| Overview
With more than seven million volumes, seven
million microforms, 65,000 cubic feet of manuscripts, and 400,000 other
materials,Cornell University Library is among the ten largest academic
research libraries in North America. In 200102, CUL acquired 200,000
new volumes. Cornell acquires all books published by university presses
in the English-speaking world, the output of some 140 American trade publishers,
complete sets of thousands of scholarly series from around the world,
and more than 60,000 periodical and newspaper titles. For the past decade,
the library has also developed extensive collections of digital resources.
This rapidly growing genre now includes thousands of current periodical
titles, extensive collections of primary texts, digital images of fine
artworks from around the globe, statistical data files, and hundreds of
indexes, abstracts, and search tools.
Selectors
Over thirty subject selectors develop the collections
of the Cornell University Library by selecting and purchasing print, electronic
and other resources. Requests from the library users for purchases are
welcome.
Giving
Unrestricted Gifts, no matter what the amount, help support
every facet of Cornell University Library operations -- from enriching
our holdings and expanding our resources, to preserving our collections,
to improving our services with advanced technology.
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