Green Library
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The Cecil H. Green Library is the main library on the Stanford University
campus and part of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR). It is named for Cecil H. Green.
Green Library houses 4 million volumes, most of which are related to the humanities
and social sciences
. Libraries elsewhere on campus cover specialized areas such as Business, Law, Medicine, or Engineering.
The earliest library at Stanford was in the main quadrangle. This was replaced by a separate building that was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
. The next library was constructed in the 1910s. In 1980, a larger annex was added and the library renamed for Cecil H. Green. The original part of the building is now known as the Bing Wing for Peter Bing, who donated a substantial amount of money for fixing it after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
.
Books from Stanford libraries are being scanned as part of the Google Print project.
37.42678°N 122.16707°W
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
campus and part of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR). It is named for Cecil H. Green.
Green Library houses 4 million volumes, most of which are related to the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. Libraries elsewhere on campus cover specialized areas such as Business, Law, Medicine, or Engineering.
The earliest library at Stanford was in the main quadrangle. This was replaced by a separate building that was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude of 7.9; however, other...
. The next library was constructed in the 1910s. In 1980, a larger annex was added and the library renamed for Cecil H. Green. The original part of the building is now known as the Bing Wing for Peter Bing, who donated a substantial amount of money for fixing it after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Loma Prieta earthquake
The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time...
.
Books from Stanford libraries are being scanned as part of the Google Print project.
External links
- Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources
- Online Tour of Green Library
- Information Center, Green Library
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