Architecture Library

Georgia Tech Library: Architecture Core Collection

 

Spring 2019 General Access Hours


8:00am - 12:30pm: Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays
Location: Hinman Research Building, Room 209


During normal access hours, the Hinman Library is managed by a GRA who handles all services (check-out, LENDS, request fulfillment). Journals and magazines cannot be checked out. All other materials are available for check-out. This includes materials previously on permanent reserve. Books can only be checked out during General Access Hours.

Library Access:
The Core Library is accessible to SoA faculty at all hours, however materials may not be removed from the room. Faculty may use their buzzcards to allow students in, browse and run small seminars or teaching sessions.

Faculty Access Procedures:
1. When entering with a buzzcard, outside General Access Hours, please sign the Access Log located on the table opposite the door. This log allows us to track the date, time-in, time-out, faculty name, and the number of accompanying students. This log will help the administration log and access use of the space and collection.
2. Please do NOT reshelve books after use. Books are left to be logged and reshelved by the GRA, allowing the library to track usage of library materials.
3. Please do NOT remove books or materials from the room.
4. Faculty should exercise care and judgement when allowing students into the Hinman Library, particularly if left unaccompanied. The best policy is to make one student responsible for leaving the library space in order and no items are missing.
 

2018-2019 Library Monitor
Caite Canfield


Candidate in 3.5-year Master of Architecture degree program
Email: caitecanfield@gatech.edu


For more information visit the GT Library website.

History of the Architecture Library

The Architecture Library is housed in the College of Design and is the only official branch library on campus. The central library is located across the street, providing students and faculty convenient access to both collections. The Architecture Library supports teaching, learning, and research activities of faculty and students by offering services, collections, instruction, and outreach that are targeted to the five schools within the School of Architecture. The Architecture Library also provides many of these functions for constituencies across the university and the larger community.

The Architecture Library strives to meet the increasing demand for access to information. The Library provides ever-expanding access to electronic information resources that are available at the library, in the design studio, dormitory, or in the home. At the same time the Library continues to grow its print collection, and maintains a commitment to providing information resources in whatever media are necessary and appropriate.

Instruction and research in architecture at Georgia Tech is interdisciplinary, reflecting trends in the profession at large. Library support must respond to changing emphases in teaching and research. As a result, collection development has broadened beyond basic coverage of the most fundamental subjects (e.g. architectural history, theory, and practice) to include more emphasis on related fields (e.g. construction, urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, etc.), as well as newer areas of study (digital design & fabrication, new urbanism, health & design, high performance buildings, accessibility). The Library also attempts to acquire significant foreign-language publications to support global and multicultural studies in architecture.