Glasgow University Library

University of Glasgow Library
The Main Library Building, prior to 2012, with the McMillan Reading Room in the foreground.
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LocationGlasgow, Scotland
TypeAcademic library
Established1475
Branches8[1]
Collection
Items collectedBooks, manuscripts, journals and electronic resources
Size2.5 million physical volumes across all campus libraries, (4.3 million including e-books).
Legal depositFormerly (1709–1836)
Access and use
Access requirementsStaff, students and alumni of the University of Glasgow
Other information
DirectorSusan Ashworth (librarian)
Employees334
AffiliationUniversity of Glasgow
Websitewww.lib.gla.ac.uk

Glasgow University Library in Scotland is one of the oldest and largest university libraries in Europe. At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 journals.[2][vague] In total, the university library system including branch libraries now holds approximately 2.5 million books and journals, along with access to 1,853,000 e-books, and over 50,000 e-journals.[3] [4] The University also holds extensive archival material in a separate building. This includes the Scottish Business Archive, which alone amounts to 6.2 kilometres of manuscripts.[5]

The current 12-storey building was opened in 1968 and is a prominent landmark in Glasgow's West End. In 2014, there were over 1.7 million visits made to the library.[6]

  1. ^ "University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Opening hours and locations".
  2. ^ The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves, published in 2016 ISBN 9780993518508
  3. ^ The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves, published in 2016 ISBN 9780993518508
  4. ^ University of Glasgow Library
  5. ^ The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves, published in 2016 ISBN 9780993518508
  6. ^ "Library Review 2013" (PDF). University of Glasgow. Retrieved 8 February 2022.