A New Library Learning Commons is coming to LSU, and it will be more than just a replacement for the current Library that has long had millions of dollars in deferred maintenance. Interim Executive Director of Planning, Design, and Construction, Paul Favalora.
“This new facility will be a Library Learning Commons that will support the new technological and teaching & research advances to better support our overall mission here,” Favalora said.
Favalora says the new facility will still have study rooms and will feature an automated system for checking out books and research materials allowing check-out online and pick-up by appointment.
“This is going to be like a sophisticated vending machine of sorts, where the library staff will be able to automatically retrieve and store books robotically,” Favalora explained.
In the new Learning Commons, Favalora says, students will have access to academic success partners.
“They engage students in a variety of things, from teaching them information technology (IT) to working with them on presentation skills,” Favalora said.
The Library Learning Commons will be located between South Campus Drive and South Stadium Drive near Field House Drive and Favalora says the location is better for the future growth of the campus.
LSU’s current library will be demolished taking the Quad back to its original design. The Construction on the new Library Learning Commons is expected begin in 2026 and open in the spring of 2029.
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