D. H. Hill Library
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North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
. It is the third building to house NCSU Libraries, following Brooks Hall and Holladay Hall. The current building, situated on the Hillsborough Street edge of North Campus, is the result of four stages of construction, and houses the majority of the 3.6 million volumes in NC State's collection.
Location
The library is situated on Hillsborough StreetHillsborough Street
Hillsborough Street is a prominent business and cultural thoroughfare through Raleigh, North Carolina. The street serves as a center for social life among North Carolina State University students. Nearby Meredith College students also frequent the street's area businesses...
, the north edge of campus, however the north entrances are currently closed. The main entrances are on the campus side, integrated into University Plaza (the Brickyard).
Naming
D.H. Hill is named after Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., once part-time NC State librarian, and president of NC State in 1908. He was the son of the scholar and notable Confederate ArmyConfederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
General Daniel Harvey Hill
Daniel Harvey Hill
On July 22, 1862, Hill and Union Maj. Gen. John A. Dix concluded an agreement for the general exchange of prisoners between the Union and Confederate armies. This agreement became known as the Dix-Hill Cartel....
.
Overview
D.H. Hill was built in four major stages, from 1953-1990:- "East Wing" completed in 1953 and renovated in 2007.
- "Erdahl-Cloyd Student Union", completed 1954, now Erdahl-Cloyd (West) Wing and The Atrium.
- "Bookstack North", completed in 1972, a 10-story shelving area.
- "Bookstack South", completed in 1990, an 11-story shelving area fronting the Brickyard.
Details
D.H. Hill was built as a replacement for Brooks Hall, a rather smaller building on North Campus. The first wing of the building, now known as the "East Wing", was opened in 1953. Brooks Hall was occupied by the School of Design. A year after the opening of the East Wing, the Erdahl-Cloyd Union was built. In 1972, the student union was moved into Talley Student Center, and the Erdahl-Cloyd Union became the west wing of the library. It was connected to the east wing by a new 10-story (numbered G,1-9) Bookstack North tower, adding space for 1,000,000 volumes. The completion coincided with the 83rd anniversary of NC State's founding. Finally, the current library was completed with the addition of 11-story (numbered B,G,1-9) Bookstack South tower in 1990, adding space for another 500,000 volumes.Renovations
The library's East Wing underwent a large-scale renovation targeted at creating a study/work/recreation/socializing area with technology integration. The newly renovated wing was reopened on March 12, 2007 after a large ribbon-cutting ceremony.NCSU Libraries
Currently, D.H. Hill is occupied primarily by NCSU Libraries. However, the library's Atrium wing houses an outlier of University Dining. University Dining also maintains the "Hill of Beans" coffee shop in the library's lobby.The Atrium
The Atrium is a group of quick-service restaurants, accepting on-campus meal plans, "board bucks", Visa, Mastercard and cash. It is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30am-10pm, and Friday from 7:30am-3:00pm, but is not open on weekends. The general public is welcome to the Atrium, which is located on the bottom level of the Erdahl-Cloyd wing. Not accessible through the Erdahl-Cloyd wing, only through the "brickyard".The restaurants at the Atrium include:
- Chick-Fil-AChick-fil-AChick-fil-A |"fillet"]]) is a quick service restaurant chain headquartered in College Park, Georgia, United States, specializing in chicken entrées and is known for promoting the company founder's claims of Christian values. Long associated with the southern United States, where it has been a...
- This CFA serves a limited menu, but won an award for most sales on any college campus in 2005. - Delirious - salads and wraps.
- Brickyard Pizza and Pasta - Italian dishes.
- Zen Blossom - Asian dishes.
- Wolfpack-to-Go - pre-made sandwiches, pitas, and snack items.
There is limited seating inside and outside the Atrium itself. This seating tends to be very full at peak lunch hours. The library proper and the Atrium are not internally connected.
The Atrium underwent a comprehensive renovation and was completed in August 2011.
Hill of Beans
The Hill of Beans coffee shop is inside the library itself, near the main entrance to the Brickyard. It serves specialty coffee beverages, as well as snack and pastry items.Creamery
The Creamery is an ice cream shop located on the first floor of the west wing of the library. There is also a service window for take-out orders on the Hillsborough Street side of the building. The shop serves hand-scooped ice cream, milkshakes and sundaes featuring Howling Cow dairy products, which are made from milk produced at NC State's research farms and processed on the NC State campus creamery. The Creamery opened on April 20, 2009.Hours
During the week, (Monday-Thursday) D.H. Hill is open 24 hours a day. On Friday and Saturday, the Library closes at 10pm. On Saturdays and Sundays, the Library opens at 9am. 24-hour service resumes Sunday night.Study Areas
D.H. Hill provides computers and study space for approximately 5% of the 30,000 member student body. Guidelines for the University of North Carolina system call for seating of up to 20% of the student body. In result, the James B. Hunt, Jr. library is under construction on the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University. Despite this perceived service gap, D.H. Hill generally accommodates the needs of students with loaner laptops, group study and individual study areas on several floors.Collections
NCSU Libraries houses its main collections in D.H. Hill. Other collections are stored in four small satellite libraries within departments, and a Satellite Shelving Facility, which mostly houses older journals and periodical publications. D.H. Hill includes the majority of the 3.6 million volumes in NCSU's collection, as well as being designated a Federal and state document repository.D.H. Hill and the NCSU Library system's strengths are in keeping with the strengths of the University itself, namely engineering, science, agriculture, veterinary medicine, and mathematics. However, the Libraries also have strengths in architecture, design, humanities, and social sciences.
The 3.6 million volume collection is the smallest among the "Big 3" Universities in the Triangle Research Libraries Network -- the other two library systems being Duke and UNC - Chapel Hill.http://www.lib.duke.edu/colldev/libstats/arl05.htmhttp://www.lib.unc.edu/overview.html One of the Library's focuses is to acquire more volumes in areas that it is not strong in, in order to increase its base of knowledge.
Statistics
The NCSU Libraries is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association of Research LibrariesAssociation of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries is an organization of the leading research libraries in North America. As of October 2006, it comprises 123 libraries at comprehensive, research-intensive institutions in the US and Canada that share similar missions, aspirations, and achievements...
, the Center for Research Libraries, and the Digital Library Federation
Digital Library Federation
The Digital Library Federation is an international consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic-information technologies to extend collections and services...
. It was the first academic library organization to receive the Association of College and Research Libraries' Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, and was the recipient in 2003 of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
's Library of the Future award. Currently NCSU Libraries employs 288 people, of which 124 are librarians or other professionals. D.H. Hill alone circulates one million volumes per year.