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List of closed stack libraries
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Acad%25C3%25A9mie_Nationale_de_M%25C3%25A9decine/K4Pn3U2k">Académie Nationale de Médecine</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris%2c_France/DrNHpwnA">Paris, France</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Beinecke_Rare_Book_%2526_Manuscript_Library/ss1ewuwk">Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library</a> at <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a> in <a href="/facts/New_Haven%2c_Connecticut/dRanslgz">New Haven, Connecticut</a>. The library contains rare books and original manuscripts.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Biblioth%25C3%25A8que_Nationale_de_France/4TNyWsxG">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris%2c_France/DrNHpwnA">Paris, France</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Boston_Athenaeum/NMBh19UA">Boston Athenaeum</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/British_Library/p01eBQ5A">British Library</a> - most items in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> and all items at Boston Spa in <a href="/facts/Yorkshire/jE4s4LNG">Yorkshire</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deering_Library/lmGNReWS">Deering Library</a> at <a href="/facts/Northwestern_University/4dunJHBf">Northwestern University</a> in <a href="/facts/Evanston%2c_Illinois/jjKy8Xyv">Evanston, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fales_Library/CCU9knL4">Fales Library</a> on the third floor of the <a href="/facts/New_York_University/4UnIkThy">New York University</a> <a href="/facts/Bobst_Library/vpPl2Yla">Bobst Library</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. 200,000 volumes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Free_Library_of_Philadelphia/0BVL78mL">Free Library of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frick_Art_Reference_Library/AEFfa3kx">Frick Art Reference Library</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. 285,000 books. 80,000 auction catalogs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Leiden_University_Library/xYJghasv">Leiden University Library</a> in <a href="/facts/Leiden/rs70mHlG">Leiden</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">The Library of Congress</a> in <a href="/facts/Washington_D.C./enXPK156">Washington D.C.</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> over 34,000,000 volumes as of 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>Research collections of <a href="/facts/The_New_York_Public_Library/2BfpGN3P">The New York Public Library</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Australia/I8kaalIX">National Library of Australia</a> in <a href="/facts/Canberra%2c_Australia/V2PldFRs">Canberra, Australia</a>. 10 million volumes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Finland/Y8Q6GgJ1">National Library of Finland</a> in <a href="/facts/Helsinki%2c_Finland/9za9r3jS">Helsinki, Finland</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Radcliffe_Science_Library/9D3h6CFt">Radcliffe Science Library</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">University of Oxford</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a></li> <li>Ralph Brown Draughon Library at <a href="/facts/Auburn_University/kz4YvffX">Auburn University</a> in <a href="/facts/Auburn%2c_Alabama/342zVyHS">Auburn, Alabama</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Rare_Book_%2526_Manuscript_Library_(University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign)/oJpDMGPF">The Rare Book & Manuscript Library</a> and the Bookstacks of the Main Library at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%25E2%2580%2593Champaign/gusw7HoS">University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Regenstein_Library/u3Ah9QAD">Regenstein Library</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Chicago/z6zRMUmV">University of Chicago</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Seeley_G._Mudd_Manuscript_Library/XARttMsx">Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library</a> at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a> in <a href="/facts/Princeton%2c_New_Jersey/fceTzdde">Princeton, New Jersey</a>. Original manuscripts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li>The Special Collections division of the <a href="/facts/University_at_Buffalo_Libraries/MMDLHQf1">University at Buffalo Libraries</a> in <a href="/facts/Amherst%2c_NY/jHthhw3M">Amherst, NY</a>, which includes the Poetry Collection, Archives, and Rare Books.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>State of Arizona Research Library, a division of the <a href="/facts/Secretary_of_State_of_Arizona/CPKLWNyq">Secretary of State of Arizona</a> in <a href="/facts/Phoenix%2c_AZ/MFvp5Upw">Phoenix, AZ</a>, which includes the Arizona Collection, the Federal Documents Collection, the Arizona State Government Publications Collection, a map collection, a law collection, and the largest collection of Arizona newspapers in Arizona.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tamiment_Library_and_Robert_F._Wagner_Archives/GT2FkYfd">Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives</a> on the tenth floor of the <a href="/facts/New_York_University/4UnIkThy">New York University</a> <a href="/facts/Bobst_Library/vpPl2Yla">Bobst Library</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. 75,000 volumes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Fisher_Rare_Book_Library/0wfWNoxS">Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto/FpGjQNm9">University of Toronto</a> in <a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruce_Peel_Special_Collections/5HRoAe3k">Bruce Peel Special Collections</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Alberta_Library/TvhMwBho">University of Alberta Library</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Closed stack". dictionary.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10. Having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/closed-stack" target="_blank">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/closed-stack</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>[1] Boston Athenaeum's Research Appointment Information for the Special Collections Reading Room <a href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/collections/research-appointment" target="_blank">http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/collections/research-appointment</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"How to order items". The British Library. Retrieved 2022-09-17. <a href="https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-order-items" target="_blank">https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-order-items</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"The Fales Library & Special Collections". Fales Library. Retrieved 2015-07-01. We maintain a closed stacks reading room for scholarly access to our book collections, archival and manuscript collections, and media holdings. <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/" target="_blank">http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>[2] Frick Library collection reference. <a href="http://www.frick.org/library/collections.htm" target="_blank">http://www.frick.org/library/collections.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>[3] Frick Library reference to noncirculating materials <a href="http://www.frick.org/library/reference_services.htm" target="_blank">http://www.frick.org/library/reference_services.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Borrow - Leiden University". www.library.universiteitleiden.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-17. <a href="https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/using-the-library/borrowing/borrow" target="_blank">https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/using-the-library/borrowing/borrow</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>[4] Reference to using the closed stacks at the Library of Congress <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>List of libraries in the United States with more than five million volumes Library of Congress circulation listed <a href="/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_the_United_States_with_more_than_five_million_volumes" target="_blank">/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_the_United_States_with_more_than_five_million_volumes</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>[5] New York Public Library's Research Divisions <a href="http://www.nypl.org/research-divisions/" target="_blank">http://www.nypl.org/research-divisions/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>[6] National Library of Australia Facts and Figures <a href="https://www.nla.gov.au/facts-and-figures" target="_blank">https://www.nla.gov.au/facts-and-figures</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>[7] National Library of Finland mentions its closed stacks on their website <a href="http://www.nationallibrary.fi/services/kokoelmat/avokokoelmajasuljetunvarastonkokoelma.html" target="_blank">http://www.nationallibrary.fi/services/kokoelmat/avokokoelmajasuljetunvarastonkokoelma.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Bookstacks Access". The Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved 2015-07-01. ... access to this area is restricted to faculty and graduate students of the University of Illinois and those patrons with special access cards <a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/users/visitors.html#circ" target="_blank">http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/users/visitors.html#circ</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>[8] University of Chicago's Special Collections <a href="https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Mudd Library's Rules and Regulations". Princeton University. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-07-01. The collections are non-circulating and are used only in designated reading rooms. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408142547/http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/research/rules.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150408142547/http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/research/rules.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>[9] University at Buffalo's Collections policies page, including closed stacks policy. <a href="http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/specialcollections/about/policies.php" target="_blank">http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/specialcollections/about/policies.php</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>[10] State of Arizona Research Library <a href="https://azlibrary.gov/starl" target="_blank">https://azlibrary.gov/starl</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>[11] Reference to New York University's Tamiment Library using a closed stack system <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/collections.html" target="_blank">http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/collections.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Accessing the Collections". Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Retrieved 2022-09-17. <a href="https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/services/accessing-collections" target="_blank">https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/services/accessing-collections</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>[12] Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta <a href="https://bpsc.library.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank">https://bpsc.library.ualberta.ca/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>