| Michigan State University Libraries | |
|---|---|
 The main building of MSUL | |
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| Location | East Lansing, Michigan, United States |
| Branches | 9 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 8,543,550 volumes 10,858,158 titles (2021 data)[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Neil Romanosky |
| Website | http://www.lib.msu.edu/ |
Michigan State University Libraries (MSU Libraries) is the academic library system of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. The library system comprises nine branch locations including the Main Library. As of 2021-22, the MSU Libraries ranked 26th among U.S. and Canadian research libraries by number of volumes (8,543,550 volumes) and 7th among U.S. and Canadian research libraries by number of titles held (10,858,158 titles).[1]
The Africana Collection is one of the largest of its kind in the nation with a collection of over 200,000 items.
Other significant collections include the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, the largest academic voice library in the nation, containing a collection of over 100,000 hours of spoken word recordings and includes the voices of over 500,000 persons from all walks of life,[2] and the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collections which includes the extensive Comic Art Collection.[3] This collection includes over 100,000 comic books, and 10,000 related books and periodicals. The Turfgrass Information Center is recognized as the most extensive public collection of turfgrass educational material in existence.[4]
- ^ a b Shaneka Morris & Gary Roebuck, ARL Statistics, 2021-22, Association of Research Libraries (2021), pp. 47-54 https://publications.arl.org/ARL-Statistics-2021/
- ^ "G. Robert Vincent Voice Library". Michigan State University Libraries. Accessed April 12, 2007.
- ^ Comic Art Collection Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine". Michigan State University Libraries. Accessed May 10, 2024.
- ^ Turfgrass Information Center".Michigan State University Libraries. Accessed: 5/10/2024.