William T. Young Library, Lexington

The William T. Young Library, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky, is named for William T. Young, a prominent local businessman, horse breeder, philanthropist and alumnus of the university, who began fund raising efforts with a donation of $5 million. The facility serves as a central library for the university's social sciences, humanities and life sciences collections and acts as a federal depository and a public library for the state of Kentucky. It holds the record amongst public universities in the nation for the largest book endowment.

Library's exterior features a unique octagonal shape, two-story brick-and-stone arcades on each facade and two-story windows. The six-story library contains over 1.2 million volumes and can seat over 4,000 patrons; 3,000 of these seats are in open-floor plan regions, with the remainder located in group study rooms. Each seat is equipped or is adjacent to a computer data jack.