James E. Walker Library

James E. Walker Library

File:Northwest corner of the Walker Library at MTSU.jpg The library seen from the northwest corner
Country	United States
Type	Academic
Established	1999
Location	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Coordinates
Collection
Size	1,000,000+
Access and use
Access requirements	Public
Population served	30,000 on campus + surrounding community
Other information
Director	Bonnie Allen
Website	http://library.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 1,000,000 volumes and more than 33,000 periodicals.

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.

Library departments

The James E. Walker Library houses offerings in 23 distinct departments, including:

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Gallery

• Front of James E. Walker Library Building.jpg

  Front of the building

• Staircases in the Walker Library at MTSU.jpg

  Staircases

• Special Collections reading room in the James E. Walker Library.jpg

  Special Collections reading room

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  Library quad

External links

• James E. Walker Library website