Nearly 60 percent of the Jerry Falwell Library at Liberty University, Lynchburg. VA, is dedicated to individual and collaborative spaces, with up to 80,000 items displayed in its four-story book tower. CREDITS: VMDO Architects, architects; ©Alan Karchmer, photo. The 1910 Carnegie-built John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, refurbishment brought its treasured collections to wider use through an energy-efficient update to the magnificent first-floor reading room that includes LED and Lutron Sunlight–controlled fixtures. CREDITS: Selldorf Architects, architects; Warren Jagger, photo. The Dr. Peter W. Addiego Health Sciences Library, Nassau University, East Meadow, NY, provides its “medical residents, interns, and faculty with a state-of-the-art research facility,” including 24 study stations and a lounge area. CREDITS: Ehasz Giacalone Associates, architects, with Stalco Construction; Tom Sibley/Wilk Marketing Communications, photo. The 125,000 square foot, $41.8 million Tidewater Community College/City of Virginia Beach Joint-Use Library features “distinctive façades that express dramatic shifts in material, form, and purpose,” in a 360° foreground building profile attracting both its academic and public constituencies. CREDITS: Carrier Johnson + CULTURE/RRMM/Anderson Brulé, architects; ©Jeff Goldberg/Esto, photo. The 16,500 square foot Truax Campus Library, Madison College, WI, addition has floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the campus gateway and front the innovative reading pods on the upper level. CREDITS: Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP, architect; Tricia Shay Photography, photo. Nothing beats the cylindrical drum multifunctional resource hub at the new Oxnard College Library Learning Resource Center, CA. Three adjacent wings provide departmental operations and act as spokes in this pivotal campus learning environment. CREDITS: Paul Murdoch Architects, architect; Eric Staudenmaier Photography, photo. RETURN TO MAIN ARTICLE