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{{short description|Main campus library for Brigham Young University}}
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{{Infobox library {{Infobox library
| library_name = Harold B. Lee Library | library_name = Harold B. Lee Library
| library_logo = | library_logo =
| image = ] | image = ]
| caption = Library main entrance | caption = Library main entrance at night
| country = United States | country = United States
| type = ] | type = ]
| established = {{Start date|1961}} | established = {{Start date|1925}}
| location = ] | location = ]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|14|57|N|111|38|57|W|type:landmark_region:US-UT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = {{coord|40|14|57|N|111|38|57|W|type:landmark_region:US-UT|display=inline,title}}
| num_branches = | num_branches =
| collection_size = 4.76 million volumes ({{as of|2016}})<ref name="General stats">{{cite web|title=Library Statistics (General)|url=http://files.lib.byu.edu/statistics/2016/library_stat_summaries_2016_general.pdf|publisher=]|accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> | collection_size = 4.76 million volumes, 10.68 million total materials (2016)<ref name="General stats">{{cite web|title=Library Statistics (General)|url=http://files.lib.byu.edu/statistics/2016/library_stat_summaries_2016_general.pdf|publisher=]|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
| annual_circulation = 372,845 ({{as of|2016}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Library Statistics (Circulation)|url=http://files.lib.byu.edu/statistics/2016/library_stat_summaries_2016_circ.pdf|publisher=]|accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> | annual_circulation = 372,845 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=Library Statistics (Circulation)|url=http://files.lib.byu.edu/statistics/2016/library_stat_summaries_2016_circ.pdf|publisher=]|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
| pop_served = ] | pop_served = ]
| members = <!--Cardholders-->
| budget = | budget =
| director = Jennifer Paustenbaugh<ref>{{cite web|last=Kling|first=Chadra|title=OSU's Jennifer Paustenbaugh named University Librarian at BYU|url=http://news.byu.edu/archive13-mar-library.aspx|type=Press release|publisher=]|date=27 Mar 2013|website=BYU News|accessdate=17 Aug 2013}}</ref> | director = Rick Anderson<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ipson |first1=Natalie |title=Rick Anderson named university librarian at BYU |url=https://news.byu.edu/announcements/rick-anderson-named-university-librarian-at-byu |website=News |publisher=BYU Communications |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en |date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
| num_employees = 376 (Including student employees, {{as of|2016}}<ref name="General stats"/> | num_employees = 376 (2016)<ref name="General stats"/>
| website = {{URL|http://lib.byu.edu/}} | website = {{URL|http://lib.byu.edu/}}
}} }}


The '''Harold B. Lee Library''' ('''HBLL'''), is the main ] of ] (BYU) located in ]. In 2016, the library contained over 4.7 million books and served over 10,000 patrons each day. In 2004, ] ranked the Harold B. Lee Library as the number one college library, and as number three in 2007 and 2012. The library started as a small collection of books in the president's office in 1876 and moved into the Education Building in 1891. In 1925, the Heber J. Grant library was built to house the growing collection, and in 1961 the library moved to the J. Reuben Clark library. In 1974, the library's name was changed to the Harold B. Lee Library and in 1976, an addition to the library doubled its floor space. A final addition completed in 1999 further expanded the library's footprint and renovations at the time updated the library to have group study rooms and a special vault area for the ]. The library has adopted new technology over the years, starting with dial-access services in 1969 and expanding to an online catalog in 1998. The '''Harold B. Lee Library''' ('''HBLL''') is the main ] of ] (BYU) located in ]. The library started as a small collection of books in the president's office in 1876 before moving in 1891. The '''Heber J. Grant Library''' building was completed in 1925, and in 1961 the library moved to the newly constructed '''J. Reuben Clark Library''' where it stands today. That building was renamed to the '''Harold B. Lee Library''' in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Library |url=https://lib.byu.edu/about/history/ |website=BYU Library |publisher=Brigham Young University |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

The library was significantly expanded in the 1990s, providing new individual and group study rooms and a special vault area for the ]. In 2016, the library contained over 4.7 million books, 10.6 million total materials, and served over 10,000 patrons each day. The library was ranked by the ] within the top three university libraries in the United States four times: in 2004, 2007, 2012, and 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best College Library {{!}} The Princeton Review |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-college-library |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.princetonreview.com |language=en}}</ref>.


==History== ==History==
⚫ ]
A collection of books in Karl G. Maeser’s office served as the first library at Brigham Young Academy. In 1891, the library moved to a room in the Education Building in lower campus,<ref name="1974 Groundbreaking"/> which expanded to include Room D around 1906.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|7}} George Q. Cannon and Reed Smoot helped to acquire documents from the U.S. Department of the Interior and congressional documents.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|15}} A fire in 1884 destroyed part of the collections, with reports ranging from forty volumes to two-thirds of the fledgling collection.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|15}} In 1900, books were rarely taken outside the library.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|30}} In 1908, the ] system was introduced.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|32}} By 1923, the library contained 29,592 volumes, almost half of which were donations. A collection of books in ]'s office served as the first library at ]. In 1891, the library moved to a room in the Education Building in the lower campus,<ref name="1974 Groundbreaking"/> which expanded to include Room D about 1906.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|7}} ] and ] helped to acquire documents from the ] and congressional documents.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|15}} A fire in 1884 destroyed at least forty volumes of the collection.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|15}} Students rarely checked out books in the early 1900s, generally studying books in the library instead.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|30}} The ] system was introduced to the library in 1908.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|32}}
⚫ ]

Students had to stand in the library for lack of study space<ref name="Knight history"/>, and by 1925, the Heber J. Grant library was completed.<ref name="1974 Groundbreaking">{{cite news|title=Dignitaries Break Ground for New Library Addition|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542058/the_daily_herald/|accessdate=7 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=30 October 1974|page=5}}</ref> In the Heber J. Grant library, reference books were placed on shelves surrounding the study area, with the rest of the library's holdings on shelves in the book room. Students would find books they wanted in the catalog, and library pages would retrieve them.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|10; 56}} ], a popular English professor, helped raise funds to purchase over 1,000 books for the library. She was faculty chairperson of a committee to establish the library from 1906 to 1925.<ref name=byhigh>{{cite web | title=Alice Louise Reynolds | work=Brigham Young Academy High School Class of 1890 | publisher=Brigham Young High School Alumni | url=http://www.byhigh.org/Alumni_P_to_T/Reynolds/AliceLouise.html | accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> Her fan club donated over 10,000 volumes in the 1930s.<ref name="top 10">{{cite journal|last1=McClellan|first1=Jeff|title=A Lingering Influence: Top 10 BYU Professors of the 20th Century|journal=BYU Magazine|date=1999|url=http://magazine.byu.edu/article/a-lingering-influence/|accessdate=29 February 2016}}</ref> By 1946, the library contained 138,500 volumes of books.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|47}} Throughout the 1930s and 40s, the focus of the library's acquisitions was on volume; gifts of books were indiscriminately accepted.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|108}} This policy changed in 1958, when gifts became subject to a consultation with the Director of Libraries.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|117}}
English professor ] helped raise funds to purchase over 1,000 books for the library. She was the faculty chair of a committee to establish the library from 1906 to 1925.<ref name=byhigh>{{cite web | title=Alice Louise Reynolds | work=Brigham Young Academy High School Class of 1890 | publisher=Brigham Young High School Alumni | url=http://www.byhigh.org/Alumni_P_to_T/Reynolds/AliceLouise.html | access-date=2009-12-07}}</ref> The library contained 29,592 volumes by 1923—almost half of them donated—and students had to stand in the library for lack of study space<ref name="Knight history"/> Reynolds' fan club donated over 10,000 volumes in the 1930s.<ref name="top 10">{{cite journal|last1=McClellan|first1=Jeff|title=A Lingering Influence: Top 10 BYU Professors of the 20th Century|journal=BYU Magazine|date=1999|url=http://magazine.byu.edu/article/a-lingering-influence/|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> By 1946, the library contained 138,500 volumes of books.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|47}}

The Heber J. Grant Library was completed in 1925.<ref name="1974 Groundbreaking">{{cite news|title=Dignitaries Break Ground for New Library Addition|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542058/the_daily_herald/|access-date=7 June 2017|work=]|date=30 October 1974|page=5}}</ref> In the Grant Library, reference books were placed on shelves surrounding the study area, with the rest of the library's holdings on shelves in the book room. Students would find books they wanted in the catalog, and library pages would retrieve them.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|10; 56}}


S. Lyman Tyler was the library director from 1954 to 1966. Tyler met ] at a seminar for library administrators, and Tyler consulted Metcalf in the plans for BYU's new library.<ref>{{Cite archival metadata The library increased the volume of acquisitions during the 1930s and 1940s, and gifts of books were indiscriminately accepted.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|108}} This policy changed in 1958, when gifts became subject to a consultation with the Director of Libraries,<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|117}} S. Lyman Tyler. In his time as director from 1954 to 1966, Tyler met ] at a seminar for library administrators. Metcalf was the former director of the ], and consulted with Tyler about the plans for BYU's new library.<ref>{{Cite archival metadata
|author = Finding aid authors: Nancy V. Young and Robert L. Young |author = Finding aid authors: Nancy V. Young and Robert L. Young
|title = Lorenzo Snow Young papers, 1830s-1970s |title = Lorenzo Snow Young papers, 1830s-1970s
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|location = Salt Lake City, UT |location = Salt Lake City, UT
|date = 1998 |date = 1998
|accessdate = June 12, 2017 |access-date = June 12, 2017
}}</ref> BYU commissioned ] to make the plans for addition.<ref>{{Cite archival metadata }}</ref> BYU commissioned ] to make the plans for addition.<ref>{{Cite archival metadata
|author = Finding aid authors: David J. Whittaker |author = Finding aid authors: David J. Whittaker
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|location = Provo, UT |location = Provo, UT
|date = 1984 |date = 1984
|accessdate = June 12, 2017 |access-date = June 12, 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref> In 1961, the J. Reuben Clark library was completed.<ref name="Great Strides">{{cite news|title=BYU Library Makes Great Strides, But Needs to Speed Up Book Acquisitions|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542716/growth_in_60s/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=9 April 1969}}</ref> In 1965, the library contained 500,000 volumes,<ref>{{cite news|title='Friends of the BYU Library' Will Promote Institution|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542521/500000_volumes_in_1965/|accessdate=7 June 2017|work=The Sunday Herald|date=3 October 1965}}</ref> and by 1971, the library celebrated the acquisition of its one millionth volume.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|114}} In 1974, the name of library changed from the J. Reuben Clark Library to the Harold B. Lee Library to avoid confusion with the J. Reuben Clark Law school.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|35}} Later that year, the library started a faculty delivery service.<ref>{{cite news|title='Y' Library Delivers to Faculty|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640878/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=17 November 1974|page=45}}</ref>


A 6-story addition was completed in 1976, doubling the library's physical space.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dignitaries Break Ground for a New Library Addition|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542123/new_hbll_addition_groundbreaking/|accessdate=7 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=30 October 1974}}</ref><ref name="1976 addition">{{cite news|title=Six-Story Addition: BYU Library Progress Told|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11543511/1976_addition_finishing/|accessdate=7 June 2017|date=10 August 1976|page=4}}</ref> The addition had moveable walls and integrated study spaces into the stacks. It included group study rooms and a vault for archival materials and increased the library's seating capacity from 2,500 to 4,500.<ref name="1976 addition"/> Artist and art faculty member ] created four panels using cast stone. The panels decorated the south entrance of the library and represented four areas of human knowledge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sculptured Panels at 'Y' Library|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640376/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=10 March 1977}}</ref> The J. Reuben Clark Library was completed in 1961.<ref name="Great Strides">{{cite news|title=BYU Library Makes Great Strides, But Needs to Speed Up Book Acquisitions|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542716/growth_in_60s/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=9 April 1969}}</ref> The library's collection reached 500,000 volumes in 1965,<ref>{{cite news|title='Friends of the BYU Library' Will Promote Institution|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542521/500000_volumes_in_1965/|access-date=7 June 2017|work=The Sunday Herald|date=3 October 1965}}</ref> and one million volumes by 1971.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|114}} The name of library changed in 1974 from the J. Reuben Clark Library to the Harold B. Lee Library to avoid confusion with the ].<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|35}} ] was the 11th ] of ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Presidents of the Church Teacher Manual |date=2005 |publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |page=345 |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/presidents-of-the-church-teacher-manual-religion-345/harold-b-lee-eleventh-president-of-the-church?lang=eng}}</ref>


Starting in 1996, over the course of three years, the library was again expanded, adding {{convert|234000|sqft|m2}},<ref>{{cite news|title=GROUNDBREAKING FRIDAY FOR BYU LIBRARY ADDITION|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/513219/GROUNDBREAKING-FRIDAY-FOR-BYU-LIBRARY-ADDITION.html?pg=all|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=DeseretNews.com|date=14 September 1996|language=en}}</ref> technology classrooms, an auditorium, and a digitization center.<ref name=Heap>{{cite news|last1=Heap|first1=Holly|title=Library opens new addition|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/08/10/library-opens-new-addition/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=10 August 1999}}</ref> After the expansion, parts of the old library were remodeled, and the south access area was closed.<ref name=Heap/> Jacobson construction completed the construction and remodeling, which was paid for through donated funds.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Jenni|title=New library will have more to offer students|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1998/02/05/new-library-will-have-more-to-offer-students/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> A six-story addition was completed in 1976, doubling the library's physical space and increasing the library's seating capacity from 2,500 to 4,500.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dignitaries Break Ground for a New Library Addition|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542123/new_hbll_addition_groundbreaking/|access-date=7 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=30 October 1974}}</ref><ref name="1976 addition">{{cite news|title=Six-Story Addition: BYU Library Progress Told|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11543511/1976_addition_finishing/|access-date=7 June 2017|date=10 August 1976|page=4}}</ref> The addition had moveable walls, integrated student study spaces into the stacks, added group study rooms, and included a vault for archival materials.<ref name="1976 addition"/> Art professor and artist ] created four cast stone panels used to decorate the south entrance of the library and representing four areas of human knowledge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sculptured Panels at 'Y' Library|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640376/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=10 March 1977}}</ref>


In 2004, the Princeton Review ranked the Harold B. Lee Library as the number one college library, and as number three in 2007 and 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walch|first1=Tad|title=Study gives Y. high marks|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595084663/Study-gives-Y-high-marks.html|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=DeseretNews.com|date=17 August 2004|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library Ranked 3rd in Nation|url=https://sites.lib.byu.edu/news/2007/09/04/byus-harold-b-lee-library-ranked-3rd-in-nation/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=sites.lib.byu.edu|date=4 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library Ranked 3rd in Nation| publisher =]| url =http://universe.byu.edu/2012/02/05/harold-b-lee-library-ranked-top-3-in-princeton-review/| accessdate = 2015-01-15}}</ref> The HBLL was again expanded and remodeled in the mid– and late–1990s using donated funds,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Jenni|title=New library will have more to offer students|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1998/02/05/new-library-will-have-more-to-offer-students/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> adding {{convert|234000|sqft|m2}},<ref>{{cite news|title=GROUNDBREAKING FRIDAY FOR BYU LIBRARY ADDITION|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/513219/GROUNDBREAKING-FRIDAY-FOR-BYU-LIBRARY-ADDITION.html?pg=all|access-date=8 June 2017|work=DeseretNews.com|date=14 September 1996|language=en}}</ref> technology classrooms, an auditorium, and a digitization center.<ref name="Heap">{{cite news|last1=Heap|first1=Holly|title=Library opens new addition|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/08/10/library-opens-new-addition/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=10 August 1999}}</ref> After the expansion, parts of the old library were remodeled, and the south entrance was closed.<ref name="Heap"/> A new south entrance was opened in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Izsie|title=South library entrance to come Fall 2015 – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2015/03/04/south-library-entrance-coming-fall-2015/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref>


A much-requested south entrance was opened in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Izsie|title=South library entrance to come Fall 2015 – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2015/03/04/south-library-entrance-coming-fall-2015/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> In 2016, the library contained over 4.7 million books and the 376 employees served an average of 10,191 patrons a day.<ref>{{cite web|title=General HBLL Statistics|url=http://files.lib.byu.edu/statistics/2016/library_stat_summaries_2016_general.pdf|publisher=Harold B. Lee Library|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> From 2001 to 2011, the Interlibrary Loan program processed 500,000 requests.<ref>{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Kevin|title=Interlibrary Loan hits 500,000th request – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2011/10/25/interlibrary-loan-hits-500000th-request/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=25 October 2011}}</ref> In 2017, the library added single-user study rooms and started construction on a family-friendly study room.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashby-Faulkner|first1=Maurissa|title=2017 brings big improvements to Lee Library – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2017/02/20/2017-brings-big-improvements-to-lee-library/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=20 February 2017}}</ref> From 2001 to 2011, the Interlibrary Loan program processed 500,000 requests.<ref>{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Kevin|title=Interlibrary Loan hits 500,000th request – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2011/10/25/interlibrary-loan-hits-500000th-request/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=25 October 2011}}</ref> The library contained over 4.7 million books and served an average of 10,191 patrons a day during 2016.<ref name="General stats"/> Single-user study rooms were added in 2017, and construction started on a family-friendly study room.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashby-Faulkner|first1=Maurissa|title=2017 brings big improvements to Lee Library – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2017/02/20/2017-brings-big-improvements-to-lee-library/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=20 February 2017}}</ref>


===Technological improvements=== ===Technological improvements===
In 1969, the library offered a dial-access system for patrons to access music, lectures, and foreign language recordings.<ref name="Great Strides"/> Librarians started offering access to the Library Information Network Center (LINC) in 1974. Through a keyword search, patrons could use the system to search bibliographic resources of articles and recent books from ] and Orbit II.<ref>{{cite news|title='Y' Library Service Speeds Research|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640552/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=22 December 1974}}</ref> The library adopted 3M ] in 1975 to detect if patrons were removing books from the library that had not been checked out.<ref>{{cite news|title=Electronic Detection Device on the Job at Lee Library|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640198/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=6 January 1975|page=3}}</ref> In 1984, the library renamed their ] cataloging system to the Brigham Young University Information Network (BYLINE), which ran on a mainframe computer located in the James E. Talmage building.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Durlan|first1=Carmen|title=Finding information easy on BYLINE|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/05/14/finding-informationrnneasy-on-byline/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=14 May 1996}}</ref> The HBLL started offering a ] access system in 1969 for patrons to access music, lectures, and foreign language recordings,<ref name="Great Strides"/> and access to the Library Information Network Center (LINC) was offered in 1974. Through a keyword search, patrons could use the system to search bibliographic resources of articles and recent books from ] and Orbit II.<ref>{{cite news|title='Y' Library Service Speeds Research|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640552/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=22 December 1974}}</ref> The library adopted 3M ] in 1975 to detect if patrons were removing books from the library that had not been checked out.<ref>{{cite news|title=Electronic Detection Device on the Job at Lee Library|url=http://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11640198/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=6 January 1975|page=3}}</ref> The library renamed their ] cataloging system in 1984 to the Brigham Young University Information Network (BYLINE), and ran it on a mainframe computer located in the James E. Talmage Building.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Durlan|first1=Carmen|title=Finding information easy on BYLINE|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/05/14/finding-informationrnneasy-on-byline/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=14 May 1996}}</ref>


The library saw great technological progress in the 1990s. A word processing center in the library made 25 computers available to students at the rate of $1 per hour in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanche|first1=Ed|title=Upgraded Word Center now in library|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/01/26/upgraded-word-center-now-in-library/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=26 January 1996}}</ref> In 1997, the library switched from using the DOS-based BYLINE to the windows-based Horizon Automated Library Systems. The Horizon system allowed users to access online catalogs from other libraries, and used a ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Durlan|first1=Carmen|title=No more BYLINE in Lee Library’s “Horizon|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/05/15/no-more-byline-in-lee-librarys-horizon/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=15 May 1996}}</ref> The library contained 200 computers but only a portion of them had internet access in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Carrie|title=Remodeled library will have modern Internet reso|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1997/06/17/remodeled-libraryrnnwill-have-modernrnninternet-reso/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=17 June 1997}}</ref><ref name=Robertson>{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Melissa|title=BYU library now online|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1997/09/04/byu-library-now-online/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> The search systems were integrated<ref name=Robertson/> and in 1998, the library launched an online library catalog, online renewals, and extended undergraduates's checkout time from two weeks to three.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKim|first1=Katie|title=BYU library offers new online features|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1998/08/31/byu-library-offers-new-online-features/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=31 August 1998}}</ref> The next year, the library introduced an electronic reserve system, and added another server to support it.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smurthwaite|first1=Emily|title=Library catalog looking for better service|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/10/25/library-catalog-looking-for-better-service/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> In October 2003, the library added wireless internet access points to its offerings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashby|first1=Angela|title=Wireless Internet connections now available in library hubs – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2003/10/28/wireless-internet-connections-now-available-in-library-hubs/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=28 October 2003}}</ref> The library collection began being re-catalogued in 1995 from the ] system to a modified ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Marissa|title=Library begins cataloging, prepares for construction|work=The Universe|date=27 June 1995}} found in {{cite archive |first= Cali|last= O'Connell |type =Textual record |date =1993–2004|collection-url =http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/byu-archives/resources/upb_ua1066|item-id =UA 1066|collection = Harold B. Lee Library newsclippings collection |repository =L. Tom Perry Special Collections |institution =Brigham Young University |location =Provo, UT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=4.7 Classification of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror {{!}} Cataloging & Metadata {{!}} BYU Library |url=https://cataloging.lib.byu.edu/department-manual/classification/4-7-classification-of-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Cataloging & Metadata}}</ref> A ] center in the library made 25 computers available to students at the rate of $1 per hour in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanche|first1=Ed|title=Upgraded Word Center now in library|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/01/26/upgraded-word-center-now-in-library/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=26 January 1996}}</ref> In 1997, the library switched from using the DOS-based BYLINE to the ]-based Horizon Automated Library Systems. The Horizon system allowed users to access online catalogs from other libraries, and used a ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Durlan|first1=Carmen|title=No more BYLINE in Lee Library's "Horizon|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1996/05/15/no-more-byline-in-lee-librarys-horizon/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=15 May 1996}}</ref>
The library contained 200 computers but only a portion of them had internet access in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Carrie|title=Remodeled library will have modern Internet reso|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1997/06/17/remodeled-libraryrnnwill-have-modernrnninternet-reso/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=17 June 1997}}</ref><ref name=Robertson>{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Melissa|title=BYU library now online|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1997/09/04/byu-library-now-online/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> The library launched an online library catalog in 1998 after integrating the search system,<ref name=Robertson/> providing online renewals and extending undergraduate checkout times.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKim|first1=Katie|title=BYU library offers new online features|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1998/08/31/byu-library-offers-new-online-features/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=31 August 1998}}</ref> An electronic reserve system with an additional server was added in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smurthwaite|first1=Emily|title=Library catalog looking for better service|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/10/25/library-catalog-looking-for-better-service/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> The library added wireless internet access points to its study spaces in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashby|first1=Angela|title=Wireless Internet connections now available in library hubs – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2003/10/28/wireless-internet-connections-now-available-in-library-hubs/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=28 October 2003}}</ref>


===Library instruction=== ===Library instruction===
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In 1938, the library instituted a summer program to certify students as school librarians, which was later offered during the school year. In the 1940s James R. Clark taught a class in bookbinding.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|62}} The BYU School of Library and Information Science was established in 1966 and re-accreddited in 1978. It had about 50 graduates a year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Library Science Master's Degree Accredited at 'Y'|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542646/mls_program_at_byu/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=22 August 1976|page=4}}</ref> Prior to this program, ] taught a six-week class on the use of libraries.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|35}} The HBLL instituted a summer program to certify students as school librarians in 1938, later offering the program during the school year. A class on bookbinding was taught during the 1940s.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|62}} The BYU School of Library and Information Science was established in 1966 and re-accredited in 1978. It had about 50 graduates a year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Library Science Master's Degree Accredited at 'Y'|url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/11542646/mls_program_at_byu/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Herald|date=22 August 1976|page=4}}</ref> Prior to this program, ] taught a six-week class on the use of libraries.<ref name="Knight history"/>{{rp|35}} The School of Library and Information Science was closed in 1993, despite the program being in high demand.<ref name=Patterson/> The closure occurred after the administration announced a renewed focus on undergraduate studies.<ref name=Patterson>{{cite news|last1=Patterson|first1=Victoria|title=BYU Closing School for Librarians|work=The Universe|date=8 July 1993|page=1}} found in {{cite archive |first= Cali|last= O'Connell |type =Textual record |date =1993–2004|collection-url =http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/byu-archives/resources/upb_ua1066|item-id =UA 1066|collection = Harold B. Lee Library newsclippings collection |repository =L. Tom Perry Special Collections |institution =Brigham Young University |location =Provo, UT}}</ref>


==Offerings== ==Collections==
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The HBLL includes a ], the ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanviolasociety.org/Resources/PIVA.php |title=Primrose International Viola Archive |accessdate=2016-01-14 |publisher=American Viola Society}}</ref> the International Harp Archives,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpsociety.org/conference/summer03.html |title= 15th National Competition & Anne Adams Awards Auditions |accessdate=2008-05-15 |publisher =American Harp Society|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071102141741/http://www.harpsociety.org/conference/summer03.html |archivedate = November 2, 2007}}</ref> and serves as a designated depository of government documents. In January 2010 the juvenile literature department opened its ] Collection, featuring items from the ] office for students and researchers to access.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2009/12/19/the-harold-b-lee-library-to-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-lloyd-alexander-collection/ |title=The Harold B. Lee Library to Celebrate the Opening of the Lloyd Alexander Collection |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2009-12-19|publisher=Harold B. Lee Library |access-date=2015-01-25}}</ref> The HBLL includes a ], the ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanviolasociety.org/Resources/PIVA.php |title=Primrose International Viola Archive |access-date=2016-01-14 |publisher=American Viola Society}}</ref> the International Harp Archives,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpsociety.org/conference/summer03.html |title= 15th National Competition & Anne Adams Awards Auditions |access-date=2008-05-15 |publisher =American Harp Society|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071102141741/http://www.harpsociety.org/conference/summer03.html |archive-date = November 2, 2007}}</ref> and serves as a designated depository of government documents. The juvenile literature department opened its ] Collection in January 2010, featuring items from the ] office for students and researchers to access.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2009/12/19/the-harold-b-lee-library-to-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-lloyd-alexander-collection/ |title=The Harold B. Lee Library to Celebrate the Opening of the Lloyd Alexander Collection |date=2009-12-19|publisher=Harold B. Lee Library |access-date=2015-01-25}}</ref>


===Special Collections=== ===Special collections===
The library's special collections began in 1957 with 1000 books and 50 manuscript collections. In 2000, a special vault and cold storage facility were built<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coxey|first1=Michelle|last2=Brinkerhoff|first2=Allison|title=Library annex worth the wait for BYU|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/03/11/library-annex-worth-the-wait-for-byu/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=11 March 1999}}</ref> and the collection was called the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library.<ref name=Janeal>{{cite news|last1=Thornock|first1=Janeal|title=Library named for Elder Perry|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2000/05/27/library-named-for-elder-perry/|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> In 2000, the collection had grown to over 8000 manuscript collections, 500,000 photographs, and 280,000 books.<ref name=Janeal/> Notable items from the collection include a 1967 Bible illustrated by ], a 13th-century ], a first edition ], and the papers of ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.byu.edu/article/collected-memory/ |title=Collected Memory |accessdate=2008-05-15 |first=Jeff |last=McClellan |date=2001-06-01 |publisher=''BYU Magazine'' }}</ref> The library's special collections began in 1957 with 1000 books and 50 manuscript collections. A special vault and cold storage facility were built in 2000<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coxey|first1=Michelle|last2=Brinkerhoff|first2=Allison|title=Library annex worth the wait for BYU|url=http://universe.byu.edu/1999/03/11/library-annex-worth-the-wait-for-byu/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe|date=11 March 1999}}</ref> and the collection was formally named the ].<ref name=Janeal>{{cite news|last1=Thornock|first1=Janeal|title=Library named for Elder Perry|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2000/05/27/library-named-for-elder-perry/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> The collection at the time contained over 8000 manuscript collections, 500,000 photographs, and 280,000 books.<ref name=Janeal/> Notable items from the collection include a 1967 ''Bible'' illustrated by ], a 13th-century ], a first edition '']'', and the papers of ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.byu.edu/article/collected-memory/ |title=Collected Memory |access-date=2008-05-15 |first=Jeff |last=McClellan |date=2001-06-01 |publisher=BYU Magazine }}</ref>


===Foreign Language Collections=== ===Foreign language collections===
The HBLL houses collections in many foreign languages. It houses a Welsh library originally sponsored in 1951 by the ]. The Icelandic Library Association of Spanish Fork also donated their collection of Icelandic books in 1951.<ref name="Knight history">{{cite book|last1=Knight|first1=Hattie|title=Brigham Young University Library Centennial History 1875-1975|date=1976|publisher=Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University|accessdate=9 February 2016}}</ref>{{rp|75}} The HBLL houses collections in many foreign languages. The collection includes a Welsh library originally sponsored in 1951 by the ]. The Icelandic Library Association of Spanish Fork donated their collection of Icelandic books in 1951.<ref name="Knight history">{{cite book|last1=Knight|first1=Hattie|title=Brigham Young University Library Centennial History 1875-1975|date=1976|publisher=Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University}}</ref>{{rp|75}}


===Religious influence on collections=== ===Religious influence on collections===
Starting in 2004, R-rated movies were placed in the Faculty Use collection.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Forsyth|first1=Jessica|title=R-rated movies from Harold B. Lee Library under tighter wrap – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2004/03/02/rrated-movies-from-harold-b-lee-library-under-tighter-wrap/|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> The Romance section includes a guide with ratings for the amount of sexual content in the books, and novels with explicit sexual material are not included in the collection.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walch|first1=Tad|title=Romance novels at BYU 'tame'|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595096149/Romance-novels-at-BYU-tame.html|accessdate=8 June 2017|work=Deseret News|date=5 October 2004|language=en}}</ref> Starting in 2004, R-rated movies were placed in the Faculty Use collection.<ref name="universe 20040302">{{cite news|last1=Forsyth|first1=Jessica|title=R-rated movies from Harold B. Lee Library under tighter wrap – The Daily Universe|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2004/03/02/rrated-movies-from-harold-b-lee-library-under-tighter-wrap/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Universe}}</ref> The Romance section includes a guide with ratings for the amount of sexual content in the books, and novels with explicit sexual material are not included in the collection.<ref name="desnews 20041005">{{cite news|last1=Walch|first1=Tad|title=Romance novels at BYU 'tame'|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595096149/Romance-novels-at-BYU-tame.html|access-date=8 June 2017|work=Deseret News|date=5 October 2004|language=en|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923175506/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/595096149/Romance-novels-at-BYU-tame.html|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
In 2004, the ] ranked the HBLL as the number one college library,<ref name="desnews 20040817">{{cite news|last1=Walch|first1=Tad|title=Study gives Y. high marks|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595084663/Study-gives-Y-high-marks.html|access-date=8 June 2017|work=DeseretNews.com|date=17 August 2004|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923185438/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/595084663/Study-gives-Y-high-marks.html|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and as number three in 2007 and 2012.<ref name="desnews 20070821">{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695202901/Princeton-Review-rankings-for-BYU.html|title=Princeton Review rankings for BYU|date=21 August 2007|newspaper=]|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124033624/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695202901/Princeton-Review-rankings-for-BYU.html|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="hbll 20070904">{{cite news|title=BYU's Harold B. Lee Library Ranked 3rd in Nation|url=https://sites.lib.byu.edu/news/2007/09/04/byus-harold-b-lee-library-ranked-3rd-in-nation/|access-date=12 June 2017|work=Library News|date=4 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108065101/https://sites.lib.byu.edu/news/2007/09/04/byus-harold-b-lee-library-ranked-3rd-in-nation/|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="universe 20120205">{{cite web|title=BYU's Harold B. Lee Library Ranked 3rd in Nation|publisher=]|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2012/02/05/harold-b-lee-library-ranked-top-3-in-princeton-review/|first=Hwa|last=Lee|date=5 February 2012|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022073037/http://universe.byu.edu/2012/02/05/harold-b-lee-library-ranked-top-3-in-princeton-review/|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The ] awarded the HBLL with the Library Instruction Round Table 2017 Innovation in Instruction Award.<ref name="ala 2017 lirt">{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/brigham-young-university-s-harold-b-lee-library-recipient-lirt-2017-innovation|title=Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library Recipient of the LIRT 2017 Innovation in Instruction Award|date=4 May 2017|publisher=]|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519163833/http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/05/brigham-young-university-s-harold-b-lee-library-recipient-lirt-2017-innovation|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


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Main campus library for Brigham Young University

Harold B. Lee Library
Library main entrance at night
40°14′57″N 111°38′57″W / 40.24917°N 111.64917°W / 40.24917; -111.64917
LocationProvo, Utah, United States
TypeAcademic library
Established1925 (1925)
Collection
Size4.76 million volumes, 10.68 million total materials (2016)
Access and use
Circulation372,845 (2016)
Population servedBrigham Young University
Other information
DirectorRick Anderson
Employees376 (2016)
Websitelib.byu.edu

The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah. The library started as a small collection of books in the president's office in 1876 before moving in 1891. The Heber J. Grant Library building was completed in 1925, and in 1961 the library moved to the newly constructed J. Reuben Clark Library where it stands today. That building was renamed to the Harold B. Lee Library in 1974.

The library was significantly expanded in the 1990s, providing new individual and group study rooms and a special vault area for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library. In 2016, the library contained over 4.7 million books, 10.6 million total materials, and served over 10,000 patrons each day. The library was ranked by the Princeton Review within the top three university libraries in the United States four times: in 2004, 2007, 2012, and 2023.

History

Heber J. Grant Library, now a testing center

A collection of books in Karl G. Maeser's office served as the first library at Brigham Young Academy. In 1891, the library moved to a room in the Education Building in the lower campus, which expanded to include Room D about 1906. George Q. Cannon and Reed Smoot helped to acquire documents from the U.S. Department of the Interior and congressional documents. A fire in 1884 destroyed at least forty volumes of the collection. Students rarely checked out books in the early 1900s, generally studying books in the library instead. The Dewey Decimal Classification system was introduced to the library in 1908.

English professor Alice Louise Reynolds helped raise funds to purchase over 1,000 books for the library. She was the faculty chair of a committee to establish the library from 1906 to 1925. The library contained 29,592 volumes by 1923—almost half of them donated—and students had to stand in the library for lack of study space Reynolds' fan club donated over 10,000 volumes in the 1930s. By 1946, the library contained 138,500 volumes of books.

The Heber J. Grant Library was completed in 1925. In the Grant Library, reference books were placed on shelves surrounding the study area, with the rest of the library's holdings on shelves in the book room. Students would find books they wanted in the catalog, and library pages would retrieve them.

The library increased the volume of acquisitions during the 1930s and 1940s, and gifts of books were indiscriminately accepted. This policy changed in 1958, when gifts became subject to a consultation with the Director of Libraries, S. Lyman Tyler. In his time as director from 1954 to 1966, Tyler met Keyes Metcalf at a seminar for library administrators. Metcalf was the former director of the Harvard Library, and consulted with Tyler about the plans for BYU's new library. BYU commissioned Lorenzo Snow Young to make the plans for addition.

The J. Reuben Clark Library was completed in 1961. The library's collection reached 500,000 volumes in 1965, and one million volumes by 1971. The name of library changed in 1974 from the J. Reuben Clark Library to the Harold B. Lee Library to avoid confusion with the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Harold B. Lee was the 11th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A six-story addition was completed in 1976, doubling the library's physical space and increasing the library's seating capacity from 2,500 to 4,500. The addition had moveable walls, integrated student study spaces into the stacks, added group study rooms, and included a vault for archival materials. Art professor and artist Franz M. Johansen created four cast stone panels used to decorate the south entrance of the library and representing four areas of human knowledge.

The HBLL was again expanded and remodeled in the mid– and late–1990s using donated funds, adding 234,000 square feet (21,700 m), technology classrooms, an auditorium, and a digitization center. After the expansion, parts of the old library were remodeled, and the south entrance was closed. A new south entrance was opened in 2015.

From 2001 to 2011, the Interlibrary Loan program processed 500,000 requests. The library contained over 4.7 million books and served an average of 10,191 patrons a day during 2016. Single-user study rooms were added in 2017, and construction started on a family-friendly study room.

Technological improvements

The HBLL started offering a dial-up access system in 1969 for patrons to access music, lectures, and foreign language recordings, and access to the Library Information Network Center (LINC) was offered in 1974. Through a keyword search, patrons could use the system to search bibliographic resources of articles and recent books from ProQuest Dialog and Orbit II. The library adopted 3M Tattle-Tape in 1975 to detect if patrons were removing books from the library that had not been checked out. The library renamed their NOTIS cataloging system in 1984 to the Brigham Young University Information Network (BYLINE), and ran it on a mainframe computer located in the James E. Talmage Building.

The library collection began being re-catalogued in 1995 from the Dewey Decimal Classification system to a modified Library of Congress Classification. A word processing center in the library made 25 computers available to students at the rate of $1 per hour in 1996. In 1997, the library switched from using the DOS-based BYLINE to the Windows-based Horizon Automated Library Systems. The Horizon system allowed users to access online catalogs from other libraries, and used a client-server model.

The library contained 200 computers but only a portion of them had internet access in 1997. The library launched an online library catalog in 1998 after integrating the search system, providing online renewals and extending undergraduate checkout times. An electronic reserve system with an additional server was added in 1999. The library added wireless internet access points to its study spaces in 2003.

Library instruction

a glass pyramid structure with a stone building dotted with windows situated behind it. A wide sidewalk and landscaping appears in front of the structure.
The Harold B. Lee Library in April of 2021

The HBLL instituted a summer program to certify students as school librarians in 1938, later offering the program during the school year. A class on bookbinding was taught during the 1940s. The BYU School of Library and Information Science was established in 1966 and re-accredited in 1978. It had about 50 graduates a year. Prior to this program, Mary Elizabeth Downey taught a six-week class on the use of libraries. The School of Library and Information Science was closed in 1993, despite the program being in high demand. The closure occurred after the administration announced a renewed focus on undergraduate studies.

Collections

BYU Special Collections

The HBLL includes a family history library, the Primrose International Viola Archive, the International Harp Archives, and serves as a designated depository of government documents. The juvenile literature department opened its Lloyd Alexander Collection in January 2010, featuring items from the author's home office for students and researchers to access.

Special collections

The library's special collections began in 1957 with 1000 books and 50 manuscript collections. A special vault and cold storage facility were built in 2000 and the collection was formally named the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library. The collection at the time contained over 8000 manuscript collections, 500,000 photographs, and 280,000 books. Notable items from the collection include a 1967 Bible illustrated by Salvador Dalí, a 13th-century Vulgate, a first edition Book of Mormon, and the papers of Cecil B. DeMille and Helen Foster Snow.

Foreign language collections

The HBLL houses collections in many foreign languages. The collection includes a Welsh library originally sponsored in 1951 by the National Gymanfa Association of the United States and Canada. The Icelandic Library Association of Spanish Fork donated their collection of Icelandic books in 1951.

Religious influence on collections

Starting in 2004, R-rated movies were placed in the Faculty Use collection. The Romance section includes a guide with ratings for the amount of sexual content in the books, and novels with explicit sexual material are not included in the collection.

Awards and recognition

In 2004, the Princeton Review ranked the HBLL as the number one college library, and as number three in 2007 and 2012. The American Library Association awarded the HBLL with the Library Instruction Round Table 2017 Innovation in Instruction Award.

See also

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