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Show 1967, opened its doors. Named the J. Willard Marriott Library, in honor of the donor (Class of 1926) w ho provided a $1 million gift for library resources-the largest single donation ever received by the University -the structure received the American Institute of Architects Award of Merit in 1968. Incredible as it seems, only six years after the Marriott Library opened for service, it has n o w almost reached its design capacity. Publishing output, termed the "knowledge explosion", has had such a marked effect on major libraries throughout the world that all but a handful n o w have inadequate space for their collections. Increasingly, the Libraries' acquisitions are in microform to reduce space requirements; but this effort cannot completely solve the problem and the situation would be even more severe had not additional buildings been constructed for the Law and Medical Libraries. Fortunately, the Law Library had been incorporated into the newly-erected Law Building which opened on May 1, 1966. The Medical Sciences Library was temporarily housed in makeshift quarters in the new medical complex when the majority of the Libraries' collection moved into the Marriott Library. Plans had already been completed for a magnificent new medical library and in the summer of 1971 the Spencer S. Eccles Medical Sciences Library, named in honor of a member of the family of the principal benefactor, opened its doors. The Eccles Library facility now accommodates 350 readers, holds 70,000 monographs and journals, contains audio-visual seminar rooms, and provides access to computerized services, such as the National Library of Medicine's M E D L I N E network, the bibliography of medicine. Outstanding collections include the Maxwell M. Wintrobe reprint files on hematology and a fine History of Medicine Collection housed in the separate Kenneth B. Castleton Room |
