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Harvard Library

Harvard Library is the network of libraries and services at Harvard University, a private Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Library is the oldest library system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest private library in the world. Its collection holds over 20 million volumes, 400 million…

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Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Branches
28
Budget
US$250 million (2020)
Circulation
733,890 (2013)
Director
Martha Whitehead
Employees
around 800 total (2020)

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Harvard Library

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples206
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
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Harvard Library

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related to Harvard libraries · 41
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related to Further reading · 30
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related to Library Board · 26
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related to Organizational structure · 23
Harvard Library → Access Services, Arts, As, Conservation, Digital Imaging Services, Faculty, Finance, Harvard, Harvard University Archives, Harvard-related, Information, It, June, Larsen Librarian, Martha Whitehead, Open Scholarship, Preservation, Program Management, Research Data Services, Roy
related to history · 20
Harvard Library → After, British America, By, Friday, Harvard, Harvard College's, Harvard Hall, Harvard Library's, Harvard On-Line Library Information, Harvard's, Hollis, John Harvard, Old College, Puritan, System, That, The, This, Thomas Hollis, Until
related to Holdings · 19
Harvard Library → Asa Gray, Baker Library/Bloomberg Center, Botany Libraries, Charles Darwin, East Asia, East Asian-language, Gutenberg Bibles, Harvard, Harvard Business School, Harvard College Observatory, Henry David Thoreau’s, It, March, Moon, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, The, The Tozzer Library, The Wolbach Library, Yenching Library
related to Library Council on Student Experience · 14
Harvard Library → Berkman Institute, Established, Harvard Library Shared Services, Library Council, Office, Other, Provost, Student Experience, Students, Tell Us, Terms, The, The Council, University-wide
related to Library Visiting Committee · 8
Harvard Library → Bi-annual, Harvard, Harvard Library's, Office, Overseers, Provost, The, Visiting Committee
related to Publications · 5
Harvard Library → Among, By, Harvard Library Bulletin, The Bulletin, The Harvard Librarian
is a · 3
Harvard Library → member of the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium, network of libraries and services at Harvard University, oldest library system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest private library in the world

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harvard library university libraries services volumes collections members collection public held largest college million school research include books cambridge established

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Harvard LibraryBranches281.00infobox
Harvard LibraryBudgetUS$250 million (2020)1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryCirculation733,890 (2013)1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryDirectorMartha Whitehead1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryEmployeesaround 800 total (2020)1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryEstablished16381.00infobox
Harvard LibraryItems collected16,832,952 volumes held, 180,000 serial titles, an estimated 400 million manuscript items, 10 million photographs, 124 million archived web pages, and 5.4 terabytes of born-digi…1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryLocationCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.1.00infobox
Harvard LibrarySize16,832,952 volumes held (2022)1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryTypeAcademic library system of Harvard University1.00infobox
Harvard LibraryWebsitelibrary.harvard.edu1.00infobox
Harvard Libraryis anetwork of libraries and services at Harvard University0.90text
Harvard Libraryis aoldest library system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest private library in the world0.90text
Harvard Libraryis amember of the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium0.90text

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