HCL Libraries
There are over 90 libraries at Harvard that comprise the Harvard library system, with combined holdings of over 15 million items. More than 10 million of those items are part of the collection of a centrally administered unit within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that is referred to as the Harvard College Library (HCL) and includes Cabot Science, Fine Arts, Fung, Harvard-Yenching, Houghton (includes Harvard Theatre Collection), Lamont, Loeb Music, Quad, Tozzer, and Widener libraries, and the Harvard Film Collection, Harvard Map Collection, Government Information Services, Environmental Information Services, and and Numeric Data Services. See the Harvard Libraries site for a complete listing of all University libraries.
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Contact: 1 Oxford Street, Science Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Tel: 617-495-5355 | Fax: 617-495-5324 | E-mail
General sciences with undergraduate collections in applied sciences, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, physics, zoology, history of science, and agriculture engineering, and research collections in earth and planetary sciences, pure mathematics, and theoretical statistics.
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- Currently on exhibit: From Soundings to Sidescan Sonar: Mapping the Ocean Floor
- A list of Selected New Acquisitions is now available on the site. Check back regularly for updates.
Contact: 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-3374 | Fax: 617-496-4889 | E-mail
One of the world's most comprehensive collections covering all of Western and non-Western art and architecture, from antiquity to the present. Special collections in East Asian and Islamic art and architecture.
Announcements
- Fine Arts Library in the News: Fine Arts Library Acquires Tassel Collection of Historical Photos
- Fine Arts Library in the News: Preparation for Fine Arts Library Move Yields Rediscovery
Contact: 1737 Cambridge Street, Knafel Building, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-496-0485 | Fax: 617-496-0091
International politics, foreign relations, foreign policy, economics, history, culture, and political science with distinctive collections in Russian, Eurasian, and East Asian studies.
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College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2417
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America's oldest map collection with over half a million maps, atlases from the 15th century to the present, gazetteers, and reference books on the history and science of cartography. Worldwide coverage of detailed, topographic maps. Non-circulating.
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- On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 5, the Harvard Map Collection will be closed.
- Currently on exhibit in the Map Gallery Hall, Pusey Library: The Lands of the Sophi: Iran in Early Modern European Maps (1550-1700)
- Harvard Map Collection in the News: Boston Maps Designed by HCL Map Collection Grace Freedom Trail
Contact: 2 Divinity Avenue, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2756 | Fax: 617-496-6008 | E-mail
Most extensive academic research collection of East Asian materials outside of Asia. Includes publications in the humanities and social sciences on traditional and modern East Asia written in East Asian and Western languages. Notable collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Announcements
- The Harvard-Yenching Newspaper Collection is now searchable online
- Basement-level Chinese stacks to be closed June 6 - September 14, 2008 – Read more
- Books in Numbers, No. 8 in the Harvard-Yenching Library Studies Series, now available.
- E-resource trials for historical texts from KoreaA2Z and for an encyclopedia of Korean culture and history via EncyKorea – Read more
Contact: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2441 | Fax: 617-495-1376 | E-mail
Primary repository for Harvard's rare books and manuscripts. Collections focus on the study of Western civilization, particularly European and American history and literature. Includes special collections in printing, graphic arts, and theatre. Non-circulating.
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- Currently on exhibit: From Rhubarb to Rubies: European Travels to Safavid Iran, 1550-1700 and Family Album: The Roosevelts at Home
- New acquisition for Modern Books and Manuscripts: Mailer at Harvard, the papers of Carole Mallory
- On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 5, Houghton Library and the Harvard Theatre Collection will be closed.
- Houghton in the News: Book Collections Net Prizes in The Harvard Crimson
- On Saturday, May 31, Houghton Library Reading Room services will be relocated to the Theatre Collection Reading Room in Pusey Library.
- Houghton Library will not conduct its public Friday afternoon tours from June 1 to August 29, 2008 — See Public Tours
Contact: Lamont Library, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2106 | Fax: 617-496-9632 | E-mail
General undergraduate library supporting humanities and social sciences, music and multimedia, contemporary poetry.
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- Lamont in the News: Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
- Lamont in the News: Heather Cole Retires
- On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 5, Lamont Library will be closed to patrons until noon.
- Lamont in the News: Marty Schreiner Publishes New Compositions
- Currently on exhibit: Harvard College Annual International Photo Contest. Features photographs taken by Harvard students while they studied, worked, interned, or did research abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Contact: Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2794 | Fax: 617-496-4636 | E-mail
Preeminent music research collection that includes books, scores, and recordings; a world music archive; the world's largest collection of Turkish and Indian classical music; and extensive Mozart archives. Isham Memorial Library collection contains microfilms and facsimiles of music manuscripts and early printed music.
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- On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 5, Loeb Music Library will be closed to patrons.
- Loeb Music in the News: New Access for Music Manuscripts in America
- Loeb Music in the Harvard Gazette: Loeb Music co-authors issue major report on audio preservation
- A list of Selected New Acquisitions is now available on the site. Check back regularly for updates.
Contact: Lamont Library, Level B, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2106 | Fax: 617-496-5570
The Social Sciences Program (SSP) is a federation of collections and services to support research and instruction primarily in the social sciences and related disciplines. Units include Fung Library, Harvard Map Collection, Environmental Services, Government Information Services, and Numeric Data Services.
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- New: Papers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change This collection contains the drafts, expert and government review comments, and author responses used to prepare Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis, the contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Contact: 21 Divinity Avenue, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2253 | Fax: 617-496-2741 | E-mail
Preeminent collections supporting the study of anthropology and all subfields, including archaeology, cultural/social anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, and anthropological linguistics. Noted collections relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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- A list of Selected New Acquisitions is now available on the site. Check back regularly for updates.
Contact: Widener Library, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02138 USA
Telephone: 617-495-2411 | Fax: 617-495-0403 | E-mail
Extensive research collections in social sciences and humanities in some three million volumes. Collections primarily emphasize literature and history and include significant holdings in linguistics, classical and modern languages, folklore, bibliography, economics, philosophy, psychology, the history of science and technology, and the history of social sciences. Includes international works in more than 100 languages with special emphasis on Hebrew and Yiddish, Slavic, and Middle Eastern languages.
Announcements
- On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 5, Widener Library will be closed to patrons until noon. The Office of the Librarian and other administrative offices will remain closed all day.
- Widener in the News: Matz and McKeigue Selected for ACRL’s Intentional Teacher Program
- Tours of Widener Library offered Thursday afternoons during the academic year - Read more
