This three-story Georgian brick building was constructed in 1968 and dedicated to the memory of Lucy Lester Willet, class of 1881. The main entrance is on the second floor of the library, which houses the reference collection, periodicals, and electronic databases. The first and third floors contain the collection of circulating materials and the language laboratory. The music listening room is located on the third floor.
The Strickland Room, named in honor of W. Earl Strickland, president of Wesleyan from 1960 to 1979, is a smart classroom located on the first floor of the library. The room is equipped with laptop computers, a VCR, and a computer projection unit.
The Georgia Room houses the library’s special collections, with books by Georgia authors and about Georgia, including many volumes presented in 1931 by the late Judge Orville A. Park. The room also contains items of rare Americana donated by the late Tracy W. McGregor, as well as items significant in Wesleyan College history.
The Robert K. Ackerman Reading Room, dedicated in 1998 in honor of the college’s twenty-second president, is used for special-collections research.
The Elsie Lowden Maxwell Hambright Language Laboratory, opened in 1992, is dedicated for language learning and teaching.
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