Recent building projects have equipped the library with an infrastructure that supports the latest computer technologies and the space to house 730,000 volumes. In addition to the Williston Library and Miles-Smith science wing, there are two departmental libraries and special collections. The Art Library is located on the second floor of the Art Building, and the Music Library is located on the lower level of Pratt Hall, the music building. The collections currently total more than 649,000 volumes, including 1,636 periodical subscriptions in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. The library engenders within the collections a strong feminist presence from both a domestic and an international perspective.
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Named for A. Lyman Williston in 1917, Williston Memorial Library was built on the site of the 1870 library. The main reading room, built in 1905, was designed to resemble Westminster Hall, an early English legal chamber. The library's atrium, part of the 1992 renovation project, is modeled after the Medici Library in Florence, Italy. This inscription is the library's motto. This page created by the OIS Operations Group and maintained by Dan Wilga .