page_title: Oberlin College
section_title: College Libraries
hierarchical_section_title: Oberlin College / Academics / College Libraries
caption_attribution_description: English: Entry - Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA. Architect Minoru Yamasaki.
context_page_description: Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835 Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837 the first to admit women. It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism.
  The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 50 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium. Since its founding, Oberlin has graduated 16 Rhodes Scholars, 20 Truman Scholars, three Nobel laureates, seven Pulitzer Prize winners, and 12 MacArthur fellows, and 4 Rome Prize winners.
context_section_description: The Oberlin College Libraries has branches for art, music, and science, a central storage facility, and the Mary Church Terrell Main Library.  The libraries have collections of print and media materials and provide access to various online databases and journals.  Beyond the 2.4 million-plus items available on campus, Oberlin students have access to more than 46 million volumes from over 85 Ohio institutions through the OhioLINK consortium. In the summer of 2007 the main level of the main library was converted into an Academic Commons that provides integrated learning support and is a hub of both academic and social activity.
caption: Bibbins Hall, Oberlin Conservatory.
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