the University of Chicago college students: "On our campus, it's not the football game that draws the biggest crowd, it's evening study in the library," said former Provost Richard Saller. "We're a campus where the library is sort of the social center because it is the focus [of the university]." The Regenstein Library is also the location of the Special Collections Research Center, which houses rare book collections, manuscripts, and university archives. The SCRC was established in 1953 by Herman H. Fussler and was moved to the "Reg" when it opened in 1970. The rare books collection currently holds approximately 265,000 volumes. Figures Area: 577,085 gross feet2. Maximum east-west dimension: 344'. Maximum north-south dimension: 411'6". References External links https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/reg/using/building.html http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/05/050605.reg-ct.html https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/ Library buildings completed in 1970 Brutalist architecture in Illinois Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings University of Chicago Library Libraries in Chicago