Keep On Constructin'
With 80 new buildings and 132 additions/renovations completed, our facilities future seems secure
By Bette-Lee Fox -- Library Journal, 12/15/2001
Building a future for our citizens would seem of paramount importance in light of recent events. The nation's public and academic libraries are doing their part, with continued energy and an influx of huge sums of money. These current projects (completed between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001) are a reminder that now more than ever we depend on information and the libraries and librarians who make it available to us.
This year's 80 new structures and 132 additions/renovations comprise 4,140,250 square feet and cost more than $686 million. In terms of land and lucre, that is a tremendous investment. Interestingly enough, most of that money came from local governments/library budgets (including bonds and banks) and contributions (95 percent), with federal and state coffers ponying up a smaller percentage of funding than it seems they ever have. Our people and our communities are standing behind libraries, even if our legislatures are not.
The cost of growthSome of the larger new projects include the Fort Smith Public Library, AR (on our cover), at $13.9 million, the Southwest Regional Library of the Broward County Library, Pembroke Pines, FL, at $14 million, and the Des Plaines Public Library, IL, at $15.6 million. But one project that eclipses them all is the new Main Library of the Nashville Public Library, TN, encompassing 300,000 square feet and costing $83 million. The substantial additions/renovations include the African American Museum and Library at the Oakland Public Library, $11.2 million, and the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA, $16.6 million.
Of the 42 academic projects, there are two new buildings at Howard University in Washington, DC (total $51 million), the Ferris Library for Information & Technology Education at Ferris State University in Michigan ($39 million), and the Harold B. Lee Library at Brig-ham Young University, Provo, UT ($51 million).
The big pictureMany of the building projects incorporated new and additional technology, more wide-open spaces, and better access to all library materials. Library architects (see p. 60) are depending on input from librarians and community groups before setting pencil to paper and pickax to pavement. The combination will make libraries more responsive to the needs of those they serve. And isn't that our primary goal?
| Project Name of Institution | Project Cost | Gross Area | Sq. Ft. Cost | Construction Cost | Equipment Cost | Book Capacity | Seating Capacity | Architect |
| Ferris Lib. for Info & Technology Education, Ferris State Univ., Big Rapids, MI | $39,200,000 | 173,000 | $161.85 | $28,000,000 | $5,300,000 | 440,000 | 1,310 | Neuman Smith; Gwathmey Siegel |
| Louis Stokes Health Sciences Lib. & LRC, Howard Univ., Washington, DC | 25,730,000 | 80,000 | 250.00 | 20,000,000 | 2,620,000 | 400,000 | 600 | The Hillier Group |
| Allen Mercer Daniel Law Lib., Howard Univ., Washington, DC | 25,730,000 | 76,000 | 263.16 | 20,000,000 | n/a | 215,000 | 300 | Baker Cooper/Kallmann McKinnell Wood |
| Penn State Harrisburg Lib., Pennsylvania State Univ., Middletown | 14,600,000 | 115,000 | 85.04 | 9,780,000 | 1,650,000 | 500,000 | 780 | Hayes Large/Shepley Bulfinch. |
| Dennis F. & Elsie B. Kinlaw Lib., Asbury Coll., Wilmore, KY | 14,110,000 | 79,237 | 135.69 | 10,750,000 | 1,800,000 | 235,000 | 809 | Woollen, Molzan |
| Hamersly Lib., Western Oregon Univ., Monmouth | 13,265,000 | 80,238 | 120.18 | 9,643,045 | 377,435 | 400,000 | 800 | WE Group |
| O'Grady Lib., St. Martin's Coll., Lacey, WA | 11,700,000 | 41,000 | 224.39 | 4,200,000 | 801,375 | 130,000 | 262 | Michael Graves & Assocs. |
| Waggoner Lib. & Ctr. for Instructional Tech., Trevecca Nazarene Univ., Nashville | 10,500,000 | 62,750 | 131.62 | 8,259,118 | 2,240,882 | 129,530 | 500 | Earl Swensson Assocs. |
| Stokes Library, Wallace Hall, Princeton Univ., NJ | 4,374,650 | 12,927 | 274.80 | 3,552,325 | 402,162 | n/a | 154 | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson |
| Preservation & Access Ctr., Colorado Academic Libraries (PASCAL), Aurora | 4,099,650 | 18,466 | 144.90 | 2,675,695 | 720,615 | 1,600,000 | 0 | Bennett, Wagner & Grody |
| New Hampshire Technical Inst. Lib., Concord | 3,157,497 | 23,629 | 116.89 | 2,762,000 | 158,000 | 45,000 | 198 | Frederick L. Matuszewski |
| Reese Resource Ctr., Central Christian Coll. of the Bible, Moberly, MO | 700,000 | 6,181 | 70.00 | 432,670 | n/a | 50,000 | 40 | McElwee Assocs. |
| Name of Institution | Status | Project Cost | Gross Area | Sq. Ft. Cost | Construction Cost | Equipment Cost | Book Capacity | Seating Capacity | Architect |
| Harold B. Lee Lib., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT | Total | $51,130,000 | 315,000 | $111.11 | $35,000,000 | $n/a | 5,100,000 | 4,600 | FFKR Architecture |
| New | 44,500,000 | 235,000 | 131.92 | 31,000,000 | n/a | 2,200,000 | 1,100 | ||
| Renovated | 6,630,000 | 80,000 | 50.00 | 4,000,000 | n/a | 2,900,000 | 3,500 | ||
| Pattee Lib. & Paterno Lib., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park | Total | 34,510,000 | 389,000 | 80.75 | 31,410,000 | 3,100,000 | 3,200,000 | 2,000 | CelliFlynnBrennan |
| New | 29,010,000 | 139,000 | 190.00 | 26,410,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,000,000 | 900 | ||
| Renovated | 5,500,000 | 250,000 | 20.00 | 5,000,000 | 500,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,100 | ||
| El Pomar Ctr. & Kraemer Family, Lib., Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs | Total | 28,143,000 | 153,396 | 119.92 | 18,396,000 | 6,150,000 | 450,000 | 1,300 | H+L Architecture; Shepley Bulfinch |
| New | n/a | 102,841 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | n/a | 50,555 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Vassar Coll. Libs., Poughkeepsie, NY | Total | 22,000,000 | 140,000 | 107.14 | 15,000,000 | 300,000 | 775,000 | 950 | Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer |
| New | n/a | 30,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | n/a | 110,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| James Ross McCain Lib., Agnes Scott Coll., Dectur, GA | Total | 19,701,000 | 76,000 | 176.08 | 13,382,000 | 1,131,000 | 250,000 | 418 | Perry Dean Rogers; Thompson, Ventulett |
| New | n/a | 46,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | n/a | 30,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Edith Garland Dupré Lib., Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette | Total | 14,000,000 | 255,000 | 52.49 | 11,810,000 | n/a | 1,500,000 | 2,000 | Architects Southwest |
| New | 5,000,000 | 88,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | 9,000,000 | 137,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Penrose Lib., Whitman Coll., Walla Walla, WA | Total | 11,100,000 | 100,000 | 75.43 | 7,543,000 | 680,000 | 590,000 | 600 | Thomas Hacker & Assocs. |
| New | 4,400,000 | 20,000 | 113.15 | 2,263,000 | 204,000 | 140,000 | 400 | ||
| Renovated | 6,600,000 | 80,000 | 66.00 | 5,280,000 | 476,000 | 450,000 | 200 | ||
| John Dewey Boyd Lib., Alcorn State Univ., MS | Total | n/a | 100,664 | 96.05 | 9,669,178 | n/a | 500,000 | 1,000 | Foil Wyatt Architects |
| New | n/a | 50,268 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | n/a | 50,396 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| W.B. Roberts Lib., Delta State Univ., Cleveland, MS | Total | 9,000,000 | 91,100 | 81.17 | 7,394,752 | 1,605,248 | 485,000 | 856 | Dale & Assocs. |
| New | 5,776,366 | 36,400 | 129.01 | 4,696,034 | 1,08,332 | n/a | n/a | ||
| Renovated | 3,223,634 | 54,700 | 49.34 | 2,698,718 | 524,916 | n/a | n/a | ||
| Buswell Lib., Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis | Total | 4,420,200 | 39,392 | 105.50 | 4,155,671 | 264,529 | 136,500 | 456 | St. Louis Design Alliance |
| New | 3,068,062 | 27,342 | 104.09 | 2,846,033 | 222,029 | 92,520 | 350 | ||
| Renovated | 1,352,138 | 12,050 | 108.68 | 1,309,638 | 42,500 | 43,980 | 106 | ||
| Sidney Cox Lib. of Music & Dance, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY | Total | 4,241,022 | 24,667 | 135.36 | 3,338,992 | 550,000 | 281,396 | 201 | Shepley Bulfinch. |
| New | 1,737,878 | 6,264 | 204.00 | 1,277,856 | n/a | n/a | 20 | ||
| Renovated | 2,503,144 | 18,403 | 112.00 | 2,061,136 | n/a | n/a | 181 | ||
| Van Pel-Dietrich Lib. Ctr., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | Total | 1,862,805 | 14,610 | 78.57 | 1,147,913 | 521,613 | 27,680 | 224 | Bower Lewis Thrower; Formworks Design |
| New | 1,521,580 | 12,490 | 73.79 | 921,613 | 433,493 | 10,080 | 168 | ||
| Renovated | 341,225 | 2,120 | 106.75 | 226,300 | 88,120 | 17,600 | 56 |
| Name of Institution | Project Cost | Gross Area | Sq. Ft. Cost | Construction Cost | Equipment Cost | Book Capacity | Seating Capacity | Architect |
| Delmar T. Oviatt Lib., California State Univ., Northridge | $23,560,000 | 240,712 | $69.87 | $16,818,720 | $n/a | 500,000 | 2,100 | George W. Kelly |
| CLICS: Ctr. for Lib. & Instructional Computing Svcs., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla | 5,260,000 | 35,890 | 104.76 | 3,760,000 | 1,500,000 | 5,000 | 500 | Dougherty & Dougherty |
| Northwestern Univ. Lib., Evanston, IL | 4,823,144 | 35,900 | 67.40 | 2,419,620 | 374,407 | 259,494 | 326 | Ross Barney + Jankowski |
| Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Lib. & Learning Ctr., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington | 2,995,347 | 40,455 | 49.39 | 1,998,170 | 303,498 | 120,000 | 485 | Pearson/Bender Assocs. |
| Claremont Sch. of Theology Lib., CA | 2,400,000 | 31,800 | 36.24 | 1,152,323 | 469,100 | 200,000 | 180 | LPA |
| Leon S. McGoogan Lib. of Medicine, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Ctr., Omaha | 2,212,458 | 41,810 | 52.92 | 1,886,358 | 326,100 | 255,000 | 326 | Barry M. Ward |
| King Lib., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH | 1,930,000 | 43,080 | 30.94 | 1,332,940 | 275,000 | 198,588 | 450 | Thomas Sens, BHDP |
| Nantucket Historical Assn., MA | 1,800,000 | 4,000 | 400.00 | 1,600,000 | 10,000 | 8,000 | 32 | Botticelli & Pohl |
| Taubman Medical Lib., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 1,500,000 | 35,000 | 37.14 | 1,300,000 | 200,000 | 658,000 | 350 | David Milling & Assocs. |
| Mathematics Lib., Univ. of Notre Dame, IN | 1,061,409 | 9,393 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 60,000 | 54 | Mathews-Purucker-Anella |
| Univ. of New Hampshire–Manchester Lib. | 959,788 | 9,691 | 51.80 | 502,000 | 457,788 | 60,000 | 144 | Lavalee Breninger |
| Everett Lib., Queens Coll., Charlotte, NC | 816,000 | 2,800 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Jenkins Peer |
| Library/LRC, Gateway Technical Coll. Kenosha, WI | 650,000 | 10,225 | 39.12 | 400,000 | 250,000 | 40,000 | 200 | Partners in Design |
| George & Leona Lewis Lib., Albany Coll., of Pharmacy, NY | 480,000 | 9,510 | 48.69 | 463,000 | 17,000 | 10,000 | 151 | Brandt & Poost |
| Musselman Lib., Gettsburg Coll., PA | 473,681 | 4,410 | 107.41 | 436,008 | 37,673 | 4,300 | 40 | Lawrence D. McEwen |
| Abell Library Ctr., Austin Coll., Sherman, TX | 320,000 | 1,818 | 139.09 | 252,879 | 67,121 | 8,400 | 16 | Page Sutherland Page |
| Carter Music Resources Ctr., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge | 244,610 | 1,660 | 84.90 | 140,927 | 103,683 | n/a | 35 | none |
| Purdue Univ. Calumet Lib., Hammond, IN | 95,000 | 8,200 | 11.58 | 95,000 | 0 | n/a | n/a | not reported |
Table of Additions and Renovations
Table of Six Year Cost Summary and 2001 Architects
