University of New Brunswick Libraries

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University of New Brunswick Libraries
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LocationFredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
TypeAcademic library
Branches5
Collection
Size1.5 million
Access and use
Circulation140,000
Other information
DirectorLesley Balcom
Parent organisationUniversity of New Brunswick
Websitelib.unb.ca

University of New Brunswick Libraries is the library system of the University of New Brunswick in New Brunswick, Canada.[1] It has a collection size containing 1,500,000 volumes, while circulating 140,000 items annually.[2]

It is headquartered at UNB Fredericton's main library building, the Harriet Irving Library, which was opened in 1967. The University of New Brunswick's other libraries, including the Hans W. Klohn Commons in the Saint John Campus, serves as a branch of this library.[3][4][5][6]

History

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The University of New Brunswick's first academic library, the Bonar Law-Bennett Building, opened in 1931.[7][8]

The University of New Brunswick's Saint John campus opened its first library, the Ward Chipman Library, in 1969.[9] In 2011, the library was replaced by the newly-built Hans W. Klohn Commons.[10][11] In 2023, the Ward Chipman Library was demolished to make way for construction of the Health and Social Innovation Centre.[12]

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