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The James E. Walker Library is the
campus library of
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together off ...
(MTSU). Opened in 1999 under university president James E. Walker, it replaced an older library in
Todd Hall
Todd or Todds may refer to:
Places
;Australia:
* Todd River, an ephemeral river
;United States:
* Todd Valley, California, also known as Todd, an unincorporated community
* Todd, Missouri, a ghost town
* Todd, North Carolina, an unincorporate ...
, now home to the Art Department. A four-story, building, the MTSU library contains over 1 million volumes and more than 33,000 periodicals.
Construction on the James E. Walker Library started on the 85th anniversary of the university's founding, September 11, 1996. The old Todd Library, which had been expanded to a capacity of 225,000, held almost three times that many when the new library opened.
Library departments
The James E. Walker Library houses offerings in 24 distinct departments, including:
Gallery
Image:Front of James E. Walker Library Building.jpg, Front of the building
Image:Staircases in the Walker Library at MTSU.jpg, Staircases
Image:Special Collections reading room in the James E. Walker Library.jpg, Special Collections reading room
Image:Autumn in the library quad at Middle Tennessee State University.jpg, Library quad
References
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Middle Tennessee State University
University and college academic libraries in the United States
Libraries in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Library buildings completed in 1999
1999 establishments in Tennessee