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Du Bois Library</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg/250px-W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="478" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg/375px-W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg/500px-W.E.B._DuBois_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2283" data-file-height="4367" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">Du Bois Library in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_c331c645f2244f2a43eaa5acd59f73f6e9eb54e4"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&revid=1249553144&groups=_c331c645f2244f2a43eaa5acd59f73f6e9eb54e4" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&revid=1249553144&groups=_c331c645f2244f2a43eaa5acd59f73f6e9eb54e4 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Research</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a> 01003<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1972</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Height</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Roof</th><td class="infobox-data">286.5 feet (87.3 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top floor</th><td class="infobox-data">26</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">28</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Durrell_Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Durrell Stone">Edward Durrell Stone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main contractor</th><td class="infobox-data">Daniel O'Connell's Sons, of Holyoke<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg/250px-UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg/375px-UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg/500px-UMass_Amherst_W.E.B._Dubois_Library_night_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">W. 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Du Bois Library at night</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_6666b7b6bdef907b7691235143b24a865c7d9221"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&revid=1249553144&groups=_6666b7b6bdef907b7691235143b24a865c7d9221" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&revid=1249553144&groups=_6666b7b6bdef907b7691235143b24a865c7d9221 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&params=42_23_23.42_N_72_31_41.65_W_region:US-MA_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°23′23.42″N</span> <span class="longitude">72°31′41.65″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.3898389°N 72.5282361°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.3898389; -72.5282361</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">154 Hicks Way<br />University of Massachusetts Amherst<br />Amherst, MA 01003-9275, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data label">Public</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">4 million</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.umass.edu">library<wbr />.umass<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">References</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Du_Bois,_W._E._B..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg/220px-Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg/330px-Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg/440px-Du_Bois%2C_W._E._B..jpg 2x" data-file-width="628" data-file-height="704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois" title="W. E. B. Du Bois">W. E. B. Du Bois</a>, the namesake of the library</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>W. E. B. Du Bois Library</b> is one of the three <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">libraries</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a>, the others being the Science and Engineering Library and the Wadsworth Library at the Mount Ida Campus. The W. E. B. Du Bois Library holds resources primarily in <a href="/wiki/Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Social sciences">social</a> and <a href="/wiki/Behavioral_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Behavioral sciences">behavioral sciences</a>. At 28 stories and 286 feet <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inches (roughly 88 m) tall, it is the third-tallest library in the world after the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Indonesia" title="National Library of Indonesia">National Library of Indonesia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> at 414 feet (126 m) and <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Library" title="Shanghai Library">Shanghai Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> at 348 feet (106 m). Measuring taller purely by height, the libraries in <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a> both only have 24 floors. The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is also considered to be the tallest academic research library<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 32nd tallest educational building in the world. The building maintains a security force, which is managed by various supervisors and student employees. </p><p>Present holdings at the UMass Libraries include over 4 million titles and over nine million individual items, providing access to over 200,000 online journals, over 1,700,000 e-books, and more than 500 databases. </p><p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/Five_Colleges_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Colleges (Massachusetts)">Five College Consortium</a>, the UMass Amherst Libraries also have access to material from its partners in the Consortium: <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Holyoke_College" title="Mount Holyoke College">Mount Holyoke College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Smith_College" title="Smith College">Smith College</a>. Students can also take advantage of the Interlibrary Loan Services to obtain materials from libraries beyond the Five College system and from all over the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the University of Massachusetts Amherst began to grow exponentially in the 1960s it was decided by the Board of Trustees that a large University Library would be needed for the library system to make the transition into the future. The designer was <a href="/wiki/Edward_Durrell_Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Durrell Stone">Edward Durrell Stone</a> who followed recommendations by a Boston library consultant who recommended that the university would require a building of nearly 310,000 square feet to meet with the growing demands of students.<sup id="cite_ref-umass.edu_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umass.edu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ground was broken in April 1969 and the building was opened to the public in 1973, with an official dedication taking place in 1974. </p><p>The building was ordered closed in September 1979 by then Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Henry_Koffler" title="Henry Koffler">Henry Koffler</a> to address the serious issue of "<a href="/wiki/Spall" title="Spall">spalling</a>" where bits of brick from the facade on the exterior building would fall away. The most important and most used volumes were removed to the former Goodell Library Stacks (located adjacent to the building) as well as the majority of the library departments. The building was closed to all except staff who were allowed to retrieve any books left in the building. In December 1979 the building was reopened with a maximum occupancy of 500 persons, and a special ticket was required for entry. In 1983, the university acquired $2.5 million from the state legislature to begin a major renovation of the building's brick veneer. The money would also be used to reconstruct the main lobby and resize the first few floors of the building. The building was restored to full usage in 1985 and students and staff led an initiative in 1986 called "Mass Transformation" to clean up and restore the interior of the building.<sup id="cite_ref-umass.edu_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umass.edu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This initiative also was responsible for establishing the campus competition to add murals to the library stairwells.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building was originally referred to as the University Tower Library, but was renamed the W. E. B. Du Bois Library following a popular student movement in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was significant debate on whether or not it was appropriate to name the library after <a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois" title="W. E. B. Du Bois">W. E. B. Du Bois</a> due to his ties to the Communist Party USA. University policy also dictated that dedications were to be made for those who made significant donations to the university.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While administration focused on the more practical reasons for the dedication, students were focused on his communist leanings with fighting imperialism and capitalism.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were many conflicts between administration, students, and the general public on whether or not it was appropriate to dedicate the library after Du Bois, but ultimately, the dedication gathered enough support and was celebrated over a period of several days by the entire community.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Special Collections is home to the memoirs and papers of the distinguished <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> scholar, writer, and activist, W. E. B. Du Bois, which were acquired by former Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Randolph_Bromery" title="Randolph Bromery">Randolph Bromery</a>, a friend of Du Bois. The library is also the depository for other important collections relating to social issues, such as the papers of Congressman <a href="/wiki/Silvio_O._Conte" title="Silvio O. Conte">Silvio O. Conte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horace_Mann_Bond" title="Horace Mann Bond">Horace Mann Bond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_R._Feinberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth R. Feinberg">Kenneth R. Feinberg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg" title="Daniel Ellsberg">Daniel Ellsberg</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_information">General information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: General information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library offers several computer labs, a tutoring center, the writing center, equipment lending from the Digital Media lab, the Digital Scholarship Center (formerly the Image Collection Library) and an IT Support Desk. The upper floors contain books from various academic fields focusing primarily on the humanities and social behavioral sciences, including a sizeable East Asian Collection, Art Collections, UMass Thesis Archive, and "SCUA," the Special Collections and University Archives. Some floors also house special offices and study carrels that are available to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers seeking a private study area. The library offers tutoring, writing workshops, and supplemental instruction scattered among its 26 floors. </p><p>The topmost floors of the library are a popular destination for those wishing to see a panoramic view of the campus and surrounding <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Valley" title="Pioneer Valley">Pioneer Valley</a>. The 23rd Floor is quite popular as it is the highest floor from which patrons can view the Valley from each of the building's four sides. </p><p>The library is accessible to UMass Amherst and 5-College Students for 7 days a week during the normal academic year. The building is a public library so citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who are 18 years of age can access the majority of the building and its materials. An application for a borrowers card can be made online or on-site. </p><p>Peregrine falcons have nested atop the building since 2003 and a camera was installed so that their nest box could be live streamed to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Room 25 located on the Lower Level, was transformed into a "Team Based Learning Classroom" that can hold approximately 75 students. </p><p>In time for the fall 2017 semester, a refresh of the lobby was completed included the installation of new digital signage and a new information desk, the Graduate Commons was opened on the 5th floor, and a second teaching space was finished for the Archives. </p><p>The Science and Engineering Library, which holds the bulk of the STEM related collection is located at a separate location in the <a href="/wiki/John_W._Lederle_Graduate_Research_Center" title="John W. Lederle Graduate Research Center">Lederle Graduate Research Center</a> Lowrise.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Learning_Commons">Learning Commons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Learning Commons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A prominent feature of the W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the Learning Commons, located on the Lower Level, which opened in 2005. The Learning Commons provides a central location for resources provided by many departments across campus including Circulations/Reserves/Interlibrary Loan, the Writing Center, Reference and Research Assistance, the Assistive Technologies Center, an Information Technologies Help Desk, and the Learning Commons and Technical Support desk.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Learning Commons has over 30,000 square feet, with 450 seats available. There are 18 group study rooms which can be reserved,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so students can work together without disturbing others, and there are over 200 work stations equipped with Mac and PC computers. The computers have a broad range of software installed,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are arranged in a variety of configurations to allow both individual and collaborative work. The entire building gained wireless Internet access in 2008. The North End is also home to the micro climate area, which consists of many experimental seating arrangements and television screens for group work. </p><p>Access to the <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tippo" title="Oswald Tippo">Oswald Tippo</a> Library Courtyard is on this level, which contains the statue entitled <i>Searching for Buddha in the Mountains,</i> designed by Thomas Matsuda in 1999 and installed in 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Building_myths">Building myths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Building myths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library" title="Special:EditPage/W. E. B. Du Bois Library">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The building has fallen victim to several myths since its opening in 1973, the most popular of these being a variation of the "Sinking Library Myth," where the architect supposedly forgot to account for the weight of the books in the building's designs, resulting in a settling of the building. This is a popular myth attributed to many university libraries and is untrue.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The spalling of the bricks has also led to the common assumption that entire bricks fall away from the building, and invariably make contact with someone on the ground. While bits of material do occasionally break away, a full brick has never come away from the building. </p><p>The unusual inclusion of carrel floors bred the belief that the building was not originally designed to be a library, but was supposed to be an office building and the plans were mixed up. The building was designed to work in units of three, with two stacks floors holding similar subjects and a carrel floor to accommodate departments and librarians related to those materials. The plan never fully came to fruition, and carrels are used by graduate students and professors as quiet study spaces. This myth gained further traction after the construction of the Standard Oil building (now <a href="/wiki/Aon_Center_(Chicago)" title="Aon Center (Chicago)">Aon Center</a>) by Durell's firm in Chicago which features a similar design with an exterior clad in marble. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Renovations">Renovations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Renovations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the years since the building was first built, many renovations and upgrades have been completed on the library. These renovations have included a new entryway, brand new elevator systems, a sprinkler system and fire suppression, a reconfigured cafe, as well as electrical upgrades and an HVAC system. There is also a new loading dock and service entrance being built in conjunction with the renovation of the South College Building on the west side of the library. </p><p>In 2017, the Digital Scholarship Center<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Freshman Writing Program (both formerly located in Bartlett Hall) moved to the sixth and twelfth floors respectively, and renovations were completed to provide additional space to the Learning Resource Center on the thirteenth floor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:W. 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Du Bois Boyhood Homesite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Conference_of_Negro_Problems" title="Atlanta Conference of Negro Problems">Atlanta Conference of Negro Problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Sociological_Laboratory" title="Atlanta Sociological Laboratory">Atlanta Sociological Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Exhibit_of_American_Negroes" title="The Exhibit of American Negroes">The Exhibit of American Negroes</a> (1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Pan-African_Conference" title="First Pan-African Conference">First Pan-African Conference</a> (1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Movement" title="Niagara Movement">Niagara Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> (co-founder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crisis" title="The Crisis"><i>The Crisis</i> magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brownies%27_Book" title="The Brownies' Book"><i>The Brownies' Book</i> magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_(American_newspaper)" title="Freedom (American newspaper)"><i>Freedom</i> newspaper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-African_Congress" title="Pan-African Congress">Pan-African Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisk_University_protest" title="Fisk University protest">Fisk University protest</a> (1924–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois_Memorial_Centre_for_Pan_African_Culture" title="W. 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Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture</a> (home, burial site, and memorial)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Talented_tenth" title="Talented tenth">Talented Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_line_(racism)" title="Color line (racism)">Color line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_consciousness" title="Double consciousness">Double consciousness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suppression_of_the_African_Slave-trade_to_the_United_States_of_America" title="The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America">The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America</a></i> (1894)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Study_of_the_Negro_Problems" title="The Study of the Negro Problems">The Study of the Negro Problems</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Negro" title="The Philadelphia Negro">The Philadelphia Negro</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Souls_of_Black_Folk" title="The Souls of Black Folk">The Souls of Black Folk</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Negro_in_the_South" title="The Negro in the South">The Negro in the South</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(biography)" title="John Brown (biography)">John Brown</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Negro" title="The Negro">The Negro</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darkwater:_Voices_from_Within_the_Veil" title="Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil">Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Reconstruction_in_America" title="Black Reconstruction in America">Black Reconstruction in America</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dusk_of_Dawn" title="Dusk of Dawn">Dusk of Dawn</a></i> (1940)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Comet_(short_story)" title="The Comet (short story)">The Comet</a>" (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Princess" title="Dark Princess">Dark Princess</a></i> (1928)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Honors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. E. B. Du Bois Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W.E.B._Du_Bois_Career_of_Distinguished_Scholarship_Award" title="W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award">W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois_Research_Institute" title="W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute">W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Graham_Du_Bois" title="Shirley Graham Du Bois">Shirley Graham Du Bois</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolande_Du_Bois" title="Yolande Du Bois">Yolande Du Bois</a> (daughter)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Africana" title="Encyclopedia Africana">Encyclopedia Africana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Negro_Problem_(book)" title="The Negro Problem (book)">The Negro Problem</a></i> (1903 book)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W.E.B._Du_Bois_Clubs_of_America" title="W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America">W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_American_founding_fathers_of_the_United_States" title="African American founding fathers of the United States">African American founding fathers of the United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945475#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945475#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945475#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/138545363">VIAF</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n97009871">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="W.E.B. 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