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The University of Michigan Library is the academic library system of the University of Michigan. The university's 38 constituent and affiliated libraries together make it the second largest research library by number of volumes in the United States. As of 2019–20, the University Library contained more than 14,543,814 volumes, while all campus ...
from the BBC programme Front Row, March 26, 2010. [1] James S. Shapiro (born 1955) is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University who specializes in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period. Shapiro has served on the faculty at Columbia University since 1985, teaching Shakespeare and other topics, and he has published ...
Project Gutenberg ( PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks ." [ 2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [ 3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in ...
Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems. [1] He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946. Shapiro served in the Pacific Theater as a United States Army company ...
The John Crerar Library /kɹəˈɹɑɹ/ is a research library, which after a long history of independent operations, is now operated by the University of Chicago. [ 3] Throughout its history, the library's technology resources have made it popular with Chicago-area business and industry. Though privately owned and operated, the library ...
Firestone Library opened in 1948, as the first large American university library constructed after World War II. [5] It was designed by architects Robert B. O'Connor and Walter H. Kilham Jr. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Roughly 1.5 million volumes were moved during the summer of 1948 from East Pyne Hall, which until then had served as the University's main library.
The 20 largest academic libraries in the United States by number of volumes as of 2020 are: Rank. Institution. Library holdings (volumes) (2020) [ 5]: 45. 1. Harvard University. 19,608,349. 2. University of Michigan.
Open Books is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that sells donated books to fund literacy programs for kids. [3] Founded by Stacy Ratner in 2006, Open Books has since started several literacy programs for kids, and has taken part in literacy events in Chicago. Open Books has three store locations, based in Pilsen, West Loop ...