page_title: University of Texas at Arlington
section_title: UTA Libraries
hierarchical_section_title: University of Texas at Arlington / Academics / UTA Libraries
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruscelli's 1561 map of New Spain was an enlarged copy of fellow Venetian Giacomo Gastaldi's 1548 map of New Spain, but with a major difference: Ruscelli's map showed Yucatan correctly as a peninsula, not an island. Both were New World addendum maps for "modern" editions of the 2nd century Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy's book on geography.
context_page_description: The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university in Arlington, Texas, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining The University of Texas System in 1965.
  The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." The fall 2019 campus enrollment consisted of 43,863 students making it the largest university in North Texas and fourth-largest in Texas. UT Arlington is the third-largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs.
  UT Arlington participates in 15 intercollegiate sports as a Division I member of the NCAA and Sun Belt Conference. UTA sports teams have been known as the Mavericks since 1971.
context_section_description: UT Arlington Libraries have three locations: Central Library, the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, and the Science and Engineering Library. Central Library is open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters.
  The Libraries Collections includes historical collections on Texas, Mexico, the Mexican–American War, and the greater southwest. An extensive cartography collection holds maps and atlases of the western hemisphere covering five centuries. Also included is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram photo archives, a collection representing over 100 years of North and West Texas history. All together, Special Collections holds more than 30,000 volumes, 7,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archival collections, 5,000 historical maps, 3.6 million prints and negatives, and thousands of items in other formats. Some of the Library's more rare and interesting materials are available online in their digital collections.
caption: Girolamo Ruscelli's 1561 map of New Spain, Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova. Image from the UTA Libraries Special Collections
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