| Western Libraries | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | University of Western Ontario campus, Canada |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1918 |
| Branches | 8 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Periodicals, books, microform (microfilm/microfiche), government publications, maps, university archives, manuscripts, sheet music |
| Size | 11 million items (print and electronic) |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Student and staff of the University of Western Ontario, other Canadian university staff/students registered within the interlibrary loan system |
| Other information | |
| Budget | CA$12,800,000 |
| Director | Catherine Steeves (Chief librarian) |
| Website | Website |
Western Libraries is the library system of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1898, the university Senate appointed James Waddell Tupper as the University of Western Ontario's first University Librarian.[1] In 1918, John Davis Barnett founded the Western Libraries collection with a donation of 40,000 books from his personal library.[2] Before this donation, the collection held less than 1000 different works.[3]
Western Libraries has since grown to include eight locations, which are the D. B. Weldon Library, the Allyn and Betty Taylor Library, the C. B. Johnston Library, the Education Library, the John & Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library, the Music Library, the Archives and Research Collections Centre, and the Map and Data Centre.[4] Across these locations the library collection contains over 11 million print and electronic items with an additional 60,000+ items added each year.[5]
- ^ Gwynne-Timothy, John R W (1978). Western's first century. London, On: University of Western Ontario. p. 506. ISBN 0771400144.
- ^ "Celebrating John Davis Barnett". Western Libraries. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ Talbot, Adela (September 7, 2018). "Western Libraries takes Barnett legacy into future". Western News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Locations". Western Libraries. Western Libraries. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Collections Overview". Western Libraries. Retrieved 2 February 2019.