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<h2 id="partnerships-and-collaboration">Partnerships and collaboration</h2> <p>The University of Toronto Libraries system is a member of the <a href="/facts/Association_of_Research_Libraries/j9AwPQGc">Association of Research Libraries</a>, <a href="/facts/Canadian_Association_of_Research_Libraries/NmAudqoU">Canadian Association of Research Libraries</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Ontario_Council_of_University_Libraries/sUAyHEQs">Ontario Council of University Libraries</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="brancheslibraries-and-departments-university-of-toronto-libraries-university-of-toronto-libraries-archived-from-the-original-on-29-march-2024-retrieved-6-april-2024">Branches<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></h2> <p>Main </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robarts_Library/nsTBaU9z">John P. Robarts Research Library</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gerstein_Science_Information_Centre/P2BRjI5a">Gerstein Science Information Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto_Mississauga/Ms456fuF">U of T Mississauga</a> Library</li> <li><a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto_Scarborough/dkFttS3D">U of T Scarborough</a> Library</li></ul> <p>Colleges </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Emmanuel_College%2c_Toronto/rPd46eI4">Emmanuel College</a> Library</li> <li><a href="/facts/Innis_College%2c_Toronto/FQeJPfLe">Innis College</a> Library</li> <li>Caven Library (<a href="/facts/Knox_College%2c_Toronto/94ugNyME">Knox College</a>)</li> <li>Robertson Davies Library (<a href="/facts/Massey_College%2c_Toronto/KYs9joBJ">Massey College</a>)</li> <li>Ivey Library (<a href="/facts/New_College%2c_Toronto/p5GSeLqe">New College</a>)</li> <li>John M. Kelly Library (<a href="/facts/University_of_St._Michael%2527s_College/fLxKwRqa">St. Michael's College</a>)</li> <li>John W. Graham Library (<a href="/facts/Trinity_College%2c_Toronto/0vzT3xu6">Trinity College</a> & <a href="/facts/Wycliffe_College%2c_Toronto/I4URo8ME">Wycliffe College</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/University_College%2c_Toronto/e2vyqW81">University College</a> Library</li> <li>E. J. Pratt Library (<a href="/facts/Victoria_University%2c_Toronto/34fFEwvU">Victoria College</a>)</li></ul> <p>Subject </p> <ul><li>Eberhard Zeidler Library (architecture)</li> <li>Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (closed, merged with Physics Library)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>Department of Art Library</li> <li>Milt Harris Library (business)</li> <li>A. D. Allen Library (chemistry)</li> <li>Criminology Information Service & Library</li> <li>Harry R. Abbott Library (dentistry)</li> <li>Noranda Earth Sciences Library</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cheng_Yu_Tung_East_Asian_Library/Xmhu6Sju">Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library</a> (East Asian studies)</li> <li>OISE Library (education)</li> <li>Engineering and Computer Science Library</li> <li>First Nations House Library</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Charles_Lee_Canada-Hong_Kong_Library/FTdAzNEw">Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library</a> (Hong Kong studies)</li> <li>Newman Library (industrial relations and human resources)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bora_Laskin/pgKXlsMg">Bora Laskin</a> Law Library (law)</li> <li>Mathematical Sciences Library (mathematics and the statistical sciences)</li> <li>Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies Library</li> <li>Music Library</li> <li>Physics Library</li> <li><a href="https://pjrc.library.utoronto.ca">Petro Jacyk Central & East European Resource Centre</a> (Russia & East Central Europe studies)</li></ul> <h2 id="chief-librarians">Chief librarians</h2> <p>University Librarian<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>John McCaul (1843–1852)</li> <li>John William Small (1852–1853)</li> <li>Alexander Lorimer (1854–1868)</li> <li>John Edgeworth Thomson (1868–1972)</li> <li>William Henry Van der Smissen (1873–1891)</li> <li>Hugh Hornby Langton (1892–1923)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Stewart_Wallace/E5YLtu9q">William Stewart Wallace</a> (1923–1954)</li></ul> <p>Chief Librarian </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robert_H._Blackburn/5sdmlfxQ">Robert Harold Blackburn</a> (1954–1981)</li> <li>Marilyn Sharrow (1982–1985)</li> <li>Carol Moore (1986–2011)</li> <li>Larry Paul Alford (2011–present)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Toronto libraries. <ul><li><a href="http://library.utoronto.ca/">University of Toronto Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="http://heritage.utoronto.ca/fedora/repository/default%3A16689">Blackburn, Robert H. (1989). <i>Evolution of the heart: A history of the University of Toronto library up to 1981</i>. Toronto: University of Toronto Library.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.heritage.utoronto.ca">Heritage University of Toronto: Our Ongoing History in Images, Text & Rich Media</a></li> <li>The <a href="https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/">University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services</a> holds the <a href="https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/robert-h-blackburn-fonds">archival papers</a> of <a href="/facts/Robert_H._Blackburn/5sdmlfxQ">Robert H. Blackburn</a>, the university librarian from 1958 to 1982 and the <a href="https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/librarians-association-of-university-of-toronto-laut-fonds">Librarians' Association of the University of Toronto (LAUT)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Principal Component Scores ARL Library Investment Index Description and Worksheets". ARL Statistics. Retrieved 25 January 2016. <a href="http://www.arlstatistics.org/documents/ARLStats/index14.xls" target="_blank">http://www.arlstatistics.org/documents/ARLStats/index14.xls</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"About". University of Toronto Libraries. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024. <a href="https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/about" target="_blank">https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/about</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"About". University of Toronto Libraries. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024. <a href="https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/about" target="_blank">https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/about</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Wall, Margaret (2014-09-09). "U of T Library System Ranked in Top Three with Harvard and Yale". 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