About Us
The Duke University Libraries are the shared center of the university's intellectual life. The William R. Perkins Library, Bostock Library, and David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library comprise the university's main library complex, which is joined on East Campus by the Lilly and Music Libraries, and by the Pearse Memorial Library at the Duke Marine Lab. Together with the separately administered libraries serving the schools of Business, Divinity, Law, and Medicine, they comprise one of the nation's top 10 private research library systems. Today, the library system at Duke includes:- Perkins & Bostock Libraries
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (includes University Archives)
- Divinity School Library
- Duke Kunshan University Library
- Ford Library, Fuqua School of Business
- Goodson Law Library
- Lilly Library
- Medical Center Library
- Music Library
- Pearse Memorial Library, Duke University Marine Laboratory
Quick Facts
- Total volumes: 7.2 million
- Manuscripts and archives: 65,687 linear feet
- Journals and periodicals: 185,979
- e-Books: 1,405,303
- Miles of shelving: 60
- Comfy seats: 2,000
- Books and other volumes housed at the Library Service Center: 4.7 million
- Average expenditure per student (undergraduate and graduate): $2,422
Contact Information
Phone: (919) 660-5870
Email: asklib@duke.edu
Address:
Duke University Libraries | 411 Chapel Drive | Box 90193 | Durham, NC 27708