King Library (Miami University)

King Library
King library
General information
Type	Library
Architectural style	Georgian architecture
Location	Oxford, Ohio
Address	151 South Campus Avenue
Country	United States of America
Coordinates	39°30′31.2″N 84°44′16.8″W / 39.508667°N 84.738000°W / 39.508667; -84.738000
Inaugurated	17 February 1973
Cost	USD $3.574 million
Technical details
Floor area	175,159 sq ft (16,272.8 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Frank Messer and Sons; Lorenz + Williams ; Lively and Likens
Website
www.lib.miamioh.edu

King Library is the main library of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The largest of four libraries on the Oxford campus, it serves as the primary library facility and center of administration for the Miami University Libraries system.^[1] Currently, King Library is home to the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University Archives, Western College for Women Archives, the Center for Information Management (CIM),^[2] Government Information & Law collection, Instructional Materials Center (IMC), Center for Digital Scholarship,^[3] Technical Services, Access Services, Libraries Systems, senior administrative offices, and the Libraries' Preservation/Conservation Lab. King also serves as home to the Howe Center for Writing Excellence,^[4] as well as the King Cafe Coffee Shop.

King was extensively renovated through a three-phase rehabilitation project, beginning in the late 1990s and ending in 2007.

Originally built to be a central library facility with subject areas divided up by levels. By 1978, the Brill Science Library was added to the west wing of Hughes Hall, and science collections were transferred there to accommodate an ever-expanding collection.^[5]