Northwestern University Libraries

Northwestern University Libraries is Northwestern University's main academic library system. Northwestern Libraries houses a total of 8,198,268 print or electronic volumes. In addition, its libraries contain 229,198 maps, 211,127 audio files, 103,377 print journals, 196,716 electronic journals, 91,334 films or videos, 36,989 manuscripts, 4.6 million microforms, and approximately 99,000 periodicals. The University Library is the 14th largest university library in North America by total number of titles held. The building was designed in a brutalist style by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Construction started in 1966 and the library opened in 1970. The University Library has replaced and is affiliated with the Deering Library as the main library on campus. The University Library, together with other institutions in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, joined the Google Book Search project on June 6, 2007.