Editing Robarts Library (section)

{{short description|Canadian university library}}
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| name               = John P. Robarts Research Library
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| caption            = The southeast side of Robarts Library, seen behind the [[Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library]]
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| type               = [[Academic library]]
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| established        = {{Start date and age|1973}}
| location           = 130 St. George Street<br />[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
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The '''John P. Robarts Research Library''', commonly referred to as '''Robarts Library''', is the main [[humanities]] and [[social science]]s [[library]] of the [[University of Toronto Libraries]] and the largest individual library in the university. Opened in 1973 and named for [[John Robarts]], the 17th [[Premier of Ontario]], the library contains more than 4.5 million bookform items, 4.1 million microform items and 740,000 other items.

The library building is an example of [[brutalist architecture]]. Its towering main structure rests on an equilateral triangular footprint and features extensive use of triangular geometric patterns throughout. It forms the main component of a three-tower complex that also includes the [[Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library]] and the Claude T. Bissell Building, which houses the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Information|Faculty of Information]]. The library's imposing appearance has earned it the nicknames '''Fort Book'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.utoronto.ca/campus-news/robarts-expansion-to-create-mo.html|title= Robarts expansion to create more student spaces |publisher=University of Toronto News. news.utoronto.ca |first=Maria Saros |last=Leung |date=February 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620083045/http://www.news.utoronto.ca/campus-news/robarts-expansion-to-create-mo.html |archive-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref> and '''The Peacock/Turkey'''.