sentences:  The ribbon cutting ceremony of Kimbel Library was held November 15, 1977.Two-thirds of the library's second floor was devoted to 8 classrooms and 25 faculty offices that would later be available for library expansion.The original shelf space was for 120,000 volumes that would increase to 200,000 when the entire 2nd floor was utilized; although in 1977 the library only had about 55,000 books.