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The building was dedicated on May 31, 1931. The new building became home to the library, and the
Bernheim Building housed the Hebrew Union College Museum (now the Cincinnati Skirball Museum, which has since moved across the campus to Mayerson Hall, and was replaced by The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of
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American Jewish periodicals in the early 1900s. This collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals became known as the American Jewish Periodical Center, and in 2009, was renamed in honor of Lucille Klau Carothers, widow of the library's eponymous patron, David Klau.
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In 1961, the expanding library moved into its current building, dedicated as the Klau
Library on June 3, 1961. The Dalsheimer Rare Book Building was also built to house the rarest and most valuable materials in the collection. The previous library building was converted to an administrative building
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The library holds over 600,000 printed books and thousands of manuscript codices and leaves. The library also offers periodicals, microfilm reels, and sound recordings. The majority of the library's print collection is available in public stacks, and many of the old and rare books are available for
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In the 2000s, the building was renovated to accommodate the collection and make room for growth. On
November 1, 2009, the renovated Klau Library was dedicated, along with The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Library Pavilion, the library's new atrium. The Dalsheimer Rare Book Building was destroyed,
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The library was on the cutting edge of emerging technology in the late 20th century. In 1983, the Apple II+ computer enabled librarians to catalogue bilingually, in Hebrew and
English, becoming the first library in the United States to do so. In 1999, the library began publishing digitized
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The library began as a collection of textbooks locked in a chest and managed by the janitor of the first Hebrew Union
College building in downtown Cincinnati. This collection numbered 103 in 1875. Eventually, a faculty member was assigned as "librarian." In 1878, the
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College began planning the library's next building.
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In 1950, the school's administration decided to create a position that would preside over all four HUC-JIR libraries. This position was held by
Cincinnati library directors until 2017, when the role was transferred to Yoram Bitton.
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Reference, Reserves, Circulation, and Technical Services on the main level. There are also five rotating exhibit cases.
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Association of Jewish Libraries and Council of Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies
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voted to fund book acquisition for the library, and the collection began to grow. The purchase of books was supplemented by donations, like the private library of
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Jordan Finkin: Current Rare Book and Manuscript Librarian and Deputy Director of HUC-JIR Libraries; Yiddish scholar and translator
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in 1912, the Bernheim Library Building was built, named for Isaac W. Bernheim of Louisville, Kentucky. This building now houses
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The Hebrew Union College Library's second building (2023)
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