Laburaren Elmer E. Rasmuson

Laburaren Elmer E. Rasmuson (wanda ake kira Rasmuson Library) shine mafi girman ɗakin karatu na bincike a jihar Alaska ta Amurka, wanda ke da fiye da miliyan ɗaya. Yana kan harabar Jami'ar Alaska Fairbanks, an sanya masa suna ne don girmama Elmer E. Rasmuson, wanda ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Alaska Board of Regents daga 1950 zuwa 1969 kuma ya kasance shugaban kwamitin daga 1956 zuwa 1968. Ya kasance babban mai goyon bayan fadada ɗakin karatu da kuma motsa shi zuwa wurin da yake yanzu.

Gidan karatu yana da tarin Alaska da Polar Regions da Tarihi na musamman. Wannan ya ƙunshi littattafan tarihi da littattafai na lokaci-lokaci, rubuce-rubucen tarihi da hotuna, tarin tarihin baki, littattafai da taswira masu ban sha'awa, da kuma Tarihin Fim na Alaska. Yana karbar bakuncin Project Jukebox, wanda ke gabatar da rikodin tarihin baki, shirye-shiryen fina-finai, hotuna da takardu a kan jigogi daban-daban, Tarihin Fim na Alaska babban tarin fim ne na tarihi da bidiyo daga da kuma game da Alaska da yankunan polar. Yana karɓar bakuncin tashar YouTube kuma yana ba da shirye-shiryen bidiyo na dijital ga masu tallafawa da jama'a. Tarin littattafai na musamman na Alaska yana daya daga cikin mafi girma a duniya. Tun lokacin da aka rufe ɗakin karatu na Kwalejin Sheldon Jackson a cikin 2007, ɗakin karatu na Rasmuson da ɗakin karatu na Jihar Alaska a Juneau sune manyan wuraren adana bayanai na tarihi da suka shafi Alaska.

 Tarihi 
An kafa ɗakin karatu a 1922 tare da kasa da littattafai dubu uku, a wannan shekarar ne aka fara azuzuwan a wanda ya riga ya kasance, Kwalejin Aikin Gona ta Alaska da Makarantar Ma'adinai. Bayan ya tashi daga Tsohon Babban Ginin, ɗakin karatu ya kasance a cikin wani karamin gini wanda ya ninka sau biyu a matsayin dakin motsa jiki na jami'a kuma inda aka sanya hannu kan Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Alaska a shekarar 1956. Laburaren ya koma Ginin Bunnell bayan an kammala shi a shekarar 1960, sannan zuwa wurin da yake yanzu a cikin Fine Arts Complex shekaru goma bayan haka. Dukkanin gine-ginen an tsara su ne ta hanyar gine-ginin Anchorage Manley & Mayer. Laburaren ya sami babban fadada a shekarar 1984.

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