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==== Library system ==== [[File:University of Chicago, Harper Library.jpg|thumb|University of Chicago, Harper Library]] The [[University of Chicago Library]] system encompasses six libraries that contain a total of 11 million volumes, the 9th most among library systems in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/about/factsheet.html|title=The University of Chicago Library|website=www.lib.uchicago.edu|access-date=May 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515160908/http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/about/factsheet.html|archive-date=May 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The university's primary library is the [[Regenstein Library]], which contains over 4.5 million print volumes on a variety of subjects and is the largest on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nothing βRegβ-ular About This Library! |url=https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/uncommon-blog/nothing-reg-ular-about-library |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=College Admissions |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Regenstein Library {{!}} Explore the architecture at the University of Chicago |url=https://architecture.uchicago.edu/locations/joseph_regenstein_library/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=architecture.uchicago.edu}}</ref> The [[Joe and Rika Mansueto Library]], built in 2011, houses a large study space and an automated book storage and retrieval system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe and Rika Mansueto Library {{!}} Explore the architecture at the University of Chicago |url=https://architecture.uchicago.edu/locations/joe_and_rika_mansueto_library/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=architecture.uchicago.edu}}</ref> The [[John Crerar Library]] contains more than 1.4 million volumes in the biological, medical and physical sciences and collections in general science and the philosophy and history of science, medicine, and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/about.html|title=About the John Crerar Library|date=June 13, 2013|website=www.lib.uchicago.edu|access-date=May 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531144239/http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/about.html|archive-date=May 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The university also operates a number of special libraries, including the D'Angelo Law Library, the Social Service Administration Library, and the Eckhart Library for mathematics and computer science.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/eck/index.html|title=Eckhart Library|publisher=University of Chicago Library|access-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012035723/http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/eck/index.html|archive-date=October 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="petersons">{{cite web|title=College Closeup: University of Chicago|publisher=Peterson's|url=http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=36&inunId=9162#The%20university|access-date=August 19, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210336/http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=36&inunId=9162#The%20University|archive-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref> Harper Memorial Library, the first library of the university, is now a reading and study room.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Tony |title=The Storied Past of Harper Memorial Library |url=https://chicagomaroon.com/26013/news/storied-past-harper-memorial-library/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Chicago Maroon}}</ref>
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