Glasgow University Library
Glasgow University Library in Scotland is one of the oldest and largest university libraries in Europe. At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 journals. 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. 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.
| University of Glasgow Library | |
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The Main Library Building, prior to 2012, with the McMillan Reading Room in the foreground. | |
| 55.8733°N 4.2890°W | |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1475 |
| Branches | 8 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, manuscripts, journals and electronic resources |
| Size | 2.5 million physical volumes across all campus libraries, (4.3 million including e-books). |
| Legal deposit | Formerly (1709-1836) |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Staff, students and alumni of the University of Glasgow |
| Other information | |
| Director | Susan Ashworth (librarian) |
| Employees | 334 |
| Affiliation | University of Glasgow |
| Website | www |
The current 12-storey building was opened in 1968 and is a prominent landmark in Glasgow's West End. In 2014, there were over 1.7 million visits made to the library.