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}} Princeton University Library is the main library system of Princeton University. With holdings of more than 7 million books, 6 million microforms, and 48,000 linear feet of manuscripts, it is headquartered in the ''Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library'' building, named after tire magnate Harvey Firestone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.princeton.edu/main/library/ )〕 ==Firestone Library== Firestone Library opened in 1948, as the first large American university library constructed after World War II.〔(Princeton University Library History )〕 Roughly 1.5 million volumes were moved during the summer of 1948 from East Pyne Hall, which until then had served as the University's main library. The library building was expanded in 1971 and again in 1988 and currently has more than of bookshelves,〔(Princeton History at a Glance )〕 making Firestone one of the largest open-stack libraries in existence.〔(Princeton University Undergraduate Announcement 2011-2012 )〕 Though not the largest university library in the world, the library has more books per enrolled student than that of any other university in the United States.〔(National Center for Education Statistics: Library Statistics Program )〕 The Firestone building itself does not appear very large from the outside, because most of its books are stored in three partially underground levels that extend beyond the footprint of the main building. Firestone has four smaller above-ground floors. Princeton's book collection has outgrown Firestone's present capacity. Therefore, volumes relating to many academic subjects are no longer housed at Firestone, but at approximately a dozen other library buildings or spaces located around the campus. Firestone contains many study spaces, most prominently the Trustee Reading Room (an open study space bounded on one side by glass panels containing the names of all present and past university trustees and presidents) and the atrium. It contains a small number of the original carrels (offices about the size of a large closet) reserved for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate seniors working on their theses. Many academic departments also maintain seminar and study rooms within Firestone. 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「Princeton University Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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