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Libraries are one of the most enduring features of the academy, central to the
values and the practice of scholarship. However, in a period of austerity,
libraries are increasingly being asked to justify their existence. Perhaps the
deepest, yet most intangible, contribution that libraries make is to provide a
physical manifestation of the scholarly ethos that universities exist to instruct
and preserve. There is a risk that this intrinsic value may not be recognized by
future generations of researchers who work in an online world. In building the
evidence as to libraries’ contribution to research, it is important to stress that
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts and that the value of the library is
as a crucial cornerstone and representation of the values of the academy and of
scholarship.