The James E. Walker Library is the campus library of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Opened in 1999 under university president James E. Walker, it replaced an older library in Todd Hall, now home to the Art Department. A four-story, 250,000-square-foot building, the MTSU library contains over 1,000,000 volumes and more than 33,000 periodicals. Construction on the James E. Walker Library started on the 85th anniversary of the university's founding, September 11, 1996.