The Rutherford Libraries complex makes up the largest library on campus with a collection of 2,000,000 volumes.
Rutherford is actually two buildings joined by a sky-lighted galleria.
The UA Libraries Instructional Film and Video Service, a film and video collection of approximately 5,000 items has been relocated from the Faculty of Extension and is now in Rutherford South. Bruce Peel Special Collections Library houses the University's approximately 80,000 volumes of rare books in the humanities and social sciences. It also includes some literary manuscripts, Western Canadian papers, and the archival collection of all the University of Alberta theses and dissertations. Western Canadiana is another collection area, as is 20th century fine printing from England, the United States, and Canada. Special Collections is also home for the Javitch Collection of North and South Amerindian materials.