Joseph S. Stauffer Library or Stauffer is the main social science and humanities library of Queen's University in Kingston,

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, Canada. Construction was completed in 1994 at a cost of C$42 million, funded partially by the Ontario government and the Joseph S. Stauffer Foundation. The library is the largest building on the university campus, with

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referencing the

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style by architecture firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). It won the 1997

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for Architecture. The library features include: *Adaptive Technology Centre *Art Collection *MADGIC-Maps, Data and Government Information Centre *Map and Air Photo Collection *Social Science Data Centre *Wallach-Groome Sustainability Centre

Partnerships and collaboration

The Queens University Library is a member of the

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Canadian Association of Research Libraries The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-one research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the National Research Counc ...

, and the

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. The Queens University Library is a contributor to the

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References

*Jenner, Paulette. Queen's University, History: Campus & People, Joseph S. Stauffer Library, 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20070102020714/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/bldgs/stauff.html

External links

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