The John J. Burns Library, located on the Chestnut Hill Campus of Boston College, is recognized for its extensive Irish collections and rare books, establishing it as a specialized research library. The library's holdings include a broad range of materials related to Irish literature, music, Jesuitica, and the university's own archives. These holdings consist of books, manuscripts, music scores, recordings, photographs, maps, journals, oral histories, and pamphlets connected to Ireland and the Irish-American experience. The library's holdings contain over 300,000 books and 17 million rare manuscripts and artifacts. It is the largest collection of Irish rare books and manuscripts in the Western Hemisphere.