MILLER F. WHITTAKER LIBRARY
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina
January 22, 2007 (rev.)

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEW LIBRARY

The new library will be located in the approximate same location as the present facility, and will include approximately 74,500 square feet.   In the first phase, a wing of the library will be built in the existing adjacent south parking lot.  The second phase will consist of relocating the contents of the present library into the new wing and then demolish the existing library to make room for the new construction.  The estimated cost is $22,000,000.   

Naming opportunities for the new library are endless.  These include assigning names of individuals, alumni classes, organizations, corporations, etc. to rooms and collections such as:

• Bibliographic Instruction Classrooms
  Include two data equipped multimedia classrooms for library instruction; seats 25 each.
   
• Bibliographic Instruction Lecture and Classroom
  Includes one data equipped multimedia classroom for larger classes and workshops; seats 50.
   
• Café
  Includes preparation, serving, and vending areas; seats 25.
   
• Childrens’ Room and Curriculum Lab
  Houses a collection of 5,000 volumes for children and 2,000 volumes of other books and guides to support the curriculum and meet the needs of students in the Department of Education; seats 40.
   
• Computer Commons
  Include fifty workstations, printers, and multimedia capabilities for users.

• Conference Room
  Includes data equipped features; seats 15.

• Copy Center/Multimedia Room 
  Equipped  with  state-of-the-art  for  media  production, e.g., color copiers,   printers,   scanner,   digital  camera,  laminating   machine,  fax services,  CD burner, and various software packages.
   
• Reading Rooms
  Consists of five, dual access rooms that are data equipped; seats 20.
   
• South Carolina State University Historical Collection (SCSUHC) Endowment Fund
  Located   in    the   James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center, a modern, user-friendly, environmentally controlled, and spacious archives  for the university’s current and future collections.
   
• Spec. C Collection
  Comprises   the   library’s   collection of   materials   by  and about African-Americans.

• Study Rooms
  Includes twenty-eight rooms that are data line equipped, seats six to eight individuals and expandable to accommodate larger groups; seats more than 175.

If you would like to join us in our plans to achieve these goals, please contact South Carolina State University’s Office of Institutional Advancement, 803-536-8761.

For more information, please contact us at the library, or 803-536-7045 or newlibrary@scsu.edu.