Harvard University Library 1636 was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formerly known as Harvard College Library, J. Harvard 1638 and half the houses left after his death.
Based on 400 books. At first, almost only books were used, and the development was slow. 1723 only received 3500 books.
1764, when the collection of books increased to 5,000 volumes, the Harvard building was caught in a fire, and most of the books were destroyed, leaving only 404 volumes. 1800, with 13000 books. 184 1 year, there was a special building for the first time, that is, the Gore Building designed after the chapel of King's College, Cambridge University, England. Expansion was carried out twice at 1877 and 1895. 19 15 Widner library opens.
1942, Horton Library, which mainly collects rare books and manuscripts, was opened, and then the New England Preservation Library, lamont Undergraduate Library and Puxi Library were successively built and opened.
After 350
After years of collection, it has grown from 1987 ~ 1988 to 96 libraries, with 1030 staff,120,000 books, 65,438+10,000 periodicals and 4 million.
A world-famous library group with more than 10,000 microforms. Most of them are located in Harvard campus in Cambridge and Boston; Some are as far away as Washington and Florence, Italy.
1638, john harvard, a member of the school board, died of illness. He donated half of his legacy and private books to the school. The school was named after Harvard, and the donation from Harvard became the main property and materials of the library at that time.
After more than 300 years of development, the library of Harvard University has more than 100000 volumes and more than 100 branches. Not only does every college in the school have its own library, but there are also various professional libraries. Most branches are located on the campus of Harvard University, some as far away as Washington, DC, and even Florence, Italy.