• Opened on January 31, 2000
• Named for Carol Grotnes Belk, whose portrait is on the first floor near the main staircase
• 75,000 square feet
• 8-layer hurricane-proof roof
• 350,000+ volumes
• 48,700+ full-text online journals
• 20,000+ CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes shelved in the stacks
• Access to over 200 online databases
• 124 networked computers in two computer labs and in the commons area
• 21 group study rooms
• Open 143 hours per week
• 14 full-time Librarians

A $14,000,000 project
Builder: J.H. Allen
Architects: Shepley, Bulfinch,
Richardson, and Abbott

• Archives & Special Collections include:
  Church History Collection
  Elon Authors Collection
  Johnson Signed Book Collection
  McLendon Civil War Collection
  Moncure Collection
  Williams-Honeycutt Rare Books
  William Sloan Bible Collection

• Offices housed in Belk Library include:
  Event Support
  Media Services
  Faculty Technology Lab
  Teaching and Learning Technologies
  Tutoring Center
  Writing Center