- The Yale University Library is the library system of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
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Yale University Library facts
- Originating in 1701 with the gift of several dozen books to a new "Collegiate School," the library's collection now contains approximately 15
- 2 million volumes housed in fifteen university buildings and is third-largest academic library in North America
- The centerpiece of the library system is the Sterling Memorial Library, a Collegiate Gothic building constructed in 1931 and containing the main library offices, the university archives, a music library, and 3
- 5 million volumes
- The library is also known for its major collection of rare books, housed primarily in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library as well as the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, the Lillian Goldman Law Library, and the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut
- Many schools and departments at Yale also maintain their own collections, comprising twelve on-campus facilities and an off-campus shelving facility
- The library subscribes to hundreds of research databases
- Along with the Harvard Library and Columbia Libraries, it was a founding member of the Research Libraries Group consortium
- The library is also a member of BorrowDirect, allowing patrons to check out volumes from major American research universities
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