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Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Inc.) is an independent nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides blood, blood products and services across the United States. Regional organizations. This is a list of organizations by state or territory. Some of the names are very similar but refer to different organizations.
The University of Michigan Library is the academic library system of the University of Michigan. The university's 38 constituent and affiliated libraries together make it the second largest research library by number of volumes in the United States. As of 2019–20, the University Library contained more than 14,543,814 volumes, while all campus ...
In 1998, the Hallene Gateway Plaza was dedicated. The Plaza features the original sandstone portal of University Hall, which was originally the fourth building on campus. In recent years, state support has declined from 4.5% of the state's tax appropriations in 1980 to 2.28% in 2011, a nearly 50% decline.
Takoma Park. 416 Cedar St., NW. 38°58′28.99″N 77°1′7.08″W. / 38.9747194°N 77.0186333°W / 38.9747194; -77.0186333 ( Takoma Park Neighborhood Library) Built in the Renaissance Revival style by Marsh and Peter and opening on November 17, 1911, this was the first branch library in Washington, D.C. The building was renovated ...
The University of California operates the largest academic library system in the world. It manages more than 40.8 million print volumes [1] in 100 libraries on ten campuses. The purpose of these libraries is to assist research and instruction on the University of California campuses. While each campus library is separate, they share (through ...
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books in its "vast and cavernous" [2] stacks, is the centerpiece of the Harvard College Libraries (the libraries of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system. [3] It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector ...
Oxford Libraries Information System ( OLIS) was an online union catalog of books held by the libraries of the University of Oxford, England, which include the Bodleian Libraries group, and also those faculty libraries which are not members of the group, and the libraries of individual colleges. It operated the Geac ADVANCE integrated library ...
The library started with 1,200 items inside the Conroe School Recreation Center in 1946. It was originally maintained by a women's group known as the HUB Club. In 1948 the library became a branch of the Montgomery County government, with an allocated budget of US$ 25,000. The first librarian was Katherine Ard. A bookmobile was purchased to help ...