The University of Georgia is 216 years old (2001)and is America's oldest state-chartered university. It was established on January 27, 1785. UGA has some excellent libraries with some 3.7 (3,7 for Europeans:-))) million volumes. Interestingly, the libraries store one of the nation's largest map collections. The UGA libraries are ranked 28th among the nation?s best 109 research libraries in ratings compiled by the Association of Research Libraries.


