 The building was repurposed as repository for special collections, and now Hornbake Library is home to the College of Information Sciences, the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, the Gordon W. Prange Collection (a collection of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949),; the Katherine Anne Porter Room; and the Maryland Room, which houses Special Collections and University Archives.In September 2012, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) moved to a new space in Hornbake Library, having been previously located in the basement of McKeldin Library.Hornbake Library is located in Hornbake Plaza, which sits east of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.