Prior to Madigan was the John T. Shuman Library which was dedicated in September 1994.

The John T. Shuman Library occupied space on the first and second floors of the Learning Resources Center in the Lifelong Education Center.

The Children's Learning Center is located in the area that was the former library.

[3][4] The library hosts seating for over one thousand guests, fourteen private study lounges, three conference rooms, three classrooms, two computer labs and dozens of divided study desks with dual monitor computers.

It is also home to the Bookmarks Cafe, local archives and special collections, a virtual reality studio and an esports lab.