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University of Denver

About the University of Denver and Penrose Library The oldest and largest private university in the Rocky Mountain region, Denver University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln’s and the second governor of the Colorado Territory. 147 years later, the University enrolls 11,600 undergraduate and graduate […]

Princeton University Library

About Princeton University Library Princeton University is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the United States. Chartered in 1746, it was only the fourth college in the American Colonies. That long history and longer list of illustrious alumni make it one of the best known of the Ivy League […]

Phillips Academy Oliver Wendell Holmes Library

About Phillips Academy Andover and Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Established in 1778 as a boys’ school, Phillips Academy has a long history of preparing students for prestigious Ivy League universities like Yale, Harvard and Princeton. The school’s beginnings are firmly rooted in the American Revolution during which it was founded. Paul Revere designed the school’s […]

City College of New York

About City College of New York The City College of New York (CCNY) is the oldest college of The City University of New York’s 23 institutions of higher learning. Founded in downtown Manhattan as The Free Academy in 1847 “for the children of the whole people,” it was the first free public institution of higher […]

Gannon University and The Nash Library

About Gannon University and The Nash Library Founded as Cathedral College by Bishop John Mark Gannon in 1925, Gannon University maintains its heritage as a private Catholic university in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania. Co-educational since 1964, the university has an enrollment of about 4,000 students and prides itself on offering a value-centered education designed to prepare […]

James Blackstone Memorial Library

About the Library: The James Blackstone Memorial Library was a gift to the city of Branford, Connecticut by railroad executive Timothy B. Blackstone in memory of his father at a time when there were fewer than 1,000 public libraries in the United States. The impressive structure boasts a 50-foot white marble dome and architectural details […]

New England School of Law, Boston

About New England School of Law Located in downtown Boston, New England School of Law was founded in 1908 as the only law school exclusively for the education of women. Co-educational since 1938, it is a founding member of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education, which allows students learn about foreign law while studying abroad. […]

University of Connecticut

About University of Connecticut and its libraries: Founded as the Storrs Agricultural School in 1881 with a grant of 170 acres of land and $5,000 in cash, the University of Connecticut is now consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the best public university in New England and one of the top 30 […]

Villanova University Compares BookScan Station to the Competition

Villanova University is the oldest and largest Catholic university in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1842, it now has a student body of over 10,000 students in five colleges: Liberal Arts and Sciences (Villanova College), Engineering, School of Business, Nursing and the School of Law. It was ranked #1 in the Best Universities and Masters category for […]

Delaware County Library System

The Delaware County Library System (DCLS) traces its origins to the 1890s, when the women of Delaware, Ohio started a fee-based reading club. The club soon became a free library, dedicated to serving all the citizens of the town, located about 25 miles north of Columbus, and later the entire county. The first library building […]