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Changing Skyline: Temple's plan comes together with new focus on library

Temple University has spent a billion dollars over the last decade transforming itself from a commuter college into a residential school that can draw students nationally. It's added glassy classroom buildings, a ritzy skyscraper dorm, and amenities such as cafés and rock-climbing walls. Yet, for all the flash, it was never clear how the expensive parts were supposed to fit together.

An automatic book-retrieval system will be part of the new library. Here, the one at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
An automatic book-retrieval system will be part of the new library. Here, the one at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.Read moreMARK HERBOTH
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