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The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library (commonly referred to as the Thompson Library) is the main library at Ohio State University's Columbus campus. It is the university's largest library and houses its main stacks, special collections, rare books and manuscripts, and many departmental subject libraries.
The Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, [33] operates the library store, on the first floor of the library's new wing. The store sells books, gifts, music, clothing, and other branded items. [26] The organization also operates a biannual sale of about 18,000 books, graphic novels, CDs, and DVDs ...
Unlike earlier public universities such as Ohio University and Miami University, whose campuses have a consistent architectural style, the Ohio State campus is a mix of traditional, modern and postmodern styles. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the Oval's western end, is Ohio State library's main branch and largest ...
(At that point, the facility was named the Cartoon Research Library.) In 1992, United Media donated the Robert Roy Metz Collection of 83,034 original cartoons by 113 cartoonists. In early 1996, the library accepted a complete run of Newspaper Enterprise Association syndicate proof books (1903-1977), as well as original art and papers from ...
Opened 1901. On property adjacent to the Library is the former Erie County Jail, built in 1883. In 1996, the Library purchased the Jail from Erie County and embarked upon a $10 million expansion project to renovate and connect the two National Register of Historic Places buildings with new space.
DePaul University is a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Catholic university in terms of enrollment in North America. Following in the footsteps of ...
The law school's facilities—encompassing nine floors across two buildings on the DePaul University Loop Campus—include the Vincent G. Rinn Law Library, Leonard M. Ring Courtroom, technology-enabled classrooms, two student lounges, and student offices and meeting spaces. The law school is located within two blocks of state and federal courts ...
The Fine Arts Library was located to the lower level of the building. Devoid of natural light, the architects employed an alternating warm and cool fluorescent lighting to mimic daylight and a grey palate that put the focus on the collection. [10] In 1993, the Wexner Center installed Maya Lin's large-scale site-specific installation Groundswell.