NSU Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Library

Norfolk, Va. — NSU President Carolyn W. Meyers, Provost Y.T. Shah, University Archivist Tommy L. Bogger and other university officials will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for NSU’s new library at 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at the campus greens, which is adjacent to the present library. Expected guests also include NSU Rector Bobby N. Vassar and representatives from the companies who designed and will construct the new facility.

Designed to be a distinctive signature building for NSU, the new library will be the information and academic hub of the campus. It will also be highly visible from Interstate-264. The new building will be located at the geographic center of the campus and will create a new west academic quadrangle and a new east student life quadrangle. Inside the structure, reading and study space will have ample views of the surrounding campus and will include a robust technology infrastructure for 24-hour, seven-day a week access to digital collections and worldwide information. The new library’s technology will also incorporate collaborative software for group study, group access technology and virtual conferencing; provide a wide range of local and remote online services and link the campus with cooperative information networks.

Additional program areas include integral spaces for the Marshall Collection and the University Archives to allow for the continued preservation of a historic black college history and artifacts; and a gallery/museum that will showcase the university’s collection of African and African American art and artifacts.

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