1. A NEW LIBRARY – CREATING A SHARED VISION “to make the library a focal point of learning, scholarship, interaction, and invention among students, faculty and staff” (Draft SU Strategic Plan, AY04 - AY08, Goal 1)

2. “A high priority in the Facilities Master Plan, a future library will be a hub for academic discussion and discovery and will blend space for public events, community outreach, quiet study, research assistance, specialized materials and local archives, and the creation of digital publications.” (SU Revised Mission Statement) Lexington, SC Library

3. The need for a communal, yet techno-logically active academic space is particularly important at an institution with an expanding under-graduate research program. (Dr. Alice H. Bahr, Dean of Libraries) Brooklyn College Library

4. Salisbury University 2004-2008 Strategic Plan - “to enhance an academic and learning environment that promotes intellectual growth and success” High End Conference Room, Hillier Group

5. Ultimately, the inability to seat sufficient students and provide the spaces and resources that they need for serious under-graduate study limits the institution’s ability to increase enrollments and frustrates the institution’s mission “to cultivate and sustain a superior, student centered learning community….” Columbia University Library

6. “The library… is a full learning center for a university and a benefit to the larger community that it serves.” (Dr. Alice H. Bahr, Dean of Libraries) University of New Hampshire

7. “Architects in communities everywhere find themselves in the midst of a library building boom… [the library] is not simply enjoying a renaissance but undergoing a radical transformation.”(Abagail VanSlyck, “A New Chapter,” Architectural Record (Oct. 2000): 151) Spartanburg, SC Library Headquarters

8. Today’s academic libraries enhance community, facilitate learning, harness emerging technologies for access to information and centralize resources that define the quick-paced Information Age. (Dr. Alice H. Bahr, Dean of Libraries) Ross University Library

9. “In the last 10 years, the curriculum has become much more “engaged,” with students doing original research and collaborating with other students.” (Jeff Morris, “The College Library in the New Age,” University Business (October, 2002):28) Wellesley College Library

10. “Blackwell Library is unable to fulfill a library’s traditional role let alone assume new ones” (Dr. Alice H. Bahr, Dean of Libraries) Ypsilanti, MI District Library

11. “People think every-thing goes on to the Internet these days, but the amount of print material is increasing by 7 percent a year.”(Carl Hartman, “Md. fort to aid over-crowded Library of Congress,” The Daily Times (31 Aug. 2003): B6) San Jose Library

12. “the library is becoming a more complex facility, one that…attracts students for multiple purposes…”(Harold B. Shill and Shawn Tonner, “Creating a Better Place: Physical Improvements in Academic Libraries, 1995-2002,” College & Research Libraries, 64, 6 (November, 2003): 458 ) Manhattan College Library

13. “A new library at Salisbury University would create a collaborative whole and build a better future for the entire academic community.” (Dr. Alice H. Bahr, Dean of Libraries) Robbins College Library