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Thursday, July 5, 2001
Contact: Peter Bailley
news@knox.edu
309-341-7715
Knox College's Seymour Library has been ranked as one of the best college libraries in the country according to the 2002 edition of the Princeton Review publication "The Best 331 Colleges." The rankings are based on student opinion surveys.
The top twenty in the library rankings are:
1 University of Virginia
2 New York University
3 Johns Hopkins University
4 University of Notre Dame
5 Yale University
6 Harvard College
7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
8 Smith College
9 Haverford College
10 Hamilton College
11 Mount Holyoke College
12 Pomona University
13 University of Toronto
14 Southern Methodist University
15 Knox College
16 Baylor University
17 Skidmore College
18 Tufts University
19 Boston University
20 Georgetown University
(Source: Princeton Review)
Seymour Library offers "an inviting building and a dedicated staff," according to Knox College Librarian Jeffrey Douglas, in a recent interview about the ranking with the "IACRL Newsletter," a publication of the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries.
"Housed in an attractive and recently renovated older building, the library offers a variety of seating options to make students feel at home: two reading rooms; oversized, networked study carrels; offices for honors students," wrote the IACRL Spring 2001 newsletter. "In addition, it is full of comfortable nooks and crannies that encourage extended visits. The Reference staff becomes very involved in the major research projects that are required of almost every senior. As a result, students learn to rely heavily on the expertise of librarians and come to value their knowledge and dedication."
The Knox Library has 300,000 volumes, and about 700 paid journal subscriptions, and a support staff of thirteen. On-line services are available at http://library.knox.edu/.
Princeton Review rankings are based on a non-scientific survey of student opinion. The most positive aspect of the honor, Douglas told the IACRL Newsletter, is that Seymour Library is ranked highly by "the people whom the library is here to serve."
Related Pages:
Panoramic images of Seymour Library: (QuickTime Required)
Muelder Reading Room (shown right)
Charles Colonnade
Reference Room.
Seymour Library Web Site
History of Knox College libraries
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,220 students from 47 states and 41 nations. Knox's "Old Main" is a National Historic Landmark and the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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