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Caltech (the California Institute of Technology), is a private research university of approximately 300 faculty focused on science and engineering, Caltech is widely recognized as a dynamic and intensive research institution. Between 2011 and 2015, the Times Higher Education placed us first in the World University Ranking five times in a row. We are located in Pasadena, ten miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. In addition to science and engineering, our research departments include the humanities and social sciences.

The Caltech Library comprises six libraries, which are staffed by 20 librarians, archivists, and software developers, including three with Ph.D.’s, as well as 25 support staff and a rotating team of student employees. The Library provides an array of services to the campus community, including access to academic publications; digital repositories of articles, research data, and campus publications; training in academic skills such as data management, including Software, Data, and Author Carpentry curricula; study spaces; and a TechLab equipped with 3D printers and a virtual reality workstation. The Caltech Archives and Special Collections, a department of the Library, manages collections of faculty papers, institutional records, photographs, scientific instruments, fine art, rare books, and digital media.