▁ ▁Bob st ▁Library ▁The ▁El mer ▁Hol mes ▁Bob st ▁Library , ▁built ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁library ▁at ▁NY U ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁academic ▁libraries ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Design ed ▁by ▁Philip ▁Johnson ▁and ▁Richard ▁F oster , ▁the ▁ 1 2 - story , ▁ ▁structure ▁s its ▁on ▁the ▁southern ▁edge ▁of ▁Washington ▁Square ▁Park ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁flags hip ▁of ▁an ▁eight - library , ▁ 4 . 5 ▁million ▁volume ▁system ▁that ▁provides ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty ▁members ▁with ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁world ' s ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁serves ▁as ▁a ▁center ▁for ▁the ▁University ' s ▁intellectual ▁life . ▁Bob st ▁Library ▁contains ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 . 3 ▁million ▁volumes , ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁journ als , ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 . 5 ▁million ▁micro forms . ▁The ▁library ▁is ▁visited ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 , 5 0 0 ▁users ▁each ▁day , ▁and ▁circul ates ▁almost ▁one ▁million ▁books ▁ann ually . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁regular ▁collection ▁it ▁houses ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁special ▁collections ▁and ▁arch ives , ▁including ▁the ▁Archives ▁of ▁Irish ▁America ▁and ▁the ▁Tam iment ▁Library ▁and ▁Robert ▁F . ▁Wagner ▁Archives . ▁ ▁The ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁library , ▁when ▁viewed ▁from ▁above , ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁appear ▁three - dimensional . ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Bob st ▁Library ▁was ▁the ▁site