ele gram ▁photo ▁arch ives , ▁a ▁collection ▁representing ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years ▁of ▁North ▁and ▁West ▁Texas ▁history . ▁All ▁together , ▁Special ▁Col lections ▁holds ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes , ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁linear ▁feet ▁of ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁arch ival ▁collections , ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁historical ▁maps , ▁ 3 . 6 ▁million ▁prints ▁and ▁neg atives , ▁and ▁thousands ▁of ▁items ▁in ▁other ▁formats . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁Library ' s ▁more ▁rare ▁and ▁interesting ▁materials ▁are ▁available ▁online ▁in ▁their ▁digital ▁collections . ▁ ▁Research ▁U T ▁Ar ling ton ▁has ▁do z ens ▁of ▁research ▁instit utes ▁and ▁facilities ▁on ▁campus . ▁Some ▁notable ▁ones ▁include : ▁ ▁The ▁Sh im ad zu ▁Institute ▁for ▁Research ▁Techn ologies ▁( SI RT ) ▁at ▁U T ▁Ar ling ton ▁is ▁a ▁central ized ▁research ▁resource ▁focused ▁on ▁providing ▁access ▁to ▁instrument ation ▁and ▁expert ise ▁to ▁support ▁research ▁in ▁bio chem istry , ▁bi ology , ▁chem istry , ▁cogn ition , ▁engineering , ▁ge os cience , ▁material ▁science , ▁nan ote chn ology , ▁and ▁neu ros cience . ▁The ▁U TA ▁Aer od ynam ics ▁Research ▁Center ▁is ▁a ▁research ▁facility ▁that ▁oper ates ▁under ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Mechan ical ▁and ▁A eros pace ▁Engineering . ▁U T ▁Ar ling ton ▁is ▁home ▁of ▁a ▁university - based ▁nan ote chn ology ▁research ▁facility , ▁N ano F ab ▁Research ▁and