The University of Minnesota Libraries is the

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of the

University of Minnesota Twin Cities The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

campus, operating at 13 facilities in and around

Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi, Minnesota River, Minnesota and St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota) ...

. It has over 7 million volumes and 119,000 serial titles that are collected, maintained and made accessible. The system is the 17th largest

academic library An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...

in North America and the 20th largest library in the United States. While the system's primary mission is to serve faculty, staff and students, because the university is a public institution of higher education its libraries are also open to the public. The Libraries hold a variety of notable specialized and unusual collections. Examples include the world's largest assembly of materials on

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

and his creator

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for '' A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

; the Kerlan Collection of over 100,000 children's books; the Hess Collection, one of North America's largest collections of

dime novels The dime novel is a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions. The term ''dime novel'' has been used as a catchall term for several different but related forms, r ...

story paper A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular ...

s and

pulp fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Vin ...

; the

James Ford Bell Library The James Ford Bell Library is a special collection of the University of Minnesota Libraries located on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus. It is named for its first donor and patron James Ford Bell, founder of the General Mills Co ...

of rare maps, books and manuscripts, and the seventh largest

law library A law library is a special library used by law students, lawyers, judges and their law clerks, historians and other scholars of legal history in order to research the law. Law libraries are also used by people who draft or advocate for new la ...

in the United States, including over 1 million volumes and personal papers such as those of

Clarence Darrow Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of t ...

. The system is a Federal Depository Library, a

State of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to i ...

Depository Library and

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Depository Library. Among research institutions it maintains the second largest collection of government documents in North America.ARL Statistics, p. 79 The University of Minnesota was awarded the

National Medal for Museum and Library Service The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is an award given annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to American libraries and museums with outstanding service to their communities. The IMLS refers to the medal as "t ...

in 2017.

Library buildings and collections

; Minneapolis West Bank Campus * Elmer L. Andersen Library **

Charles Babbage Institute The IT History Society (ITHS) is an organization that supports the history and scholarship of information technology by encouraging, fostering, and facilitating archival and historical research. Formerly known as the Charles Babbage Foundation, ...

**Children's Literature Research Collection — includes the

Kerlan Collection The Kerlan Award is a literary award given by the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection, a special library focusing on children's literature. Many awards focus on the finished product, but the Kerlan Award is given based on the creative proc ...

**Givens Collection of African American Literature
Immigration History Research Center Archives
**

Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies is a collection of LGBT historical materials housed in the Special Collections and Rare Books section of the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is located un ...

Kautz Family YMCA Archives The Kautz Family YMCA Archives, located at the University of Minnesota Libraries in Minneapolis, United States, archives the historical records of the U.S. YMCA national association, YMCA of the USA, the records of the Minneapolis and Greater New Yo ...

Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA)

Northwest Architectural Archives

Social Welfare History Archives
**Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (SCRM) **University of Minnesota Archives * Law Library,

Law School A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, ...

* Music Library, School of Music * Wilson Library **Ames Library of South Asia **Business Reference Library **East Asian Library **Government Publications Library **John R. Borchert Map Library ; Minneapolis East Bank Campus * Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, Rapson Hall * Bio-Medical Library, Diehl Hall **Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine *

Eric Sevareid Arnold Eric Sevareid (November 26, 1912 – July 9, 1992) was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents who were hired by CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and nicknamed " Murrow's ...

Journalism Library, Murphy Hall * Mathematics Library, Vincent Hall *

Walter Library Walter Library is an academic library located on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It currently houses the College of Science and Engineering Library and Dean's Office, the Digital Technology and Digita ...

**Digital Technology Center **Science and Engineering Library ; St. Paul Campus * Magrath Library **Kirschner Collection * Natural Resources Library, Hodson Hall **Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife **Forestry Library * Veterinary Medical Library, Veterinary Science Building ;Off-Campus Locations * Andersen Horticultural Library at the

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is a horticultural garden and arboretum located about west of Chanhassen, Minnesota at 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, Minnesota. It is part of the Department of Horticultural Science in the College of Food, Agric ...

Chanhassen, Minnesota Chanhassen is a city about southwest of Minneapolis in Carver County and partially in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The southwest edge of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul suburbs, there is a mix of residential neighborhoods and rura ...

Services

The library system makes various services available to faculty, staff and students such as: * Alumni and Visitor Services * Copyright Consultation * Instructor and Researcher Support * Peer Research Consultants * Scanning & Digitization Services The system also offers services to citizens in

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

and

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

through MINITEX, a publicly funded program that supports academic, state government, public, school and specialized libraries in the region.

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External links

University of Minnesota Libraries Main PageUniversity of Minnesota Law LibraryUniversity of Minnesota Special and Rare Books Collections
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Library buildings and collections

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