Editing Rutgers University (section)

===Libraries===
[[File:Clock on the campus of Rutgers University (2012).jpg|thumb|The Quad Clock on College Avenue campus]]
[[File:New Jersey Hall, Rutgers University, south view.jpg|thumb|[[New Jersey Hall]] on the New Brunswick College Avenue Campus, which was the home of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Biology, and Chemistry faculty, now houses the university's Department of Economics]]
[[File:Cooper Library Camden NJ.JPG|thumb|The Digital Studies Center and Johnson Park at Rutgers University–Camden]]
[[File:Alexander Library.jpg|thumb|The [[Archibald S. Alexander Library]] is the main library at Rutgers University–New Brunswick]]
[[File:Rutgers University Art Library.JPG|thumb|The art library on the College Avenue campus]]
The Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) system consists of twenty-six libraries, centers and reading rooms located on the university's four campuses. Housing a collection that includes 4,383,848 volumes (print and electronic), 4,605,896 microforms, and an array of electronic indexes and abstracts, full-text electronic journals, and research guides, Rutgers University Libraries ranks among the nation's top research libraries.<ref name="RULFactsandFigures">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/about_rutgers_libraries Library Facts and Figures] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211015157/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/about_rutgers_libraries |date=December 11, 2014 }} Accessed September 15, 2014</ref> The [[American Library Association]] ranks the Rutgers University Library system as the 44th-largest library in the United States in terms of volumes held.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing by Volumes Held (ALA Library Fact Sheet 22)|url=http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|website=American Library Association|date=July 7, 2006|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014171755/http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|archive-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Archibald S. Alexander Library]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], known to many students as "Club Alex", is the oldest and the largest library of the university, and houses an extensive [[humanities]] and [[social science]] collection.<ref name="RULFactsandFigures"/><ref name="AlexCollection">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_coll_descript.shtml Archibald S. Alexander Library Collection Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212180547/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_coll_descript.shtml |date=December 12, 2006 }} Accessed January 10, 2007</ref> It also supports the work of faculty and staff at four professional schools: the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Communication and Information. Alexander Library is also a [[Federal Depository Library Program|Federal Depository Library]], maintaining a large collection of government documents, which contains United States, New Jersey, foreign, and international government publications.<ref name="AlexCollection"/> The Paul Robeson Library in [[Rutgers–Camden|Camden]], serves Rutgers affiliates as well as the Camden campuses of [[Rowan University]] and [[Camden County College]] with a broad collection of volumes, and also houses an archive including the papers of poet [[Nick Virgilio]].

The Dana Library is the main research library for the Newark campus and is also home to the [[Institute of Jazz Studies]], one of the world's largest collections of jazz archives and research. The ''Library of Science and Medicine'' (LSM) on the Busch Campus in [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]] houses the university's collection in [[behavioral science|behavioral]], [[Biology|biological]], [[Earth science|earth]], and [[pharmaceutical science]]s and [[engineering]]. LSM also serves as a designated depository library for government publications regarding science, and owns a U.S. patent collection and patent search facility.<ref>[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_coll_descript.shtml LSM Collection Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209101038/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_coll_descript.shtml |date=December 9, 2006 }} accessed January 10, 2007</ref> It was officially established as the Library of Science and Medicine in July 1964 although the beginning of the development of a library for science started in 1962. The current character of LSM is a university science library also serving a medical school.<ref name="LSMhistory">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_history.shtml LSM History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209091037/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_history.shtml |date=December 9, 2006 }} accessed January 10, 2007</ref>

On the New Brunswick-Piscataway campus, in addition to Alexander Library, many individual disciplines have their libraries, including art history, Chemistry, mathematics, music and physics. ''Special Collections and University Archives'' houses the Sinclair New Jersey Collection, manuscript collection, and rare book collection, as well as the university archives. Although located in the Alexander Library building, [[special collections]] and University Archives comprises a distinct unit unto itself. Also located within the Alexander Library is the ''East Asian Library'' which holds a sizable collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean monographs and periodicals. There are nine major libraries at the Rutgers- New Brunswick location which are the Alexander Library, Art Library, Carr Library, Chang Library, Douglass Library, Library of Science and Medicine, Math and Physics Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Library, and Special Collections & University Archives Library.<ref>[https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/new-brunswick/visit-study/locations/alexander-library Alexander Library], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025. "The Archibald S. Alexander Library, located on the College Avenue Campus, is the main social sciences and humanities library in New Brunswick. It is also home to Special Collections and University Archives and the East Asian Library."</ref> Both the Newark and Camden campuses have law libraries.<ref>[https://camden.rutgers.edu/research/facilities-libraries Facilities & Libraries], Rutgers-Camden. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://library.law.rutgers.edu/rutgers-law-library Rutgers Law Library], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref>