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==History== ==History==
Oregon Agricultural College opened a new library in 1918,<ref name="gains">{{cite news|title=OSC Library Gains Funds|agency=Associated Press|date=May 11, 1960|work=]|page=7}}</ref> which was remodeled on several occasions, with a new wing added in 1941.<ref name="long service">{{cite news|title=Librarian Ends Long Service|date=January 14, 1945|work=The Oregonian|page=11}}</ref> Previously the library had been housed on the second floor of the college's administration building.<ref name="long service"/> The 1918 building was located on the southeast corner of Campus Way and Waldo Place. A mural painted by ] was added to the main reading room in 1929 as a gift from the school's class of 1925.<ref name="fairbanks">{{cite news|title=Mural Work Dedicated|date=June 2, 1929|work=The Oregonian|page=18}}</ref> The mural was titled ''Recorded Information'' and was the second mural in that room by Fairbanks, who was the longtime head of the school's art department.<ref name="fairbanks"/> Oregon Agricultural College opened a new library in 1918,<ref name="gains">{{cite news|title=OSC Library Gains Funds|agency=Associated Press|date=May 11, 1960|work=]|page=7}}</ref> the first time the library had its own building.<ref name=kidder>{{cite web|url=http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=654430|title=Site Information: Kidder Hall|work=http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=647376|accessdate=24 April 2010}}</ref> Prior to 1918 the library had been housed on the second floor of the college's administration building, Benton Hall.<ref name="long service"/> When the new building was completed the school built a temporary trellis from neighboring Benton Hall's second floor to the new building's second floor in order to more easily transport the books to their new home.<ref name=kidder/> At first the new building also housed offices and classrooms, but within a decade the library expanded to occupy all of the structure.<ref name=kidder/>

The new library was remodeled on several occasions, with a new wing added in 1941.<ref name="long service">{{cite news|title=Librarian Ends Long Service|date=January 14, 1945|work=The Oregonian|page=11}}</ref> The 1918 building was located on the southeast corner of Campus Way and Waldo Place and after the 1941 addition had about {{convert|76000|ft2}} of space over three floors and a full basement.<ref name=kidder/> Designed in the neoclassical style, the exterior was made of bricks and contained decorative plaques constructed of concrete, with the gabled roof covered with tile.<ref name=kidder/> The original design had two-story reading rooms, which were converted to single-story rooms in the 1950s.<ref name=kidder/> A mural painted by ] was added to the main reading room in 1929 as a gift from the school's class of 1925.<ref name="fairbanks">{{cite news|title=Mural Work Dedicated|date=June 2, 1929|work=The Oregonian|page=18}}</ref> The mural was titled ''Recorded Information'' and was the second mural in that room by Fairbanks, who was the longtime head of the school's art department.<ref name="fairbanks"/>


Beginning in 1932, Mary J. L. McDonald made the then largest donation of books to the library when she donated volumes worth just over $10,000.<ref name=mcdonald>{{cite news|title=Oregon State Gets Rare Lincoln Set|date=February 11, 1934|work=The Oregonian|page=38}}</ref> She donated a total of over 1,000 items that included a complete works of ] valued at $4,800.<ref name=mcdonald/> In 1936, the ] gave a decorative archway to the library to be installed over the south entrance to the building.<ref>{{cite news|title=Art Work Given College by WPA|date=October 11, 1936|work=The Oregonian|page=8}}</ref> The library received a ] of about 5,500 volumes valued at about $15,000 in December 1947 from William H. Galvani's estate.<ref name="Galvani">{{cite news|title=$15,000 Value Set on Gift|date=December 14, 1947|work=The Oregonian|page=20}}</ref> This was again the largest donation to the library up to that time.<ref name="Galvani"/> Beginning in 1932, Mary J. L. McDonald made the then largest donation of books to the library when she donated volumes worth just over $10,000.<ref name=mcdonald>{{cite news|title=Oregon State Gets Rare Lincoln Set|date=February 11, 1934|work=The Oregonian|page=38}}</ref> She donated a total of over 1,000 items that included a complete works of ] valued at $4,800.<ref name=mcdonald/> In 1936, the ] gave a decorative archway to the library to be installed over the south entrance to the building.<ref>{{cite news|title=Art Work Given College by WPA|date=October 11, 1936|work=The Oregonian|page=8}}</ref> The library received a ] of about 5,500 volumes valued at about $15,000 in December 1947 from William H. Galvani's estate.<ref name="Galvani">{{cite news|title=$15,000 Value Set on Gift|date=December 14, 1947|work=The Oregonian|page=20}}</ref> This was again the largest donation to the library up to that time.<ref name="Galvani"/>


Construction on the new wing of the library started in 1940 and was designed by John V. Bennes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bidding Called On O.S.C. Job|date=July 3, 1940|work=The Oregonian|page=11}}</ref> In May 1960, the then Oregon State College was advanced $19,000 by the federal government to plan for a new $2,170,000 building.<ref name="gains"/> The new building was designed by architects Hamlin & Martin, and the cost rose to $2.4 million by the time the school accepted bids on the project in April 1962.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adequate Married Students' Housing Urged By Education Board|date=March 14, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=9}}</ref> Ground was broken on the project on May 1, 1962, with Shields Construction Company as the general contractor for the project.<ref name="ground breaking">{{cite news|title=OSU Library Ground Broken|agency=Associated Press|date=May 4, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=20}}</ref> The new building would double the size of Oregon State's library.<ref name="ground breaking"/> Construction on the new wing of the library started in 1940 and was designed by John V. Bennes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bidding Called On O.S.C. Job|date=July 3, 1940|work=The Oregonian|page=11}}</ref> He also designed a matching wing for the other side as well, but that wing was never added.<ref name=kidder/> Previously known simply as The Library, the building and library were renamed in 1954 as the '''William Jasper Kerr Library'''.<ref name=kidder/> ] was Oregon State's longest serving president, holding the office from 1907 until 1932 when he became the first chancellor of what is now the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osualum.com/s/359/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=1&pgid=533|title=William Jasper Kerr (1907-1932): "OSU's Great Builder" (Part one of a three-part series) |last=Bennett |first=Tom|coauthors=George Edmonston, Jr.|publisher=Oregon State University Alumni Association|accessdate=24 April 2010}}</ref>


In May 1960, the then Oregon State College was advanced $19,000 by the federal government to plan for a new $2,170,000 building.<ref name="gains"/> The new building was designed by architects Hamlin & Martin, and the cost rose to $2.4 million by the time the school accepted bids on the project in April 1962.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adequate Married Students' Housing Urged By Education Board|date=March 14, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=9}}</ref> Ground was broken on the project on May 1, 1962, with Shields Construction Company as the general contractor for the project.<ref name="ground breaking">{{cite news|title=OSU Library Ground Broken|agency=Associated Press|date=May 4, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=20}}</ref> The new building would double the size of Oregon State's library.<ref name="ground breaking"/>
⚫ Completed in 1963, the new library was built on Jefferson Street,<ref>{{cite news|title=OSU Library Bids Entered|date=April 16, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=16}}</ref> its present location, and named as the '''William Jasper Kerr Library'''.<ref>Edmonston, Jr., George P. . ''Oregon Stater'', Spring 2008. Vol. 93, No. 2. p. 40.</ref> At that time the building was four stories tall, but the school planned for an expansion by placing the slabs to be used for two new floors on the roof during the original construction.<ref name="kerraddition">{{cite web|url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/exhibits/build/correct.html|title=Building Construction|publisher=OSU Archives|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref> Oregon State began construction in the Fall of 1970 to add these new floors, with completion coming in the Fall of 1971.<ref name="kerraddition"/> The old library building was remodeled and became Kidder Hall, named in honor of former librarian Ida Mae Kidder.<ref>{{cite news|title=OSU Project Bids Listed|date=September 17, 1964|work=The Oregonian|page=26}}</ref>

⚫ Completed in 1963, the new library was built on Jefferson Street,<ref>{{cite news|title=OSU Library Bids Entered|date=April 16, 1962|work=The Oregonian|page=16}}</ref> its present location, and the name was transferred from the old building.<ref>Edmonston, Jr., George P. . ''Oregon Stater'', Spring 2008. Vol. 93, No. 2. p. 40.</ref> At that time the building was four stories tall, but the school planned for an expansion by placing the slabs to be used for two new floors on the roof during the original construction.<ref name="kerraddition">{{cite web|url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/exhibits/build/correct.html|title=Building Construction|publisher=OSU Archives|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref> Oregon State began construction in the Fall of 1970 to add these new floors, with completion coming in the Fall of 1971.<ref name="kerraddition"/> The old library building was remodeled and became Kidder Hall in 1964, named in honor of former librarian Ida Mae Kidder.<ref>{{cite news|title=OSU Project Bids Listed|date=September 17, 1964|work=The Oregonian|page=26}}</ref> Previously, Fairbanks Hall had had carried the moniker of Kidder Hall, starting in 1927.<ref name=kidder/>


In 1999, the building was re-named The Valley Library after expansion and renovations.<ref name=new>Khanna, Roma. “OSU’s new library lets students kick back, plug in”, '']'', May 28, 1999.</ref> Renovations took three years and cost $47 million to complete.<ref name=new/> That year the library was selected by '']'' as the Library of the Year.<ref name=new/> In 1999, the building was re-named The Valley Library after expansion and renovations.<ref name=new>Khanna, Roma. “OSU’s new library lets students kick back, plug in”, '']'', May 28, 1999.</ref> Renovations took three years and cost $47 million to complete.<ref name=new/> That year the library was selected by '']'' as the Library of the Year.<ref name=new/>


Librarians at Valley Library began using ] in March 2010 to communicate with some library patrons, and earlier started to loan out Amazon's ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/osu_librarian_4u.html|title=OSU librarian: ?4U|agency=The Associated Press|date=March 25, 2010|publisher=OregonLive|accessdate=25 March 2010}}</ref> In April, the school started allowing students to use the library 24-hours-a-day from Sunday through Thursday to test whether there was enough demand to allow 24-hour access on a permanent basis.<ref name="open 24hr">{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_428f8896-4b7e-11df-8b70-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Valley Library pulls an all-nighter|last=Hatch|first=Cheryl |date=April 19, 2010|work=Gazette-Times|accessdate=21 April 2010|location=Corvallis, OR}}</ref> The program was sponsored by the Associated Students of Oregon State University and paid for by university technology funds, and was due in part to the closure of some computer labs that had been 24-hour study areas.<ref name="open 24hr"/> Librarians at Valley Library began using ] in March 2010 to communicate with some library patrons, and earlier started to loan out Amazon's ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/osu_librarian_4u.html|title=OSU librarian: ?4U|agency=The Associated Press|date=March 25, 2010|publisher=OregonLive|accessdate=25 March 2010}}</ref> In April, the school started allowing students to use the library 24-hours-a-day from Sunday through Thursday to test whether there was enough demand to allow 24-hour access on a permanent basis.<ref name="open 24hr">{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_428f8896-4b7e-11df-8b70-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Valley Library pulls an all-nighter|last=Hatch|first=Cheryl |date=April 19, 2010|work=Gazette-Times|accessdate=21 April 2010|location=Corvallis, OR}}</ref> The program was sponsored by the Associated Students of Oregon State University and paid for by university technology funds, and was due in part to the closure of some computer labs that had been 24-hour study areas.<ref name="open 24hr"/>

==Facilities==
Directly north of the building is the Library Quad. The {{convert|2|acre}} area was laid out about 1910 and is part of the Oregon State University Historic District listed on the ] in June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=654430|title=Site Information: Library Quad|work=Oregon Historic Sites Database|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|accessdate=24 April 2010}}</ref>


==Collections== ==Collections==

Revision as of 07:01, 24 April 2010

The Valley Library
44°33′54″N 123°16′34″W / 44.56511°N 123.2760°W / 44.56511; -123.2760
LocationCorvallis, Oregon
Established1963
Collection
Size1.4+ million volumes, 14,000 serials, 500,000+ maps and government documents
Other information
Websitehttp://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/

The Valley Library is the primary library of Oregon State University and is located at the school's main campus in Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon. The library stores more than 1.4 million volumes, 14,000 serials, and more than 500,000 maps and government documents. The current building opened in 1963 as the Kerr Library and was expanded and renamed in 1999 as The Valley Library. The library is named for philanthropist F. Wayne Valley, who played football for Oregon State. The six-story building is in a modern neoclassical style with a red-brick exterior highlighted by white sections on the top and on the eastern side. The eastern side is a white-faced rotunda that includes a two-story atrium on the main floor.

History

Oregon Agricultural College opened a new library in 1918, the first time the library had its own building. Prior to 1918 the library had been housed on the second floor of the college's administration building, Benton Hall. When the new building was completed the school built a temporary trellis from neighboring Benton Hall's second floor to the new building's second floor in order to more easily transport the books to their new home. At first the new building also housed offices and classrooms, but within a decade the library expanded to occupy all of the structure.

The new library was remodeled on several occasions, with a new wing added in 1941. The 1918 building was located on the southeast corner of Campus Way and Waldo Place and after the 1941 addition had about 76,000 square feet (7,100 m) of space over three floors and a full basement. Designed in the neoclassical style, the exterior was made of bricks and contained decorative plaques constructed of concrete, with the gabled roof covered with tile. The original design had two-story reading rooms, which were converted to single-story rooms in the 1950s. A mural painted by J. Leo Fairbanks was added to the main reading room in 1929 as a gift from the school's class of 1925. The mural was titled Recorded Information and was the second mural in that room by Fairbanks, who was the longtime head of the school's art department.

Beginning in 1932, Mary J. L. McDonald made the then largest donation of books to the library when she donated volumes worth just over $10,000. She donated a total of over 1,000 items that included a complete works of Abraham Lincoln valued at $4,800. In 1936, the Works Progress Administration gave a decorative archway to the library to be installed over the south entrance to the building. The library received a bequest of about 5,500 volumes valued at about $15,000 in December 1947 from William H. Galvani's estate. This was again the largest donation to the library up to that time.

Construction on the new wing of the library started in 1940 and was designed by John V. Bennes. He also designed a matching wing for the other side as well, but that wing was never added. Previously known simply as The Library, the building and library were renamed in 1954 as the William Jasper Kerr Library. Kerr was Oregon State's longest serving president, holding the office from 1907 until 1932 when he became the first chancellor of what is now the Oregon University System.

In May 1960, the then Oregon State College was advanced $19,000 by the federal government to plan for a new $2,170,000 building. The new building was designed by architects Hamlin & Martin, and the cost rose to $2.4 million by the time the school accepted bids on the project in April 1962. Ground was broken on the project on May 1, 1962, with Shields Construction Company as the general contractor for the project. The new building would double the size of Oregon State's library.

Completed in 1963, the new library was built on Jefferson Street, its present location, and the name was transferred from the old building. At that time the building was four stories tall, but the school planned for an expansion by placing the slabs to be used for two new floors on the roof during the original construction. Oregon State began construction in the Fall of 1970 to add these new floors, with completion coming in the Fall of 1971. The old library building was remodeled and became Kidder Hall in 1964, named in honor of former librarian Ida Mae Kidder. Previously, Fairbanks Hall had had carried the moniker of Kidder Hall, starting in 1927.

In 1999, the building was re-named The Valley Library after expansion and renovations. Renovations took three years and cost $47 million to complete. That year the library was selected by The Library Journal as the Library of the Year.

Librarians at Valley Library began using text messaging in March 2010 to communicate with some library patrons, and earlier started to loan out Amazon's Kindle reader. In April, the school started allowing students to use the library 24-hours-a-day from Sunday through Thursday to test whether there was enough demand to allow 24-hour access on a permanent basis. The program was sponsored by the Associated Students of Oregon State University and paid for by university technology funds, and was due in part to the closure of some computer labs that had been 24-hour study areas.

Facilities

Directly north of the building is the Library Quad. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) area was laid out about 1910 and is part of the Oregon State University Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2008.

Collections

  • History of Atomic Energy Collection
  • McDonald Collection
  • Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers
  • The University Archives
  • Northwest Art Collection - exhibits 120 artworks by contemporary artists in Northwest.

References

  1. "The Valley Library". Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ "OSC Library Gains Funds". The Oregonian. Associated Press. May 11, 1960. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Site Information: Kidder Hall". http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=647376. Retrieved 24 April 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "Librarian Ends Long Service". The Oregonian. January 14, 1945. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Mural Work Dedicated". The Oregonian. June 2, 1929. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Oregon State Gets Rare Lincoln Set". The Oregonian. February 11, 1934. p. 38.
  7. "Art Work Given College by WPA". The Oregonian. October 11, 1936. p. 8.
  8. ^ "$15,000 Value Set on Gift". The Oregonian. December 14, 1947. p. 20.
  9. "Bidding Called On O.S.C. Job". The Oregonian. July 3, 1940. p. 11.
  10. Bennett, Tom. "William Jasper Kerr (1907-1932): "OSU's Great Builder" (Part one of a three-part series)". Oregon State University Alumni Association. Retrieved 24 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  11. "Adequate Married Students' Housing Urged By Education Board". The Oregonian. March 14, 1962. p. 9.
  12. ^ "OSU Library Ground Broken". The Oregonian. Associated Press. May 4, 1962. p. 20.
  13. "OSU Library Bids Entered". The Oregonian. April 16, 1962. p. 16.
  14. Edmonston, Jr., George P. “A Steady Hand” Back in the Day. Oregon Stater, Spring 2008. Vol. 93, No. 2. p. 40.
  15. ^ "Building Construction". OSU Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  16. "OSU Project Bids Listed". The Oregonian. September 17, 1964. p. 26.
  17. ^ Khanna, Roma. “OSU’s new library lets students kick back, plug in”, The Oregonian, May 28, 1999.
  18. "OSU librarian: ?4U". OregonLive. The Associated Press. March 25, 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  19. ^ Hatch, Cheryl (April 19, 2010). "Valley Library pulls an all-nighter". Gazette-Times. Corvallis, OR. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  20. "Site Information: Library Quad". Oregon Historic Sites Database. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

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