Librarie of Harvard

Two of the top universities in the United States unsurprisingly have the two of the top
university libraries available. Both Harvard University and Georgetown University have extensive libraries to serve the students, teachers, and staff of their schools.

• Many school libraries require students and faculty to have pin numbers, passwords, or student identification cards to gain access to their library material. The same is true of Harvard University and Georgetown University. Visitors and guests are usually, but not always, allowed to use student libraries temporarily, although they are unable to have access to the computers or check out any books.

• Harvard University has 70 different libraries that form the system for the Harvard University system. At Harvard University, most of the libraries are not available for public use at all. However, Harvard University alumnae do have access to some of the libraries and resources. With a large number of resources, both on the Internet and through the actual library, Harvard University is known to have one of the best university libraries in the country. Harvard University has separate libraries for many different subjects including theology, philosophy, mathematics, science, and music. Harvard University libraries also offer many events, workshops and meetings that students and faculty may choose to attend.

• The Georgetown University library has a rich history behind its creation. The third Georgetown University president, Louis Guillaume Valentin DuBourg began the libraries’ large collection of books by bringing 100 volumes of various subjects from Maryland. The collection of books at Georgetown University grew rapidly and by the 19th century, the school had about 30,000 volumes. The only school that could claim a higher collection was Harvard University. Yale University and Brown University has a similar number of books.

• The late 1800s brought in donation big enough to build a cast iron library on the Georgetown University campus. E. Francis Riggs donated the money in honor of his father and to this day, the Riggs library at Georgetown University is one of the few libraries in the country that is crafted of cast iron. The collection of texts continued to grow as the years passed and in 1970, as a memorial to a deceased Vietnam veteran alumnus, a new library was built that was able to hold the 450,000 volumes that Georgetown University had accumulated.

Harvard University and Georgetown University are two of the most competitive school in the United States, if not the world. Their libraries are both designed to reflect the academic level of success that they offer to their students.