Mack Library

Features

Seats over 1,200
Current volumes: over 325,000. Subscribes to over 1,100 current periodicals and has past periodicals in bound volumes and on microfilm
Features an integrated library system including an online catalog called “Millennium” from Innovative Interfaces
Offers PASCAL–an inter-library loan system with other colleges in South Carolina
Houses the Jerusalem Chamber, a display area for the University’s collection of rare Bibles as well as a replica of the room in Westminster Abbey in London in which work was accomplished on the 1611 King James Bible
Also houses the University Archives Room, a display of materials about the founder and history of the University

Built in 1947 and expanded in 1980
John Sephus Mack (1880-1940) served on the organizing committee for a 1927 Jones revival campaign in Pennsylvania. He was the president of the G. C. Murphy stores and came alongside the college to assist it financially. J.S. Mack told Dr. Jones to “construct your buildings and send me the bill.” To express their appreciation, the Board of Trustees awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Philanthropy and named the library in his honor.
Displays a chandelier in the main lobby originally hung in the Astor Hotel in Times Square in New York