Auraria Library is an academic library located in downtown Denver, Colorado. The library serves three institutions of higher learning: the downtown Denver campus of the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Community College of Denver.
Built in 1976, the library houses over one million volumes and makes available electronically many hundreds of thousands of additional titles. Currently, there are about 24 professional librarians and about 42 library technicians that work in the library. Auraria Library is the busiest academic library in the state of Colorado. Auraria Library is a member of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries. Also, the library is a federal depository library and has a sizeable collection of government documents. The library's collection of Colorado state publications is also comprehensive.
The library building was designed by Helmut Jahn and received a 1978 excellence-in-design award from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The citation read: "A refreshing and highly-imaginative solution; a straightforward warehouse of books with little pretensions from our industrial society." The building represents the industrial efficiency of International Modernism exemplified by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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Endowment: $593 million (2009)
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School of Business • School of Education • School of Letters, Arts and Sciences • School of Professional Studies
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Center for Innovation • Center for Math, Science, and Environmental Education (CMSEE) • Center for Urban Connections (CUC) • Center for Urban Education (CUE) • Center for Visual Art (CVA) • Equity Assistance Center (EAC), Region VIII • The Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership (Golda) • Institute for Women's Studies & Services (IWSS) • One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship (OWOW Center) Fall 2012
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Fight Song • Denver Food & Wine Classic • KMET • The Metropolitan • The Met Report • Metrosphere • Plain & Fancy Ball
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Auraria Events Center • Auraria Library • Golda Meir House • Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center (HLC) • Kenneth King Academic & Performing Arts Center • Ninth Street Historic District • Science Building • Seventh Street Building • Student Success Building • Tivoli Student Union
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Endowment: $8.6 million
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