James E. Walker Library

35°50′48″N 86°21′50″W / 35.84658°N 86.36397°W / 35.84658; -86.36397LocationMurfreesboro, Tennessee, United StatesTypeAcademicEstablished1999CollectionSize1 million+Access and useAccess requirementsPublicPopulation served30,000 on campus + surrounding communityOther informationDirectorKathleen L. SchmandWebsitelibrary.mtsu.edu

The James E. Walker Library is the campus library of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Opened in 1999 under university president James E. Walker, it replaced an older library in Todd Hall, now home to the Art Department. A four-story, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m²) building, the MTSU library contains over 1 million volumes and more than 33,000 periodicals.^[1]

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.^[2]

Library departments

The James E. Walker Library houses offerings in 24 distinct departments, including:^[3]

Acquisitions
Administration
Cataloging
Circulation
Collection Development
Collection Management Department
Curriculum Collection
Digital Initiatives
Digital Media Studio
Distance Education
Electronic Resources
Government Documents
Interlibrary Loan
Library Systems
Microtext
Periodicals
Reference and Instruction
Reserves
Serials
Service Desk
Special Collections
Technology Services
User Services Department
Web & Discovery

Gallery

Front of the building
Staircases
Special Collections reading room
Library quad

References

^ "Library Statistics". MTSU.edu. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "History of the Library". MTSU.edu. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
^ "About the Library". MTSU.edu. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.