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Students using microfilm readers

Two male students read microfilmed newspapers on Recordak microfilm readers in the library.

Alia Kotake and Patricia Fitzgerald working at the library card catalog, 1962

Alia Kotake and Patricia Fitzgerald work at the library card catalog.

View of Bookends Reading Room (Periodical Reading Room), 1962

Students study in the Periodical Reading Room (currently called the Bookends Reading Room).

Periodical Room (Reference and Reading Room) seen from above, 1955

The Reference and Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) is seen from above.

Circulation Desk (Loan Desk), 1955

A library staff member helps four patrons lining up at the Loan Desk (now called the Circulation Desk), while two staff members work near piles of books behind the desk. A sign on the desk explains procedures for charging books.

View of the stacks on a floor in the newly completed 2nd Addition to the library, 1969

Three library patrons read at study carrels while workers shelve books in the stacks of the newly completed 2nd Addition to the library.

Card catalog area, 1966

A drawer of the author-title catalog is pulled out, with more catalog cabinets and tables in the background, and bibliographies on shelves on the wall.

Library study tables and desks in the 1st Addition, 1966

Library study tables and desks sit on orange carpet next to blue columns in the 1st Addition.

Periodical space in the library, 1966

A periodical space in the library features slanted display shelving for current issues, orange carpeting, and a modern chair.

Students studying in front of the Grant Wood mural "Breaking the Prairie."

Two female students study at tables in front of the Grant Wood mural "Breaking the Prairie."

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