THROUGH THE YEARS The frst library was a single room on the second foor of Old Main – 1 now the home of the Center for Teaching Excellence.
’ the library moved to the Learning Resource Center), but in 1998 it was returned to library use and restored to look much like the 1950s original. It s still a popular space for quiet study. In 1953, the library moved to the upper level of the new Joseph J. Weber Memorial (the lower level housed the Little Theatre). The reading room was converted into a dance studio in the 1970s (when When O’Neil Tower was built in 1933, the library moved to its second foor, and eventually expanded to the third foor. The reading room, shown in a photo from Praeterita 1941, had a view of the south campus out its windows. Human Resources occupies this space today.
2
5
3
’ Mercyhurst s fourth library, the Learning Resource Center, opened in 1971 and was christened the Hammermill Library in 1985.
4
’ In 1998, the Walker Wing was built, connecting the library to Weber Hall (including the Catherine Walker Reading Room). A fourth foor was also added to the broad and boxy library building. Though it wasn t used for library purposes, the addition creates a look more in tune with the Collegiate Gothic look of Old Main.
5
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online