History
The original library was initially housed in the Old Arts building before being relocated to the Old Merensky Library, University of Pretoria. Despite expansions to the Old Merensky Library, University of Pretoria in 1957, it soon became too small and the firm Lou, Marais, Marquard and Kuhn was appointed in 1969 to design a new library. Construction started in November 1971 and in August 1975 the building was completed.
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