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The Valley Library
44°33′54″N 123°16′34″W / 44.56511°N 123.2760°W / 44.56511; -123.2760
Location	Corvallis, Oregon
Established	1963
Collection
Size	1.4+ million volumes, 14,000 serials, 500,000+ maps and government documents
Other information
Website	http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/

The Valley Library is the primary library of the Oregon State University main campus, located in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. The library stores more than 1.4 million volumes, 14,000 serials, and more than 500,000 maps and government documents. It is named for philanthropist F. Wayne Valley, who played football for Oregon State.

History

The library at its present location was completed in 1963 and named as the William Jasper Kerr Library. 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. 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.

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. Edmonston, Jr., George P. “A Steady Hand” Back in the Day. Oregon Stater, Spring 2008. Vol. 93, No. 2. p. 40.
3. ^ "Building Construction". OSU Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
4. ^ Khanna, Roma. “OSU’s new library lets students kick back, plug in”, The Oregonian, May 28, 1999.

External links

• The Valley Library Collection
• Photographs of the Valley Library on the Oregon State University Archives Flickr page

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