Library Makes the Top 10

The Furman Library was included in the list of “10 Tiny Colleges With Truly Impressive Libraries,” by the Open Education Database.

http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/10-tiny-colleges-with-truly-impressive-libraries/

Below is what it says about the James B. Duke Library.

Furman University

One of the oldest colleges in South Carolina, this school produces more PhDs than any other liberal arts school, perhaps with the help of the James B. Duke Library. Spanning 128,000 square feet, Duke Library is a stately brick building sitting at the head of an expansive green lawn dotted with fountains, adding to the school’s reputation as the “country club of the south.” Of course, the library is more than just good looks. It also houses nearly 600,000 books and countless other periodicals, journals, music, movies, and multimedia items. Standouts from the collection include poetry archives from South Carolina’s best writers and an immense assortment of songbooks and sheet music.

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