{"id":64,"date":"2020-07-29T21:37:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T21:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/sul-milestones\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2020-08-03T23:26:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:26:31","slug":"the-future-in-retrospect-getting-ready-for-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/sul-milestones\/let-the-reader-emerge\/the-future-in-retrospect-getting-ready-for-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future in Retrospect: Getting Ready for the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Future in Retrospect: Getting Ready for the 21st Century <\/span><\/h1>\n\n

Syracuse University Libraries strive to provide a creative learning environment for all students, including collaborative spaces. Since its own launch in 2016 the Blackstone Launchpad has served as a central innovation catalyst for many award-winning ideas.\nDespite a general tendency towards centralization, the later 20th century also saw the perseverance of the King + King Architecture Library at Slocum Hall as well as the foundation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library at Sims Hall in 1971. A year later, when Bird Library had become the heart of the University\u2019s library system, Carnegie Library as a result became a multi-purpose building, housing the Engineering, Life Sciences and Mathematics libraries, and also in 1982 the Mathematics Department and the Chemistry library. Bird, however, was and still is a busy library with a heavy emphasis on collaboration, and quiet study space became more and more in demand. Carnegie\u2019s 2011-2014 renovation returned the building not only to its former glory but also turned its beautiful main reading room into a modern quiet study space with a historic flair, which not only allows for uninterrupted study but also invites students to contemplate this university\u2019s long and accomplished history.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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