Libraries in Worcester, Massachusetts - Robert H. Goddard Library, Worcester Public Library, South Worcester Branch Library (Paperback)

Chapters: Robert H. Goddard Library, Worcester Public Library, South Worcester Branch Library, Quinsigamond Branch Library, Greendale Branch Library. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Robert H. Goddard Library is the primary library of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The library was named after rocketeer Robert H. Goddard, who earned a M.A. and Ph.D. at Clark in the 1910s. The building was built in 1969 and remodeled in 2009. It was designed by architect John M. Johansen. Two months before the opening of the library, Willard Rockwell's Rockwell Foundation gave 75,000 dollars towards the establishment of a periodical room in the library. On May 19, 1969, United States Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts opened the Goddard Library in which he called for the shifting of resources used in aerospace exploration to "pressing problems here at home." The Academic Commons at Goddard Library is a study space opened in January 2009 as part of the buildings renovations. It includes Clark's primary computer lab, a cafe and study space. The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Collection and the Robert Goddard Exhibition Room are housed in the Archives and Special Collections area the library. Outside the library lies a structure depicting the flight path of Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket. In 2008, the library digitized Goddard's collection through a 40,000 dollar grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2646553