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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

The Library Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library is the main library at Whitworth University, one of the top regional colleges in the Western United States. Founded in 1890. Whitworth’s stated mission is to provide an education of mind and heart through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated Christian scholars. Located at the very center of […]