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The Thomas Cooper Library is the university's main library, named for Thomas Cooper (1759 – 1839). The facility opened in 1959 as a dedicated undergraduate library, the first such library in the South. The building was designed by Edward Durell Stone, the designer of the Kennedy Center, and the firm of Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle, and Wolff. The ...
The University of South Carolina School of Music is located at 813 Assembly Street. The building consists of a basement which holds practice and rehearsal spaces, as well as three upper floors which contain classrooms and offices. The School of Music houses the university's Music Library on the second floor.
Among them is the South Caroliniana Library, which was designed by Robert Mills and is the first freestanding academic library in the United States. [23] Built in 1909, Davis College was the university's first new building after the Civil War. It currently houses the School of Library and Information Science.
Course reserve is a term used in academic libraries to describe materials set aside for a specific academic course or other use. [1] Most often materials are put on course reserve by library staff at the request of the course's instructor. [ 2 ]
From its opening in 1867 until 1875, the law school held classes in what now are the South Caroliniana Library and DeSaussure College. In 1891, the Law Department was moved to Legare College. From 1919 to 1950, the law school was located in Petigru College (in 1950, renamed to Currell College).
UofSC renovated the building to house the music and art departments and added an auditorium and rehearsal hall. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The School of Music moved into its own building in 1993 and the Department of Art took over, replacing the auditorium with a substantial addition that doubled the building's square footage in 1997–99.
The Carolina Room made it possible to create an archive within the Main Library. [2] It also offered a small research space: “three file cabinets, two sections of shelving with a table between them and an informal reading area . . . no microfilm room, just a couple of viewers,” recalled Carolina Room Manager Mary Louise Phillips in 1980. [3]
Library circulation or library lending comprises the activities around the lending of library books and other material to users of a lending library. A circulation or lending department is one of the key departments of a library. The main public service point is the circulation desk or loans desk, usually found near the main entrance of a library.