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UChicago Trivia: How many volumes are held by the University of Chicago Library across its six campus locations?

a collection of rare books housed at the University of Chicago Regenstein library — The Connors Book Collection, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Jean Lachat)

UCHICAGO TRIVIA

Today's Question:

How many volumes are held by the University of Chicago Library across its six campus locations?

a) 8 million

b) 10 million

c) 13 million

d) 16 million

Answer:

C) Over 13 million volumes

The University of Chicago Library, spread across six campus locations, features a collection of over 13 million print and electronic volumes. Besides its own extensive resources, the library has arranged for reciprocal borrowing privileges with Northwestern University and provides rapid interlibrary loan and on-site borrowing privileges with other Big Ten and Ivy Plus libraries.