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Library Building Facts

General

  • Opened in January, 1999
  • 127,000 square feet
  • The library atrium is built with 110,000 bricks
  • Contemporary design with a Collegiate Georgian Influence
  • Tall windows, a stained glass window designed by David Wilson using dichroic glass, a reading garden, terrace with several quiet spots
  • "Sunbench" designed by Clyde Lynds using fiberoptics imbedded in concrete, form ever-changing lighted images with two themes: microcosm and macrocosm
  • Recipient of the 1999 Excellence Award from the International Masonry Institute
  • Computer-networked seminar, group study, research and conference rooms
  • Fiber optic and level 5+ infrastructure
  • 90+ computers for students and faculty use, located on floors 2, 3, and 4.
  • Guest Wi-Fi access to Internet and library resources

First Floor

  • Academic Success Center
  • Bound periodicals collection
  • Mechanical shelving containing Archives materials
  • Michael Borders' print: "Hope for the Twenty-first Century"

Second Floor

  • Paul E. Johnson, Sr., Community Conference Room (Room 204, accessible via the second floor atrium)
  • Frances Karlyn Zittel User Education Room, smart classroom for library instruction sessions (Room 263, accessible via the second floor atrium)
  • Periodicals reading room
  • Circulation/Access Services
  • Reference collection and services
  • Curriculum collection
  • Public access Internet-connected workstations
  • Touch-screen Flatbed document scanner with document feeder
  • Helene Hernmarck's Tapestry: "Open Door-Open Book"
  • Claudia Widdiss' metal sculpture, "Healing Curtains"

Third Floor

  • "Quiet Study" floor
  • Circulating collection and oversize stacks
  • The Collin B. Bennett Caribbean Collection
  • The Curran Family Group Study Room (Room 332)
  • The Cheng Family Group Study Room (Room 334)
  • Seminar, Group Study and Research Study Rooms

Fourth Floor

  • Archives and Special Collections (climate controlled)
  • Center for Connecticut Studies
  • Center for Teaching, Learning, & Assessment
  • Center for Instructional Technology
  • Classroom (Room 436)

Collections

  • Over 400,000 volumes
  • Nearly 51,000 electronic journal subscriptions
  • 130+ Databases
  • Other library resources via consortium relationships: Quick Search, OCLC, ResearchIT CT
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