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Libraries
The University of Michigan Library includes the Harlan Hatcher Graduate → and Shapiro Undergraduate → libraries, and 23 divisional libraries operated as branches. These include the Taubman Medical Library →, Duderstadt Center →, and many special collections. The Duderstadt Center library includes collections for the School of Art and Design, the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and the College of Engineering.
The Graduate Library is the University of Michigan's primary research collection for the humanities and social sciences. The Graduate Library collection includes approximately 2.5 million volumes, including 10,000 journals and periodical subscriptions, written in several hundred languages and covering a broad array of subject specialities. In addition, these collections are supported by strong holdings in U.S. and foreign government publications, an outstanding collection of maps and related materials, a comprehensive collection of publications written in the language groups of East Asia, manuscripts and special collections, over 1.5 million items in microformat, and a strong collection of reference and bibliographic sources in print and machine-readable formats.
Among all libraries, more than 6.6 million volumes are in the collections and more than 70,000 serial titles are received regularly. The University Library ranks fifth in size among U.S. research libraries. The Information and Library Studies Library, which supports SI students and faculty, contains nearly 35,000 volumes. The University Library's computerized catalog (MIRLYN) is accessible via the Web. The University Library also provides access to a growing set of electronic information resources.
The Knowledge Navigation Center → within the Graduate Library provides facilities, expertise, and encouragement to University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students who wish to explore, evaluate, and apply innovative information technologies to their scholarly endeavors. The University Library combines a broad range of subject expertise, rich intellectual resources, and technological innovation to make this possible. KNC staff introduce users to technologies which will enable them not only to identify, retrieve, and manage knowledge resources, but also to use the technologies to create and disseminate knowledge. KNC staff facilitate collaboration across the University, linking users to other specialists within the library system and beyond into the vast intellectual and technical community for ongoing support and completion of projects.
Last updated: May 13, 2005
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The Shapiro Undergraduate Library. West Hall (home to the School of Information) is the building that is behind and to the left.
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