New LRS Project Comparison
with Recent Library Construction Projects
The project summary statistics (gross square footage, project costs, volume capacity, and user seating) found in this table were compiled from the annual Architectural Issue (December) of Library Journal. Not all library construction projects are reported in Library Journal and the following represents a sampling of major projects. The statistical summary of the LRS project, detailing square footage allocations by function, includes floor plans.
| Gross Square Footage | Project Cost | Volume Capacity | User Seats | |
| St. Cloud State University | ||||
| 213,000 | $30,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,200 | |
| 1995 | ||||
| Bruce T. Halle Library, Eastern Michigan University | ||||
| 218,000 | 41,000,000 | 800,000 | 2,200 | |
| Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University | ||||
| 81,450 | 710,000 | 912 | ||
| Biological Sciences Library, Ohio State University | ||||
| 127,888 | 21,700,000 | 170,00 | 255 | |
| University of South Florida | ||||
| 81,000 | 9,000,000 | 300,000 | 650 | |
| Phoenix Public Library | ||||
| 280,000 | 43,200,000 | 800,000 | 630 | |
| Evanston (IL) Public Library | ||||
| 112,000 | 22,300,000 | 430,000 | 450 | |
| San Antonio Public Library | ||||
| 238,000 | 35,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,300 | |
| Denver Public Library | ||||
| 407,000 | 76,900,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,291 | |
| 1994 | ||||
| Leavey Library, University of Southern California | ||||
| 86,500 | 32,200,000 | 100,000 | 1,475 | |
| Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois - Urbana | ||||
| 135,000 | 18,700,000 | 330,000 | 1,200 | |
| Science Library, University of California-Irvine | ||||
| 189,570 | 32,200,000 | 500,000 | 2,200 | |
| Michigan State University | ||||
| 250,000 | 26,500,000 | 1,100,000 | 2,180 | |
| California State University - Bakersfield | ||||
| 150,000 | 20,900,000 | 600,000 | 800 | |
| Washington State University (addition) | ||||
| 293,000 | 36,000,000 | n/a | 674 | |
| Spokane (WA) Public Library | ||||
| 116,885 | 13,800,000 | 320,000 | 350 | |
| Los Angeles (CA) Public Library (addition-renovation) | ||||
| 539,000 | 215,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 1,487 | |
| 1993 | ||||
| Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis | ||||
| 285,000 | 32,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,740 | |
| Education Library, Indiana University | ||||
| 21,285 | 22,000,000 | 100,000 | 310 | |
| Gonzaga University | ||||
| 137,000 | 20,000,000 | 500,000 | 1,000 | |
| California State University - San Marcos | ||||
| 35,000 | 15,400,000 | 330,000 | 896 | |
| University of California - San Diego (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 396,556 | 36,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,283 | |
| University of Oregon (addition) | ||||
| 132,000 | 16,800,000 | n/a | n/a | |
| 1992 | ||||
| Depaul University | ||||
| 190,000 | 22,000,000 | 650,000 | 1,100 | |
| University of Scranton | ||||
| 80,000 | 13,300,000 | 330,000 | 1,000 | |
| Music Library, Queens College (NY) | ||||
| 110,500 | 21,500,000 | 128,000 | 125 | |
| Cornell University (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 97,000 | 25,000,000 | 1,300,000 | 140 | |
| St. Olaf College (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 171,060 | 12,300,000 | 861,500 | 1,314 | |
| Mankato State University (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 187,466 | 11,300,000 | 1,300,000 | 3,500 | |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 123,700 | 9,000,000 | 450,000 | 1,559 | |
| Auburn University (addition - renovation) | ||||
| 379,000 | 21,100,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500 | |
| 1991 | ||||
| University of San Francisco | ||||
| 120,000 | 40,400,000 | 600,000 | 904 | |
| University of Washington (addition) | ||||
| 215,000 | 36,200,000 | 1,100,000 | 592 | |
Other Walls Dissolve documents related to the new Learning Resources building program include:
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St. Cloud State University Needs a New Library Because..., presents a summary of student and faculty concerns about the present building and hopes for the new.
The St. Cloud State University Vision: A Library and Learning Resources Services Facility for the 21st Century, provides an overview of the philosophic and service goals the building program embodies.
New Learning Resources Services Project Data Summary, lists the major service and operations area contained in the building program. Closely related to this is the description of Functional Areas of LRS Building Program, a summary of comments from the building program.
Libraries: A State Investment, written by Jeffrey Scherer, AIA, for the Minnesota State University System, to inform legislators about the positive educational and social impact academic libraries in the State University System have beyond campus confines.
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