R. Lee Hornbake Library - College Park, MD
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N 38° 59.288 W 076° 56.490
18S E 331847 N 4317252
One of two academic libraries on the University of Maryland campus.
Waymark Code: WMZJWE
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
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About the Place:
Taken from Wikipedia, "Constructed in 1972 as a separate undergraduate library, Hornbake Library was named in 1980 for R. Lee Hornbake, the former Academic Vice President of the University of Maryland. The building was repurposed as repository for special collections, and now Hornbake Library is home to the College of Information Sciences, the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, the Gordon W. Prange Collection (a collection of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949), Library Media Services the central campus audiovisual research and instructional library facility; the Katherine Anne Porter Room; and the Maryland Room, which houses Special Collections and University Archives. In September 2012, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) moved to a new space in Hornbake Library, having been previously located in the basement of McKeldin Library. Hornbake Library is located in Hornbake Plaza, which sits east of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union."
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About the Person:
Not much is known about Dr. R. Lee Hornbake, but this article from the University of Maryland Libraries does help. During his career, Dr. Hornbake was associated with the University of Maryland as an industrial education professor, dean of faculty, and vice-president for Academic Affairs. He retired in 1979 and passed away in 2000.
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