USC Upstate Library

USC Upstate Library https://linktr.ee/uscupstatelibrary At that time the holdings of the library totaled 9,607. Construction of a new building began in 1976.

The University of South Carolina Upstate Library began in a small room located on the first floor of the Spartanburg General Hospital nursing residence in 1967. Increasing enrollment and lack of physical space, the Library was moved in the Spring of 1968 to the basement of what was formerly the Spartanburg County Health Department. The USC Upstate campus began in the fall of 1969 with one building

– the current Stockwell Administration Building. In addition to housing the Library, the building was designed for classrooms and office space. The project took one year to complete and classes were held in the building for the first time In January 1977. Over the years, the library has been remodeled as services and programs changed to meet the needs of the students. As of the 2014-2015 academic year, the library's volume count is 243,116 with more than 200 databases.

For this Throwback Thursday post we wanted to share an article and photo from the September 19, 1967 Spartanburg Herald....
08/20/2026

For this Throwback Thursday post we wanted to share an article and photo from the September 19, 1967 Spartanburg Herald. This article is about our campus opening its doors for the first time in 1967 with 171 students enrolled. The article photo has USC Spartanburg director Dr. Norbert Stirzaker and History Professor John B. Edmunds Jr interacting with some of the very first students. Hard to believe the campus had less than 200 students at some point. Good luck to all our students making it through their first week!
[Image Description: Scanned newspaper article and photo about the campus opening for the first time in 1967.]

The coffee shop is back! Drop by and get yourself a treat. You deserve it ☺️ [Image Description: Coffee shop hours liste...
08/19/2026

The coffee shop is back! Drop by and get yourself a treat. You deserve it ☺️

[Image Description: Coffee shop hours listed as follows: Mon-Thurs, 8:00a-4:00p; Fri, 8:00a-1:00p.]

Welcome back, Spartans! Here is our schedule for the week. Drop by and visit us ☺️If we're closed and you need help, use...
08/18/2026

Welcome back, Spartans! Here is our schedule for the week. Drop by and visit us ☺️
If we're closed and you need help, use our 24/7 chat service: uscupstate.libguides.com/ask


[Image Description: Hours listed as follows: Tues (8/18)-Thurs (8/20), 7:30a-midnight; Fri (8/21), 7:30a-5:00p; Sat (8/22), 10:00a-5:00p; Sun (8/23), 2:00p-midnight.]

For this Throwback Thursday post, we wanted to share a photo of the Student Government Association (SGA) from 1969. The...
08/13/2026

For this Throwback Thursday post, we wanted to share a photo of the Student Government Association (SGA) from 1969. They are assembled in front of the county courthouse. Could they be there for a meeting or for some other training experience?
[Image Description: Black and white photo of the campus Student Government Association in front of the county courthouse from 1969.]

Did you know that the University Readiness Center was not at university until 2002? Now 24 years later, it continues to ...
08/06/2026

Did you know that the University Readiness Center was not at university until 2002? Now 24 years later, it continues to thrive and is an essential building for our campus.
[Image Description: Multicolored photo and black text of the University Readiness Center making its debut in 2002.]

The library is dedicating this week's Throwback Post to remind everyone about the "Movie Anniversary Milestone Display!"...
07/30/2026

The library is dedicating this week's Throwback Post to remind everyone about the "Movie Anniversary Milestone Display!" This display includes movies from our collection that are reaching a anniversary milestone in 2026. The display will be up for a few more weeks and all the movies are available for checkout. The library also has external USB port DVD Drives for laptops if you don't have your own DVD player for checkout as well.
The second and third image for this post includes a list of all the movies available in our collection. If you don't see a title from the list on the display don't worry. They are still available for checkout and will be rotated out and added to the display shelves throughout the summer.
The library will see you at the movies!
[Image Description: Three multicolored images and text of movie titles and DVDs on display from our library collection.]

We dedicate this Throwback Thursday post to the unofficial campus mascot "Go Go Gorilla!" During the 1980s, he was both ...
07/23/2026

We dedicate this Throwback Thursday post to the unofficial campus mascot "Go Go Gorilla!" During the 1980s, he was both a mascot and hype man at all campus sports game. There was some debate at the time of whether he should become the official mascot. Of course now we have Sparty, and he is great!
[Image Description: Black and white photo of the unofficial campus mascot "Go Go Gorilla" at a basketball game from the 1980s.]

Fun Fact! Back in 1998 both faculty and students teamed up for a music concert. Here is the Carolinian newspaper article...
07/16/2026

Fun Fact! Back in 1998 both faculty and students teamed up for a music concert. Here is the Carolinian newspaper article discussing the event. Do you think more music collaborations like this should happen more often?
[Image Description: Scanned campus newspaper article from 1998 with text and a black and white photo about students and faculty collaborating for a music concert.]

For this Throwback Thursday post, we wanted to share a Carolinian newspaper article from 1999 about the Impact Program. ...
07/09/2026

For this Throwback Thursday post, we wanted to share a Carolinian newspaper article from 1999 about the Impact Program. This article highlights the program where faculty and students are working together to help improve the local community. Always great to see collaborations like this!
[Image Description: Scanned campus newspaper article from 1999 with text and a black and white photo about students and faculty working together on a project to improve the community.]

Did you know that the campus started a jazz program back in 1998? Here is the Carolinian newspaper article page and phot...
07/02/2026

Did you know that the campus started a jazz program back in 1998? Here is the Carolinian newspaper article page and photo announcing its debut. Do you think the campus should have more Jazz?
[Image Description: Scanned campus newspaper article with text and a black and white photo of the debut of the jazz program in 1998.]

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