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Emory University Libraries
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Ranked as one of the Top 20 universities nationally by U.S. News & World Report in 2012, Emory University is recognized for its outstanding liberal arts college, superb professional schools, and is one of the South’s leading health care systems. Located in Atlanta’s historic Druid Hills suburb, Emory’s beautiful, leafy main campus is home to approximately 7,400 undergraduates and 6,450 graduate students. As the third largest private employer in Atlanta, Emory University and Emory Healthcare have a combined workforce of approximately, 24,900. Generating more research funding than any other Georgia institution, Emory University and Emory Healthcare have a combined annual operating budget of $3.5 billion and received $539.7 million in research funding in 2011.
Ranked among the top 25 academic research libraries in North America, Emory University Libraries in Atlanta and Oxford, Georgia are an intellectual commons for Emory University. Comprised of 9 libraries, the holdings include more than 3.4 million print and electronic volumes, 56,000-plus electronic journals, and internationally renowned special collections. Emory is well known in a number of collection areas including modern literature, African-American history and culture, U.S. Southern history and culture, and U.S. civil rights. Emory Libraries staff number approximately 170 and the overall library budget is approximately $28.5 million. The Emory Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) as well as regional associations including the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO), and the GETSM Consortium (a consortium of the University of Georgia, Emory, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and Mercer University).
The Emory Libraries include the Robert W. Woodruff Library, which is also home to the Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library (MARBL) and the Goizueta Business Library, and the Woodruff Health Sciences Library. Other campus libraries, which serve the specialized and professional schools, include the Pitts Theology Library and the Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library in addition to the Oxford College Library located on the Oxford Campus approximately 30 miles from Atlanta.