University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Under the direction and plans of Stanford White, the Rotunda was rebuilt. Though sig- nificant changes were made in its appearance, the most important were the reduction of the porticos, the alteration of the interior and the redesigning 0f the inner columns. Future plans call for the restoration of the Rotunda to its orig- inal design and additional space for reception areas and administrative ohices.

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The 6,860 volume library which Jefferson had selected at the opening of the University nearly tripled by 1840. These volumes were originally stacked in Pavilion VII but were later moved to the Rotunda. The doors to the library were kept open for only a few hours per week, and permission from a professor had to be obtained before one could withdraw a book. Built in 1938, the Alderman Library, the general library named for the Universityh first President, houses the majority of the library collections of about a million and a quarter ac- cessible books, five million manuscripts, and a hundred thou- sand photographs, pictures and prints. There are, however, morelthan a dozen department or school libraries which serve the needs of the student. At present, an addition which will be completed in April 1967 will increase the bookstack space by 50 per cent, a great im- provement to the University Library System.