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The Prior Hall originally known as Health Sciences Library is the home of medical library at Ohio State University.
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History
1971 - Construction on the Health Sciences Library Building was completed in August 1971.
1988 - Renamed to the John A. Prior Health Sciences Library.
2007 - The Health Sciences Center for Global Health was added to the first floor.
2009 - A coffee bar named The Caffeine Element opened on the first floor. The Center for Clinical and Translational Science was added to the second floor.
2010 - Two floors were added onto the top of the building to house academic and clinical departments.
2011 - The building was renamed the OSU Health Sciences Library in Prior Hall in 2011.
The Mural
The mural on the first floor of Prior Hall was created by Marguerite Gaudin of the Willet Studio in Philadelphia. Artists for the mosaic were Costante Crovatto, Giovanni Travisanutto, and Nicky Milanese. Installed in 1974, it is the centerpiece of the first floor. The mural shows the development of human communication across time.
The theme was developed by a committee within the College of Medicine composed of Georgr Hahn, Dr. Richard Meiling, Dr. Karl Klassen, Dr. John Prior, and Dr. Donald Westra.
Measuring sixty-seven feet long and nine feet tall the colorful mural uses marble, colored cubes of silica metallic oxides, glass cubes with gold leaf veneer and onyx. Before the building renovation in 1996, the mural was along a dimly lit exterior walkway. Part of the renovation process involved cleaning and restoring the mural.
Spaces
In addition to the Health Sciences Library, Prior Hall also contains the following: