Reading ‘Round Campus

This week, the world celebrates the 200th birthday of renowned author Charles Dickens.

For students in the mood to read some of the author’s work, or to try out some new material, there are a number of libraries on campus to meet their needs. 

The IU-Bloomington Libraries, of which there are more than 20, rank 19th among member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries.

The libraries have about 7.8 million books in more than 900 languages and speak to every academic discipline on campus.

Besides books, the collections contain journals, maps, films and audio
recordings.

Law Library
The library, with its five-story atrium in the Maurer School of Law, houses notable collections about Anglo-American, international and foreign law.
The library is open to non-law students only for use of the collection, not for general study purposes.

The Lilly Library
The library near the IU Auditorium houses rare books, manuscripts and special collections — even an Oscar Award — and is open to anyone interested in its collections.

William & Gayle Cook Music Library
The Cook Music Library serves the Jacobs School of Music and contains more than 700,000 items, including more than 20,000 complete audio recordings.

Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library
Since 1972, the library has grown from an informal reading room into a cultural resource for students.

GLBT Student Support Services Library
Located in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services office, the library contains more than 2,000 books, videos, CDs and periodicals pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer issues.

Fine Arts Library
The library, which is located on the second floor of the IU Art Museum, houses books and journals concerning visual arts, art history, architecture, design and related disciplines.
 The collection includes 130,000 volumes and 323
periodicals.

Health, Physical Education and Recreation Library
The library, which grew out of a graduate student reading room, was officially established in 1978, renovated in 1996 and now contains about 25,000 volumes and 250 periodical
subscriptions.

— Matthew Glowicki