About the Georgia Southern Libraries
Start
1908
Inaugural year of First District Agricultural & Mechanical School in Statesboro Georgia
1924
First District A&M renamed Georgia Normal School
1926
Fraces Stubbs becomes first librarian of Georgia Normal School
1929
Georgia Normal School renamed South Teachers College
1935
Armstrong Junior College established in Downtown Savannah, Georgia
Dorothy Horton Miller becomes first librarian of Armstrong Junior College
1938
First building dedicated to library services, Rosenwald Library, opens on Statesboro campus
1938
Georgia Normal College renamed Georgia Teachers College
Georgia Teachers College selected as a Federal depository library
1943
Armstrong Library moved to Lane Building
1949
Georgia Teachers College Library moved to Hodgson hall
1959
Georgia Teachers College renamed Georgia Southern College
1966
Armstrong State Junior College moves to the present day campus on Savannah's southside. Library named for Mills B. Lane
1975
New Library building opens to students on the Statesboro campus
1978
Florence Powell Minis room dedicated in Lane Library
1985
Statesboro campus library named for Zach S. Henderson, former President of Georgia Southern College
1990
Georgia Southern College receives University distinction and renamed Georgia Southern University
1996
Armstrong State College receives University distinction and renamed Armstrong Atlantic State University
2006
Lane Library $5 million renovation completed
2008
Zach S. Henderson Library $22.75 million renovation and expansion completed
2013
Learning Commons on the Armstrong campus opens
2014
Armstrong Atlantic State University renamed Armstrong State University
2018
Consolidation of Armstrong State University and Georgia Southern University