Libraries

More than 30 libraries, programs and units make up the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources. The libraries contain more than 7 million books and journals, 44,504 current serials, 266,000 maps and important archival collections, such as those of Silicon Valley pioneer Apple Computer, Inc., as well as writers William Saroyan, John Steinbeck and Allen Ginsberg.

Some of the university's most beautiful study spaces can be found in the recently refurbished Bing Wing, part of the main Cecil H. Green Library. In the formal, 7,400-square-foot Lane Reading Room, readers are swathed in natural light from a huge laylight. The fifth-floor Bender Room provides a clubby ambience and affords superb views of the campus' red-tile roofs and foothills beyond. Throughout the library complex are high-tech touches, such as flat-panel computer screens and laptop-friendly Internet ports.

Above: Susie Cranston curls up with a corporate finance textbook on a leather easy chair in the Lane Reading Room, part of the Humanities Resource Center. Photo: L.A. Cicero

The Lane Reading Room, part of the Humanities Resource Center in the Bing Wing, is a well-lighted place thanks to its newly uncovered ceiling laylight. Photo: L.A. Cicero

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Website for Stanford University Libraries