University of South Carolina Libraries
Vv ,- >> / v\--U--V-:>-vv. . '" W X':^';0 Photos fa Jeff Seid< s? Is 4 ht "J Chris tissue Scienc & B ^ <'s: Fisher operates the controls of an Auto-Technicon, a processor, part of the equipment in the new Biological :e Building. ^B^n?S3MW^^WfiH^ BMiwiiw^^i 1 >IJ^QLwi3B^85^^T. ?B A^t^j^B^MGBB?^ffm > 1 >i ?f lIM ?&?<L? "T1 ^ 1 *^B QSB fBmMm After months of delay. The pleted. A new electronic devi abuse. Construction com By ERNEST WIGGINS Gamecock Staff Writer A combined total of $29.4 million was-spent on four new buildings and three structure renovations across the Carolina Community. Completed were the Thomas Cooper Library, the Biological Science Building, the Russell House extension, and the Pendleton Parking Garage. Still under construction is Gambrell Hall, Wardlaw Education Building, Longstreet Theatre, and the Sum wait College of Engineering. The new library houses the volumes formerly in McKissick, Wardlaw, and the Science and General Studies libraries. Mr. Kenneth Toombs, chief ad mmistrator at the library has stated that the library has already received national and international acclaim for its beauty and practicality. He also considers the library as one of the most economical major academic buildings in the United States. The library will seat 500 people on the various levels and will house an average 250,000 volumes on each level. The furnishing is by Stendig and Zographos and the interior design is Glenn McGee, A.I.A. The Russell House extension features furnished sitting and conference rooms and a spacious ballroom to be used for student functions. The Campus Bookstore located in the new wing has been designed to allow more space for non-book items and to increase efficiency and service to the student. The new Biological Science Building was built at a cost of $5.2 million, the Pendleton Garage at a cost of $3.7 million, and Gambrell Hall, the future home of the social sciences, at a cost of $6 million. Thomas Cooper Library is comce protects the 250,000 books from ' (iambrell Hall, futun Government and Intc months of construct!