| Northwestern University Libraries | |
|---|---|
 Deering Library | |
 | |
| 42°03′11″N 87°40′27″W / 42.0531°N 87.6742°W | |
| Location | Evanston, Illinois |
| Type | Academic library system of Northwestern University |
| Established | 1856 |
| Architect(s) | SOM, Walter Netsch  |
| Branches | 5 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | more than 8.1 million items, 107,446 print journals, 173,089 electronic journals, 142,133 audio files, 100,560 films and videos and 228,505 maps. |
| Size | more than 8.1 million items (2022) |
| Other information | |
| Employees | 283 total, including 120 professional staff, 107 support staff and 56 FTE student staff (2019) |
| Website | www |
Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes.[1] In addition, its libraries contain 229,198 maps, 211,127 audio files, 103,377 printed journals, 196,716 electronic journals, 91,334 movies or videos, 36,989 manuscripts, 4.6 million microforms, and almost 99,000 periodicals. The University Library is the 14th-largest university library in North America based on total number of titles held.[1]
The building was designed in brutalist style by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Construction started in 1966 and the library opened in 1970. University Library succeeded Deering Library as the main library on campus and is connected to it.[2] Along with the other institutions in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, University Library joined the Google Book Search project on June 6, 2007.[3]
- ^ a b "Fast Facts: Libraries - Northwestern University". www.library.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Building View, Northwestern Architecture: University Library," Northwestern University Archives [1]
- ^ June 6, 2007 "Google Project Will Create Digital Repository for Select University Library Collections" [2]