[1] Currently, King Library is home to the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University Archives, Western College for Women Archives, the Center for Information Management (CIM),[2] Government Information & Law collection, Instructional Materials Center (IMC), Center for Digital Scholarship,[3] Technical Services, Access Services, Libraries Systems, senior administrative offices, and the Libraries' Preservation/Conservation Lab.

King was extensively renovated through a three-phase rehabilitation project, beginning in the late 1990s and ending in 2007.

Originally built to be a central library facility with subject areas divided up by levels.

[5] In the early 1900s, the site of King Library was held by Hepburn Hall, a residence building for women.

Because some of the lights were defective, some residents had to strike matches to find their way and it was rumored that some women used the attic as a smoking lounge.

The building was completed in two phases: the first phase, the south wing, was designed by the architecture firm, Lorenz and Williams, and built by Frank Messer and Sons of Cincinnati; the architects of record for the north wing were Lorenz and Williams and Lively and Likens, with Danis serving as general contractor.