Gothenburg University Library
Reading room in the main library
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Established | 1850s |
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 57°41′44″N 11°59′07″E / 57.69555°N 11.98529°ECoordinates: 57°41′44″N 11°59′07″E / 57.69555°N 11.98529°E |
| Branch of | University of Gothenburg |
| Branches | 10 |
| Website | Gothenburg University Library |
The Gothenburg University Library (Swedish: Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek) consists of ten separate libraries in Gothenburg, Sweden, including Learning Resource Centres. With 1.6 million visits per year, the library is one of the most frequented research libraries in Sweden. It is a meeting place for students, teachers and researchers at the University of Gothenburg as well as the public. The library is also a cultural institution for the people of Gothenburg. The library houses the KvinnSam – National resource library for gender studies.
The Gothenburg University Library, was originally known as the "Gothenburg Museum Library, Gothenburg University Library and Gothenburg City Library" (Göteborgs musei, Göteborgs högskolas bibliotek och Göteborgs stadsbibliotek). It is an academic library and the main library for the University of Gothenburg. The largest of its libraries is situated at Renströmsparken behind Götaplatsen in Gothenburg.
The foundation for the library was laid early through donations. During the end of the 1850s, the institution that later became known as the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, had assembled a museum library in a gallery on the top floor of the east wing in the original building. The collection contained about 1,000 volumes, that had been bequeathed to the museum in 1844, by the physician to the Royal Court of Sweden Johan P Westring, another 500 books were donated from the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg and finally 300 books came from the library of the County Agricultural Society. When the Gothenburg Museum (later included in the Gothenburg City Museum) was inaugurated on 20 December 1861, the collections were moved there.
The only money the library received during the first years, was an annual grant of 500 SEK from the museum. The grant was increased to 700 SEK in 1870. Through a grants from the Renström Dividend Fund on three occasions, 10,000 SEK in 1871, 25,000 SEK in 1878 and 25,000 SEK in 1885, it was possible for the library to increase the book collection according to plan.
In 1863, the size of the collection was estimated to 5,000 volumes, 10,000 in 1869, close to 30,000 in 1879 and approximately 50,000 in 1886. In 1891, the museum library was merged with the book collections belonging to the newly founded Gothenburg Institute (Göteborgs högskola), the predecessor to the University of Gothenburg, under the name of Gothenburg City Library (Göteborgs stadsbibliotek).
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