Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library
The Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library opened in December 2008 after breaking ground in October 2006. The three-story building, with views of both Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley from the upper floors, replaced a one-story library that, like so many other buildings upon the opening of CSUMB in 1994, had been reworked from preexisting buildings at Fort Ord.
Inside the library are 136,151 square feet (12,648.8 m2) of floor space, with a towering central atrium drawing natural light deep into the building interior. Located at Divarty and 5th Street, and diagonally across from the Chapman Science Center, the library was the first entirely new building constructed at CSUMB. A cyclical one-way roundabout sits between the library and the science building.
Aside from being the largest building to exist on the CSUMB campus, it is the greenest in terms of energy usage. Up to 30% less electricity is needed, for example, because of floor to ceiling glass walls that let in natural light. Additionally, ventilation techniques operate through the floor instead of the ceiling, allowing cooler air to travel a lesser distance. The light let in from the atrium is indirect rather than direct sunlight.
In March 2008, the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, headed by Clint Eastwood, donated $620,000 to the university, with $500,000 of the grant for the new library. The largest donation, $4 million of the $69 million total cost, came from the Tanimura and Antle families from the Salinas valley. Accordingly, the library was named after them.
From December 1–5 of 2008, CSUMB held the library's Grand Opening Week, with the Campus Opening Ceremony on December 3, and the Public Dedication Ceremony on December 5.
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