Also Known As: The Ripon College Library.

Named For: Rollin B. Lane, Class of 1872, who donated $100,000 for the original library.

Location: South of West Hall. The back of the building is on Elm Street.

Date of Construction: 1930. Dedicated June 15, 1931.

Architect: Roger A. Sutherland, Class of 1919.

Present and Former Uses: In addition to housing the entire library collection, Lane Library also houses the college Archives and a computer lab.  The Waitkus lab, housed in the former art gallery, holds 20 workstations, an instructor's station and has a wall and an overhead projector.  The main floor features an Information Commons with 16 workstations.

Note: The art gallery on Floor 1 was originally the faculty lounge, until that was relocated to West Hall. (After 1980, Wensink Lounge in East Hall became the primary faculty lounge, although West Hall continues to have a faculty lounge combined with the museum.) Before it was placed in the Library, the art gallery had been in Harwood Memorial Union. The library's former gallery space is now the Waitkus computer lab.

Alterations: In 1962, the United Church of Christ gave $100,000 for the renovation and improvement of Lane Library. Then, in 1972, the Todd Wehr Foundation donated enough money to build an addition to the existing structure. The addition, called Wehr Learning Resources Center, was completed in 1974.  The recently formed Friends of Lane Library group works closely with library staff to enhance the library's faciltiies and collections.

Note: The inscription over the entrance reads: "He that doeth truth cometh to the light." It is from the Bible: John 3: 21 which reads as follows: "But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."

Note: In January 1931, 50,000 volumes were moved from Ingram Hall to Lane by ROTC men under the direction of librarian Josephine Ruth Hargrave.

References: Fact Sheet, p.12.