Syracuse University

Libraries

Syracuse University's main library is the Ernest S. Bird Library, which opened in 1973. Its seven levels contain 2.3 million books, 11,500 periodicals, 45,000 linear feet (13.71 linear kilometers) of manuscripts, and 3.6 million microforms.

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1973 - Microform

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Prior to Bird Library's opening, the Carnegie Library served as the main library. It was opened in 1907, and now contains the mathematics and science libraries, as well as several classrooms. It was funded by a $150,000 matching gift by Andrew Carnegie. It replaced the library in what is now the Tolley Administration Building.

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1907 - Andrew Carnegie

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Several other departments also have their own libraries:

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• Architecture Reading Room
• Geology Library
• Martin Luther King Library (African American Studies)
• Physics Library
• H. Douglas Barclay Law Library