University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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pi IP III II Ill Hi The place changes as it grows . . . but the daily routine continues ... First a vacant spot, then workmen and materials arrived on the scene and there was a sound of hammering as the steel skeleton began to grow — and grow — and grow. One day the scaffolding disappeared, the workmen departed, the doors were opened and, at the March 19 dedication, students were formally introduced to the newest building on campus — the Clifford Memorial Library. Entering the building at first-floor level, they found the circulation desk, reference room, a closed area for reserve books and the informal reading room, a pleasant spot housing recent books and magazines. The faculty and staff discovered their own special reading room on this floor, too. Mounting to second floor, explorers saw a reading area interspersed with open book stacks. Opening off this room were two research cubicles where students could get together over their books. Four research rooms — two for social sciences, one for physical sciences and one for the humanities — were located at top level. Descending to ground floor, they came upon another reading area and more book stacks. A closed area hous- ing archives and collections, the book processing room, the audio-visual seminar room and the Kleymeyer Audi- torium were points of interest on the lowest floor. The voyage of discovery ended, Evansville collegians then settled down to study in their quiet — the ceilings are soundproof, light — there is indirect Hghting all through the building, and — oh, cool, summer days — air-conditioned library.