Paul J. Gutman Library
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| established = October 10, 1992
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| location = East Falls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Paul J. Gutman Library is the main library of Thomas Jefferson University,Scranton, Philip B. The Philadelphia System of Textile Manufacture, 1884-1984. Philadelphia: Philadelphia College of Textile and Science, 60 pp., 1984. which is located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Gutman Library opened in 1992 to replace the university's Pastore Library (now the Architecture & Design School). The architectural firm of Shepley BulfinchHeskel, Julia. Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott: past to present. Boston: Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott, 1999, 145 pp.Forbes, John Douglas. Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott: An Introduction. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Graduate School of Business Administration, 1958, 15 pp.[http://www.shepleybulfinch.com Shepley Bulfinch website] was responsible for the building's design. In 1993, the library won the Louis I. KahnMcCarter, Robert. Louis Kahn. New York: Phaidon, 2005, 485 pp.Wiseman, Carter. Louis I. Kahn : beyond time and style : a life in architecture. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007, 284 pp. Award for best-designed academic building from American School and University, a national publication for educational institutions.
Historical background
Construction of the library, which opened October 10, 1992, was made possible by a donation by Alvin C. and Mary Bert GutmanVisco, Frank. "Whitemarsh Resident Reflects on Life of Service." Plymouth-Whitemarsh Patch. [http://plymouthwhitemarsh.patch.com/articles/whitemarh-resident-reflects-on-life-of-service] Retrieved January 11, 2013.Downey, Sally A. "A. Gutman, 93, head of fabric firm." Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2011. in memory of their son, Paul J. Gutman. Paul J. Gutman died on September 25, 1990, in an airplane accident while on a business trip for Pressman-Gutman, the Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, textile converting company founded by his great-grandfather, Harry J. Pressman."Paul Gutman dies in plane crash, treasurer of textile converter Pressman-Gutman Inc." Harrisonburg: The Daily News Record, September 27, 1990. Daily News Record, Highbeam website [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610193327/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-8906348.html] Retrieved January 1, 2013.
Paul's grandfather, Jacob C. Gutman (1890-1981), president of Pressman-Gutman, and four of his Gutman granduncles graduated from the university at the turn of the 20th century when it was Philadelphia Textile School.Scranton, 1984. His granduncles were members of E. Gutman and Sons, the textile firm founded in 1889 by their father, J. Barnett Gutman (1861-1934).Daily News Record, September 27, 1990.
Karen Albert is currently director of the Paul J. Gutman Library at Thomas Jefferson University. She succeeded the library's inaugural director, Stephen J. Bell, in 2007.Hernan, Peter, and Nancy Rossiter. Making a Difference: Leadership and Academic Libraries. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2007, 296.
Resources
The 54,000-square-foot Paul J. Gutman Library[http://www.philau.edu/library Paul J. Gutman Library at Philadelphia University website] seats 400 people. Its design combines a traditional book-and-journal collection with an extensive electronic environment. Through its website, the library delivers a wide range of information resources to members of the University community on and off campus. Electronic resources include: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Art Index, EBSCO, S&P’s NetLibrary, Hoover's, LexisNexis, ProQuest, MD Consult, JSTOR Stylesight, and many more.
The availability of electronic resources, including 42,000 online journals, supplements a book collection of more than 150,000 volumes, with special emphasis in the areas of art and architecture, design, textiles, sciences, and business. The Gutman Library Special Collections Department maintains one of the largest collections in the United States devoted to the history of the textile industry.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} A contemporary reading collection of best-sellers and popular materials is also available. Other print publications include 450 current journal, trade, and newspapers subscriptions. Materials not available in the Gutman Library collection can be obtained through an interlibrary loan network linking more than 14,000 libraries around the world, or through EZBorrow, a self-service loan system for books from over 50 of Pennsylvania's largest academic libraries.
Building features
The Paul J. Gutman Library building contains individual study carrels, seven group study rooms, and student lounge areas. The library also has rooms for quiet study and group discussion.
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External links
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Category:Library buildings completed in 1992