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Wichita State University Libraries is a research library system with holdings of more than 2 million volumes, 236 databases and more than 70,000 journal subscriptions.〔Wichita State University. “University Libraries unveils 2 millionth volume.” Wichita State News. Accessed October 28, 2014. (http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2253 )〕 Located on the University's main campus in Wichita, Kansas University Libraries serve the approximately 15,000 enrolled students of Wichita State University (WSU) while also providing services to the surrounding community. University Libraries serves as a regional United States Federal Government Documents Depository, a State of Kansas Government Documents Depository, and is the State of Kansas only Patents and Trademarks Library.〔Wichita State University Libraries. “Patent Searching.” Wichita State University Libraries. Accessed October 28, 2014. (http://libresources.wichita.edu/patentsearching )〕 (University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives ) contains numerous rare books and incunabula, historical manuscripts collections and maps, photographic archives documenting Kansas history, and hosts the Wichita Photo Archives.〔Wichita State University Libraries. “Special Collections & University Archives.” Wichita State University Libraries. Accessed October 28, 2014. (http://libraries.wichita.edu/ablah/index.php/specialcollections )〕 ==History of University Libraries== University Libraries has played a prominent role on the WSU campus throughout its history, beginning with the institution's founding as Fairmount College in 1895. The first campus library was a reading room on the third floor of Fairmount Hall, the first building constructed on campus.〔Rydjord, John. A History of Fairmount College. Lawrence, KS: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1977.〕 Paul Roulet, who was hired as a professor of mathematics and French served as the campus' first librarian until his death in 1903.〔 By the end of the first decade of the 20th Century, library collections had exceeded 20,000 volumes and had massively outgrown the original reading room in Fairmount Hall. The university opened its first library building, the (Morrison Library ), (named for the first President of Fairmount College, Nathan J. Morrison) in 1909, with the assistance of a $40,000 grant provided by Andrew Carnegie.〔 The first Morrison Library had a neo-classical design, characterized by the doric-style columns on its façade. Sadly these columns are all that remain of this building, which was tragically destroyed by fire in 1964.〔Carmody, Michael. “A Fundamental Dream.” The Shocker. Accessed October 28, 2014. http://wsu.wichita.edu/the-shocker/story.php?eid=34&id=1008#.VE_TgRa4P08 〕 By the late 1930s library collections had exceeded the space in the original Morrison Library. A grant from the Federal Government during the New Deal provided the funds for a new library building, named the University of Wichita Library, opened in 1939.〔Miner, Craig. Uncloistered Halls: The Centennial History of Wichita State University. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University Endowment Association, 1995., 125.〕 Petitioning by students and faculty caused the University to rename the Library the Morrison Library (present day (Morrison Hall )). A post-war economic boom led to a vast expansion of programs at the University of Wichita, increasing yet again the size of library collections, and placing demands for space that exceeded the size of the Morrison Library. A donation of property by Frank and Harvey Ablah, a pair of successful Wichita entrepreneurs made possible the financing of the construction of a new library facility.〔 Ablah Library opened its doors in 1962. 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「Wichita State University Libraries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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