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The library adopted 3M Tattle-Tape in 1975 to detect if patrons were removing books from the library that had not been checked out. [24] The library renamed their NOTIS cataloging system in 1984 to the Brigham Young University Information Network (BYLINE), and ran it on a mainframe computer located in the James E. Talmage Building. [25]
The BYU Family History Library (FHL) is located in the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.It is one of the Family History Centers [1] devoted to assisting library patrons in genealogical research.
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1957 with 1,000 books and 50 manuscript collections, as of 2016 the Library's special collections contained over 300,000 books, 11,000 manuscript collections, and over 2.5 million ...
The Harold B. Lee Library and other central buildings with Y Mountain and Kyhv Peak in the background. This list of Brigham Young University buildings catalogs the current and no-longer-existent structures of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Provo, Utah, United States.
Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm / BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) [4] was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
The library building was the site of Brigham Young Academy. The Brigham Young Academy was one of the largest school buildings in the western Rocky Mountain region, and could accommodate 1,000 students. The Principal of the Academy, Karl G. Maeser, designed the building with the help of Don Carlos Young (son of Brigham Young) as architect. The ...
The main campus of Brigham Young University sits on approximately 560 acres (2.3 km 2) nestled at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and includes 311 buildings. [1] The buildings feature a wide variety of architectural styles, each building being built in the style of its time. [ 2 ]
The history of Brigham Young University (BYU) begins in 1875, when the school was called Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school did not reach university status until 1903, in a decision made by the school's board of trustees at the request of BYU president Benjamin Cluff .