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library</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1475</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branches</th><td class="infobox-data">8<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Items collected</th><td class="infobox-data">Books, manuscripts, journals and electronic resources</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">2.5 million physical volumes across all campus libraries, (4.3 million including e-books).</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">Legal deposit</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Formerly (1709–1836)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Access requirements</th><td class="infobox-data">Staff, students and alumni of the University of Glasgow</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data">Susan Ashworth (librarian)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">334</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk">www<wbr />.lib<wbr />.gla<wbr />.ac<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Glasgow University Library</b> in Scotland is one of the oldest and largest <a href="/wiki/Academic_library" title="Academic library">university libraries</a> in Europe. At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 <a href="/wiki/Academic_journal" title="Academic journal">journals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness"><span title="53,300 or fewer than 3300, of *print* ac-jrnls? Is a pr ac-jl one issue or all their holdings of one title ? (December 2017)">vague</span></a></i>]</sup> In total, the university library system including branch libraries now holds approximately 2.5 million books and journals, along with access to 1,853,000 e-books, and over 50,000 e-journals.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The University also holds extensive archival material in a separate building. This includes the Scottish Business Archive, which alone amounts to 6.2 kilometres of manuscripts.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current 12-storey building was opened in 1968 and is a prominent landmark in <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_Glasgow" class="mw-redirect" title="West End of Glasgow">Glasgow's West End</a>. In 2014, there were over 1.7 million visits made to the library.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_University_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first explicit mention of the Library is dated November 1475, when the first donations by the University's Chancellor, Bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Laing_(bishop)" title="John Laing (bishop)">John Laing</a>, were recorded. After the <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a> the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> and its Library were reinvigorated under the Principalship of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Melville" title="Andrew Melville">Andrew Melville</a> in 1574–1580. The Library grew steadily throughout the 18th century due largely to the fact that it was granted <a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">legal deposit</a> status between 1709 and 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legal deposit ceased in 1836 and the Library was granted an annual lump sum which allowed it to develop its collections in line with the University's teaching and research interests. The library of the royal physician to <a href="/wiki/Queen_Charlotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Charlotte">Queen Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Hunter_(anatomist)" title="William Hunter (anatomist)">William Hunter</a>, received in 1807, comprised some 10,000 volumes that augmented the library's holdings by fifty per cent, and extended their reach well beyond the contemporary curriculum; of Hunter's 650 manuscript codices, over a hundred are <a href="/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript" title="Illuminated manuscript">illuminated</a>, and his <a href="/wiki/Incunabula" class="mw-redirect" title="Incunabula">incunabula</a> "accorded Glasgow a prominence that it could not have achieved with its own resources".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1888 the holdings of the Library had risen to around 150,000 volumes, due in part to large donations and contributions by wealthy private collectors, such as <a href="/wiki/William_Hunter_(anatomist)" title="William Hunter (anatomist)">William Hunter</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Smith of Crutherland,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_A._Walker_Arnott" title="George A. Walker Arnott">George A. Walker Arnott</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Euing" title="William Euing">William Euing</a> and David Murray.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the considerable expansion of the university buildings in the 1630s onwards, the first purpose-built Library for the university was designed by <a href="/wiki/William_Adam_(architect)" title="William Adam (architect)">William Adam</a> and opened in 1744 at the Old College in High Street. From 1870 until 1968, the University Library was housed within the main Gilbert Scott Building in Gilmorehill. The old Library closed in July 1968 and the new building opened to readers on 30 September 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_building">Current building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_University_Library&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg/220px-GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg/330px-GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg/440px-GlasgowUniversityLibrary2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption>Entrance of the Library (2017)</figcaption></figure> <p>Designed by <a href="/wiki/William_Whitfield_(architect)" title="William Whitfield (architect)">William Whitfield</a>, the present 12-storey library was constructed in 1968 and extended in the 1980s and 1990s. It formed the centerpiece of the new campus buildings built across <a href="/wiki/Hillhead" title="Hillhead">Hillhead</a> during the 1960s. In line with architectural fashion of the period (<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University_Library" title="Edinburgh University Library">Edinburgh University Library</a> opened its new eight storey main library in a similar style in 1967), it is of <a href="/wiki/Brutalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Brutalism">Brutalist</a> design, being clad in <a href="/wiki/Precast_concrete" title="Precast concrete">Precast concrete</a> flint aggregate panels. (However, as of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_University_Library&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the building was overclad in an "aluminum <a href="/wiki/Rain_screen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rain screen">rain screen</a> system" due to deterioration of the original panels.)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main library floors are stacked in a central core with the peripheral towers containing services. The cluster of towers are reminiscent of <a href="/wiki/San_Gimignano" title="San Gimignano">San Gimignano</a>, and form part of a complex that also incorporates the <a href="/wiki/Hunterian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery#The_Hunterian_Gallery" title="Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery">Hunterian Art Gallery</a>. The original building has been extensively refurbished to facilitate a modern <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a> environment. The library has collections ranging from astronomy to zoology, as well as a world-class <a href="/wiki/Special_Collections" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Collections">Special Collections</a> department. Special Collections on level 12 has an internationally significant collection of manuscripts and printed works. In the foyer, there is a display area featuring changing exhibitions of rare material from their collections. In 1993 the Glasgow University Library complex was selected by the international conservation organisation <a href="/wiki/DoCoMoMo" class="mw-redirect" title="DoCoMoMo">DoCoMoMo</a> as one of <a href="/wiki/DoCoMoMo_Key_Scottish_Monuments" title="DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments">sixty key Scottish monuments</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">post-war</a> era. </p><p>Open 361 days of the year, the library provides a resource not only for the academic community in Glasgow but also for scholars worldwide. There are study spaces for more than 2500 students, with over 800 computers. <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> access is available throughout the building. A new cafe and social learning space was opened in 2009, followed by an exhibition gallery, and a level dedicated to post-graduate study. In 2016 the main entrance level was totally reconstructed in an open configuration, including a new Conservation Studio, and at the same time, the basement area has been reformed to become a further study area. </p><p>The library staff comprises a team of over three hundred daytime, evening, and weekend staff. The University Librarian from 1 August 2015 is Susan Ashworth. The Friends of Glasgow University Library, an educational charity formed in 1976, is open to public membership, promotes the Library and its work, and each year presents a series of talks and events.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first fully illustrated account of the Library and its unique and distinctive collections, from 1451 to the present day, "The University of Glasgow Library: Friendly Shelves" was published in June 2016, with Forewords by The Chancellor Professor Sir Kenneth Calman and the Principal Anton Muscatelli.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_collections">Notable collections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_University_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1,_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg/220px-Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg/330px-Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg/440px-Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_B_object_1_Bentley_1%2C_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_Europe_a_Prophecy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="956" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ancient_of_Days" title="The Ancient of Days">The Ancient of Days</a></i>, Copy B, in <i>Europe a Prophecy</i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a> (1794)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Library incorporates the <a href="/wiki/Archives_of_the_University_of_Glasgow" title="Archives of the University of Glasgow">Archives of the University of Glasgow</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accumulated since 1451, and the Scottish Business Archive <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of internationally important collections of business records covering the whole of Scotland and its global trades from the 18th century to the present. </p><p>The Library's Special Collections are classed as being of national and international importance. Its subject strengths include art, languages, literature, history, and the history of law, science, and medicine, represented by over 200,000 manuscript items and around 200,000 printed works (1,060 of which are <a href="/wiki/Incunabula" class="mw-redirect" title="Incunabula">incunabula</a>, printed before 1501.) The holdings of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, and emblem literature, are of international status. Collections include those of George Buchanan from 1578, the Hunterian Library, the Stirling Maxwell Collection including emblem literature from 1531 onwards, the <a href="/wiki/James_McNeill_Whistler" title="James McNeill Whistler">James McNeill Whistler</a> Archive, the Euing Collection of music and Bibles, the Dougan Collection of early photography including Hill & Adamson, the modern Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks and the Scottish Theatre Archive. </p><p>The library is the only European Documentation Centre (EDC) in the west of Scotland, and one of the largest in the UK. The EDC is part of the Maps, Official Publications, and Statistics Unit on Level 7. The centre contains full texts of legislation and proposed legislation, as well as reports and statistics from the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Specialist collections for veterinary medicine, dentistry, and chemistry are held in separate branch libraries around campus. Other notable collections include music scores, Russian and East European material, and significant 18th- and 19th-century print books and journals at the Library Research Annexe.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2015 public exhibition in the adjacent Hunterian Art Gallery, <i>Ingenious Impressions -The Coming of the Book,</i> showcased the <a href="/wiki/Incunable" title="Incunable">incunabula</a> collection.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A web catalogue of these rarities has been created.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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