 The Valley Library is the primary library of Oregon State University and is located at the school 's main campus in Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon . Established in 1887 , the school built its first library building in 1918 , what is now Kidder Hall . The current building opened in 1963 as the William Jasper Kerr Library and was expanded and renamed in 1999 as The Valley Library . The library is named for philanthropist F. Wayne Valley , who played football for Oregon State . 
