The library will provide modern learning spaces. It is expected to cost $30.3m to build and is part of a plan of up to $330 million by the state and federal governments to fund capital improvements at the main campus of the university and at its Agriculture and Public Service sites.
Chairman of the Board, Douglas D. Gantt, said:
“On behalf of the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees, I’m pleased to celebrate an investment that will serve our students and strengthen academic life.”
It will be two stories tall and span 50,000 square feet. It will replace the current Miller F. Whittaker Library, which is on the opposite end of the campus.
Among its features will be conference rooms, spaces for meetings, reading rooms, labs for computers and media creation, a café, archives for the university, a central atrium, and an exhibition area. There will be a lounge for faulty on the top floor.
It will also become the permanent home of the Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College of the university. Facilities for the Honors College will include a multipurpose room for academic events and activities, conference rooms, administrative offices, and a common area,
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