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The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL), located in Provo, Utah, is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU), the largest religious and third-largest private university in the United States. The library has approximately of shelving for the more than 6 million items in its various collections, as well as a seating capacity for 4,600 people. With over 10,000 patrons entering the building each day,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HBLLhistory )〕 The Princeton Review consistently ranks the HBLL in the nation's Top Ten University Libraries–#1 in 2004 and #4 in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =The Princeton Review )〕 Named for Harold B. Lee, former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the library's motto is "...Learning by study and also by faith."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HBLL Homepage )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doctrine and Covenants )〕 ==History== The HBLL began as a small collection of books kept in the office of Karl G. Maeser during his time as principal of then-Brigham Young Academy. The small library relied almost exclusively on gifts, donations, and free material from the U.S. Government. When Maeser's office was destroyed by a fire in 1884, his library collection went with it. By the time the Education Building was completed in 1892, a new library had been formed and a room was provided on the second floor of the new building. The academy later became a university, which spurred the library's growth until it filled the third floor and much of the second floor of the Education building. In July 1924, the alumni association reported that $125,000 had been appropriated to construct a new library building to be erected on University Hill. The new Heber J. Grant Library was subsequently dedicated on October 15, 1925 with 40,000 books and 35,000 pamphlets were moved into their new home. By 1950, the collection had long since outgrown the Grant Library, and books were stored in almost all campus buildings. The lack of adequate space in the Grant Library lead to the location of libraries in other buildings on campus during the 1950s. The Physical Science Library was housed in the Eyring Science Center from the opening of that building in 1950. In 1957 when the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center was opened, it contained the life science library on the first floor and the music library on the third floor. The pre-1940 bound periodicals were being stored in the basement of BYU's Joseph Smith Memorial Building. The reserve library was located in the David O. McKay Building, while the attics of the Maeser Building and the women's gymnasium used for storage as well as a warehouse in downtown Provo.〔Wilkingson, Ernest L. and Leonard J. Arrington, ed., ''Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years'' (Provo: BYU Press, 1976) p. 21-23〕 Ernest L. Wilkinson appointed a faculty committee to survey library needs in January 1953. As a result of the study, the J. Reuben Clark Library was constructed to help accommodate the growing collections of the Grant Library. In 1961, 300,000 volumes were moved into the Clark Library, although the building was not dedicated until October 10, 1962.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BYU Law School )〕 The new library was designed by Lorenzo Snow Young with Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian-emeritus of Harvard serving as a counsultant. It was built by the Garff, Ryberg, and Garff Construction Company. Another key figure in the planning and building of the library was S. Lyman Tyler, who at the time was the director of the BYU Library.〔Wilkinson and Arrington, ed., ''BYU: the 1st 100 years'', Vol. 3, p. 23-24〕 In 1973, the name of the J. Reuben Clark Library was changed to the Harold B. Lee Library, in honor of the former president of the LDS Church. In order to keep up with the needs of the academic community and the church, construction began in 1974 on a library addition of . This addition was occupied in the summer of 1976 and dedicated March 15, 1977.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Case Study )〕 As the university continued to grow, so did the library collections and need for additional space. To help fill this need, ground was broken on September 20, 1996 for another addition to the library. In the four years of construction, roughly were added to the library, most of it underground. When the new addition was dedicated on November 15, 2000, the library was .〔 Since then, the library has focused more on digital expansion, adding access to several electronic books and scholarly databases from on- and off-campus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Library for the World )〕 Today, the library is supported by 351 full-time equivalent employees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold B. Lee Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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