The University of Tampa's library opened Oct. 19, 1969, and was originally named in honor of the late St. Louis industrialist, Merl Kelce, whose donation made the construction possible. It was re-named the Macdonald-Kelce Library in 1999 because of the generosity of the Macdonald Family Foundation whose contribution will transform the facility into a state-of-the-art information resource center. The Macdonald-Kelce Library is part of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium.
The Macdonald-Kelce Library provides access to:
- More than 275,000 books and 65,181 periodicals
- Reference materials
- Government documents
- DVDs, laptops, CDs, streaming video, and records
- Media services equipment and support
- Special collections, including:
- Florida military materials
- Old and rare books
- Local history and UT archives
- Reference assistance and bibliographic instruction
- Interlibrary loans and reserve materials
- Computer lab and study rooms