| Cornell University Library | |
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 Uris Library and McGraw Tower | |
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| 42°26′49″N 76°29′05″W / 42.44703°N 76.48480°W | |
| Location | Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
| Type | Academic library system of Cornell University |
| Established | 1866[1] |
| Branches | 16 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | more than 8 million printed volumes and over a million ebooks, 120,000 periodical titles, 8.5 million microfilms and microfiches, more than 71,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) of manuscripts, and close to 500,000 other materials, including motion pictures, DVDs, sound recordings, and computer files.[2] |
| Size | 8 million (2014) |
| Other information | |
| Budget | US$19 million (2023) |
| Director | Elaine L. Westbrooks |
| Employees | around 300 total (2020)[3] |
| Website | www |
The Cornell University Library is the library system of Cornell University. As of 2014, it holds over eight million printed volumes and over a million ebooks. More than 90 percent of its current 120,000 periodical titles are available online. It has 8.5 million microfilms and microfiches, more than 71,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) of manuscripts, and close to 500,000 other materials, including motion pictures, DVDs, sound recordings, and computer files, extensive digital resources, and the University Archives.[2] It is the 16th-largest library in North America, ranked by number of volumes held,[4] and the 13th-largest research library in the U.S. by both titles and volumes held.[5]
- ^ "The Cornell Public Library". Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections - Cornell University Library. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "Collections - Cornell University Library". www.library.cornell.edu.
- ^ "Staff". Cornell University Library. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held". July 7, 2006.
- ^ Mian, Anam; Roebuck, Gary (July 7, 2022). "ARL Statistics 2020". Association of Research Libraries.