Have you seen Mount Holyoke's library, mangopeachsalsa? You would change your mind in a heartbeat. Sometimes students from the other colleges visit our library just because they like it.
Smith does not have the largest collegiate library in the US. I do not know who told you that, but they were misinformed.
According to the American Library Association (and the Harvard tour
), Harvard tops the list. Smith isn't even on their top 100 list.
Source:
ALA | ALA Library Fact Sheet 22 - The Nation's Largest Libraries
Anyway, Smith has more books than Mount Holyoke because Smith has a few small libraries for science texts, etc. Their main library is... unimpressive. It is wonderful that they have so many books, but Mount Holyoke isn't far behind and we can have their books sent to our campus anyway. Also, books arrive at our campus weeks before they arrive at any of the other colleges in the consortium.
Not only is Mount Holyoke's library one of the most beautiful in the nation, but it has won the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries. Articles have been written about our library and everything.
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