minneapolis East Bank Campus
St. Paul Campus
Off-Campus Locations

Services

The library system makes various services available to faculty, staff and students such as:

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.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries Facts and Figures . University of Minnesota . 2019 . 14 Nov 2020.
  2. Web site: ARL Statistics 2008–2009 . Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC . 2011 . 12 August 2012 . 74 . August 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812202442/http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat09.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing by Volumes Held . American Library Association, Chicago . 2019 . 14 Nov 2020.
  4. News: Jeff . Baenen . Investigate Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota . San Francisco . The San Francisco Chronicle . 18 December 2009. 12 August 2012.
  5. News: Sarah . Lemanczyk . Sherlock's Archive. Studio 360 . 21 December 2011. 15 August 2012.
  6. Karen Nelson Hoyle. 144666744. The Kerlan Collection. Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 3. 1–2. 13. November 1978. 10.1353/chq.0.0642.
  7. Web site: The Hess Collection . University of Minnesota . 2008 . 12 August 2012.
  8. Web site: Stanford's Holdings and Other Major Dime Novel Collections . Stanford University . 2012 . 12 August 2012.
  9. Web site: James Ford Bell Library . 2010 . University of Minnesota . 12 August 2012 .
  10. Web site: Law School Profile . University of Minnesota . 11 December 2011 . 12 August 2012.
  11. ARL Statistics, p. 79
  12. Web site: 2017 National Medal Winners . Imls.gov . 2020-11-14.

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