Library buildings

Grady Drake is building a college library from scratch.

Members of the Ziegfeld Girls of Florida added a touch of glamour to dedication ceremonies of the BCC/North Regional Library in June 1994.

The BCC/North Regional Library marked the second partnership between the Broward County Library and BCC and is widely used by BCC students and county residents.

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in April 1982 for the BCC/South Regional Library, a partnership between the college and the Broward County Library. The facility was completed in July 1983 and serves the college and the community. The partnership turned out to be so mutually beneficial, the entities partnered again on North Campus.

FAU Pres. Anthony Catanese (left), BCC Central Campus Provost Glen Rose, and BCC Pres. Willis Holcombe are all smiles at groundbreaking ceremonies for the joint library on Central Campus on April 26, 1994.

The $14.5 million FAU/BCC University/College Library expanded the old library's holdings by more than 100,000 volumes, expanded its physical size from 37,000 square feet to 112,000, and added sophisticated technological capabilities to benefit students.

Dr. Rex Kidd, director of the evening program, points out the library building to touring students as the Central Campus neared completion of its first buildings in 1963. Kidd, who died in 2002, was jokingly called the "Dean of Darkness" because a high percentage of students attended night classes during the early days of the college.