Talk:Robarts Library
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I am removing the urban legend of the sinking library stuff from the article since these are ussualy untrue but common around large biuldings. I also removed the link to the deletion stuff since it was agreed it was vandalism. Cafe Nervosa | talk 23:19, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
which year was the Robarts Library officially open?
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Does anyone know if the statistics regarding its place in North America applies to Robarts itself or the U of T library system in general? By "large" is this by number of volumes or physical dimensions? My feeling is that if it is volumes, because a huge number of volumes are housed at other U of T libraries and many floors at Robarts are used only for administration, classrooms, and offices, its probably not third on its own.
Re the last asker's query, and the "largest" designation in general: it appears to link only to one measure, that of volumes (and NOT titles) added in the past year. Given that we don't even have the criteria for measurement, even if the one factor were meaningful in itself, it's misleading. Aggregate area and/or total holdings? Library of Congress, Univ. of Illinois? Much as I'd like Robarts to be right up there in the ARL stats (as a Canadian and a librarian myself), I know it isn't. I find this statement leads us so far down the garden path as to be mendacious, almost POV. Anyone for verifying against the complete ARL statistics?
99.250.17.70 19:45, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning in the article that the Toronto book scanning centre for archive.org is located at Robarts? 13:22, 15 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fantasticmio (talk • contribs)
