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In the summer of 2023, the 皇冠投注 大学图书馆 met to develop a new 战略计划和相应的计划. The results of those discussions produced guiding strategic directions for library efforts.

Following the adoption of the 2013-2016 Strategic Plan, library 教师 and staff worked to develop a new 收集策略 根据计划和倡议. The new policy document was finalized and adopted in August of 2013.

For information about the library’s participation in the Academic Libraries of Indiana’s Shared Print Initiatives, 看到 重新定义集合和空间常见问题.

欧文图书馆, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, and constructed by Carl M. Geupel, 1963年9月9日投入使用.  图书馆于5月1日落成, 1965, 以纪念本杰明·欧文, one of the founding Trustees of the university, 还有他的家人. 哥伦布的欧文-斯威尼-米勒家族, IN had been connected with the university all but 13 years since its 1850 founding and, through their Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation donated $1.总金额2美元中的500万美元.25 million cost of the design and construction of the building.

欧文图书馆 is Indiana’s only Yamasaki-designed building, and features distinctive design elements Yamasaki used in the early to mid-1960s:

• White as the primary color; pre-cast concrete and white quartz conglomerate
• Arches and 金库 from Gothic and Eastern architecture
• Strong vertical elements, including narrow, high 窗户
• Colonnades or loggias with weight-bearing columns
• Buildings resting on platforms, pediments, or pedestals
• 装饰金属栏杆和屏风

Yamasaki wanted those entering his buildings to experience a sense of repose, surprise, and delight. 天窗, 窗户, 金库, and screens create a changing “play of light and shadow” inside and outside his buildings. These elements, plus water features and landscaping, bring nature into his structures.

For more information and photos of the construction and dedication of Irwin, please see 数字展览 created by the Libraries for the building’s 50th anniversary in 2013.

The 露丝莉莉科学图书馆 is located in the heart of the 皇冠投注网 science complex, 在霍尔科姆大楼的二楼.  2020- 2021年翻修, 科学图书馆有现代化的家具, 大量的白板, 学习的房间, and offers 24/7 access to 皇冠投注 students via card reader. A small computer lab is available, as well as six private 学习的房间 and an instruction classroom.  A small collection of journals and books to support the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 还有生物科学系, 化学, 计算机科学, 物理学和天文学, 数学是可用的, including a self-checkout machine in the secure stacks area.

The 教育资源图书馆 is located in the South Campus Main Building at 1000 W. 42^nd 街. 皇冠投注 purchased the building in 2017 from the Christian Theological Seminary who continue to occupy space primarily on the building’s west side. After a renovation of the east side of the building, the College of Education (COE) relocated from Jordan Hall to South Campus in the summer of 2018.  Resources formerly located in the Education Commons and Curriculum Resource areas of 欧文图书馆 now reside in a self-service branch accessible to all 皇冠投注 users during weekday business hours when classes are in session. 在其他时候, 当前门锁上的时候, 科的学生, 教师, and staff can still obtain access via a 皇冠投注 ID card reader. A self-service checkout machine is available for easy check out of materials and a return bin is located in the hallway for after-hours returns. The 教育资源图书馆 supports 科的学生, 教师, 通过为孩子们提供通道, 年轻的成年人, 课程, 专业资源.