After the completion of the first phase of a campus and library planning process, Temple University has announced that its new flagship library will be constructed at the heart of Temple’s Main Campus. The new library will be built on the site of Barton Hall on North 13th Street between Polett Walk—Temple’s east-west arterial walkway—and Norris Street. “Libraries are central to university life.

Lew Klein and his wife Janet have donated the broadcast pioneer's papers to the Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. The rich collection documents Klein’s extraordinary career and contacts in media, sports, business, politics and entertainment, as well as his father’s accomplishments as a journalist, U.S. Senate staff member and boxing commissioner.