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Regenstein Library | |
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41°47′32″N 87°35′59″W / 41.7922°N 87.5998°W | |
Location | Hyde Park, Chicago, United States |
Type | Academic library |
Established | 1970 |
Branch of | University of Chicago Library |
Collection | |
Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Size | 4.5 million [1] |
Access and use | |
Members | 33,000 |
Other information | |
Director | Brenda Johnson |
Website | www |
References: Abbott Report |
The Joseph Regenstein Library (colloquially, the Reg) is the University of Chicago’s primary library, located on the University’s Hyde Park campus on the South Side of Chicago. Named after the industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein, it is one of the largest repositories of books in the world. The Regenstein is noted for its brutalist architecture.[2][better source needed]