PrincetonUniversity
A Princeton Profile, 2004-05
Educational Resources
The Library
The Princeton University Library, one of the world's most distinguished research libraries, consists of the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and 15 special libraries. Its holdings include more than 5 million books, 3.5 million microforms, 36,000 linear feet of manuscripts, and smaller but distinguished holdings of rare books, prints, archives, and other material that require special handling. The library's extensive electronic resources include databases and journals, statistical packages, images, and digital maps.
The budget for 2003-04 exceeded $34 million, which included more than $14 million for acquisitions.
The Art Museum
The Princeton University Art Museum is used extensively as a teaching resource. Its collections and exhibitions include artifacts of the ancient world (including rare pre-Columbian, classical, and Far Eastern objects); paintings and sculpture of the Renaissance, modern Europe, and America; important collections of prints, drawings, and photographs; and a collection of 20th-century sculpture displayed throughout campus.
Information Technology
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) supports the use of information technologies and Internet access for the University's academic and administrative needs. Princeton's computing resources, including office and student workstations and general-use shared systems and storage, are connected to a campus fiberoptic network and to the Internet. Students' personally owned computers can access the campus network and the Internet from campus residences and network access points around campus, including areas equipped for wireless communication. Students also have access to workstations in clusters around campus. OIT also provides administrative information systems, audiovisual services, the Blackboard course management system, centralized printing and mailing services, computer hardware repair, coordination and training for distributed campus computing support personnel, an instructional technology new media center, the language resource center, software purchases, the University's telephone system, its World Wide Web server, and assistance in the use of these resources.