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By 1973, Harvard Library had authored or published over 430 volumes in print in addition to nine periodicals and seven annual publications. Among these is a monthly newsletter, The Harvard Librarian and a quarterly journal, Harvard Library Bulletin, which was established in 1947, dormant from 1960 until 1967, and published regularly since. [23]
In 1766, Yale University had approximately 4,000 volumes, second only to Harvard University. [1] Access to these libraries was restricted to faculty members and a few students: the only staff was a part-time faculty member or the president of the college. [2] The priority of the library was to protect the books, not to allow patrons to use them.
The Harvard Library, which houses over 20 million volumes, is the largest strictly academic library in the world, [2] [3] although the Danish Royal Library—a combined national and academic library—has a larger collection at about 37 million volumes. [4]
Borrow Direct is an interlibrary loan service that allows member university students, faculty, and staff with library borrowing privileges and active e-mail accounts to borrow books directly from the libraries of the other member universities. The patrons' home library bears the cost of the service and there is no charge to patrons.
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, [2] is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Yale Library United States: New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public 15.2 million [42] National Library of Iran Iran: Tehran: 15.0 million [43] Hong Kong Public Library Hong Kong: Hong Kong: 11.36 million [44] HK$776.2 million [45]
The Harvard Library includes more than 25 libraries across Harvard University, as well as shared services in access & discovery, preservation & conservation, information & technical services, and digital innovations & strategy. The Harvard Library is nearly 400 years old, making it the oldest library system in the United States.
Nathan Marsh Pusey Library [2] [3] is an underground library located inside of Harvard University. It was announced in June 1971 and was named after Nathan Pusey, the president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971. The library is the world's first library to be built with a halon-gas fire-extinguishing system. [1]