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Show vividly illustrated through the annual purchase of journal titles-in 1941, 1,000 were received; in 1957, there were 7,000; while today, the number is 15,000! It was quickly becoming apparent, when the decade of the 60's began, that the Thomas Library was already inadequate. New media, including microforms, tapes, recordings, etc., could not be adequately incorporated into Library programs and the space for material was virtually nonexistant. Further, the location was no longer central to the expanded campus. In 1962, after student government voted to use student funds to pay for nearly half the cost, a new library was planned and three years later Governor Calvin Rampton broke ground for the $6 3/4 million project. The building was designed to hold 1 1/2 million volumes, to seat 3100 students, and to encompass 300,000 square feet of space. O n January 2, 1968, this, the largest academic library constructed in the U.S. in UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LIBRARY HOLDINGS 1875 1895 1905 1925 1945 1955 1965 1974 |