NC State University's James B. Hunt, Jr. Library
The James B. Hunt, Jr. Library is more than the 21st-century face of NC State. It's a place where ideas become reality and bold ambition forges beautiful solutions to global challenges.
The Hunt Library is one of the most technologically immersive learning spaces in the world, give NC State students, faculty and staff access to the high-tech tools to give life to their ideas: giant video walls to display innovative campus work and be a catalyst for large-scale visualization research, videoconferencing and multimedia production facilities to encourage collaboration across locations, all in a beautiful space designed to inspire creativity.
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NCSU Library James B. Hunt
The Hunt Library
The new James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University is billed as the library of the future. This tour takes a look as it opens.
Hunt Library on Centennial Campus
Centennial Campus is NC State's owned and operated research campus located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Combining academic programs plus corporate, governmental and non-profit partners in a scenic-rich environment, the campus has proven to be one of the premier innovation destinations in North America and leader in the work, live, play and learn model.
Hunt Library is Centennial Campus's crown jewel, a design and engineering marvel that perfectly captures the innovation that differentiates the campus.
The Hunt library
The James B. Hunt Jr. Library at NC State University in Raleigh, NC
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The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is the second main library of North Carolina State University (NCSU) and is located on the University's Centennial Campus. The $115 million facility opened in January 2013 and is best known for its architecture and technological integration, including a large robotic book storage and retrieval system which houses most of the university's engineering, textiles, and hard sciences collections.
NC State: The Spectrum of Hunt Library
At first glance, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library has no shortage of style. Inventive integration of technologies, bold application of colors and shapes and striking contemporary architecture capture visitors’ attention and provoke their curiosity. The building is compelling and disruptive by design.
But a closer look at Hunt Library’s most eye-catching and celebrated features reveals meticulous planning and ongoing, forward-thinking development of the space.
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NCSU Libraries Friends of the Library: Elliot Inman
Elliott Inman, a Data Scientist at SAS and an NC State graduate, discusses the evolution of the D. H. Hill Library and his involvement in the Makerspace.
What will it do for NC State?: Chancellor Randy Woodson on the Hunt Library
In August 2010, shortly after his arrival on campus, Chancellor Woodson made a trip to Asheville, North Carolina, to talk with and listen to alumni in the area. During the Q&A session, a member of the audience asked him what he thought about the Hunt Library, under construction on Centennial Campus. In the course of his answer, Chancellor Woodson reveals the real reason he chose to come to NC State.
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NCSU Hunt Library bookbot Demo
North Carolina State University's Hunt Library bookBot Demo. This library is unlike any other library in the world for its sustainability and Robot Alley and bookbot.
The BookBot at Hunt Library, Centennial Campus, NC State University
Looks best in full-screen player. For anyone who wants to see the BookBot at NCSU's new Hunt Library on Centennial Campus (opening 2013) in action, how it works and how fast it moves. Video taken during training 7/11/12. Sorry it's a bit shaky.
NC State University 360º Hunt Library Tour
NC State University 360º Hunt Library Tour. A basic 360 VR video production test using pre-existing audio narration, Freedom360 GoPro HERO4 rig.
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Short review of North Carolina State University-Raleigh
The Hunt Library: Unique in America
The Hunt Library will be a signature building that will serve as the intellectual and social heart of the rapidly growing population on NC States Centennial Campus, embodying the essence of the campus as a community built around knowledge.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour - Raleigh: North Carolina State University Rare Collections Library
See Frederich Tippman's Entomology collection of books and drawings in the North Carolina State University Rare Collections Library. Head of the Special Collections Research Center Eleanor Brown shows us part of his vast collection, which includes some of the world's rarest entomological works.
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The Hunt Library Story
On April 3, 2013, North Carolina State University officially dedicated the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. Explore the library at
The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is more than the 21st-century face of NC State. It's a place where ideas become reality and bold ambition forges beautiful solutions to global challenges. Setting a new benchmark for architecturally inspiring and technologically sophisticated learning and collaborative spaces, the Hunt Library is designed to be a decisive competitive edge for the university, an institution that has forged its reputation by teaching students to live on the fore of change and enabling its researchers to do transformative work. Meet the people behind this incredible library in The Hunt Library Story.
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Transforming North Carolina's Research Triangle – Setting the Stage: Kofi Boone
TCLF's latest conference, Leading with Landscape IV: Transforming North Carolina's Research Triangle, was held on April 13, 2018, at the James B. Hunt, Jr., Library at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Topics explored include the regionally unique coupling of human and natural systems, how the area’s campus landscapes are serving as “incubators” for innovative planning and design solutions, new projects that are re-evaluating the region’s monuments and memorials, two revered public landscapes—Moore Square and Dix Park—and much more. To learn more about the conference:
Setting the Stage: A History of Coupled Human & Natural Systems
Kofi Boone, ASLA, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University, College of Design
Legacies and Trajectories: Cultural Themes Framing the Triangle Region
The Triangle Region of North Carolina is experiencing rapid landscape change due to unprecedented urban growth. With so much change, what gives this region a sense of place; what is the Triangle Region anyway? This presentation will situate an understanding of the Triangle Region and its transformations in the context of broad cultural themes; The post-Civil War legacies of economy, race and class, the aspirations of North Carolina’s contested post World War 2 identity as “The Progressive South”, and the influence of 20th century efforts to connect the region to the global economy. The presentation will raise awareness of landscapes that reflect the lifeways of different groups over time in the Triangle Region, highlighting cultural landscapes built by and with African American communities. The presentation will conclude with contemporary cultural landscape challenges facing the Triangle Region as it attempts to balance its desire for inclusion in global networks while retaining local identities.
NCSU Libraries Learning Commons
NCSU Libraries Learning Commons grand opening.
Hunt Library & Centennial Campus Drone Montage
Clips from previously uploaded videos.