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About the Fine Arts Library

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About the Fine Arts Library

The Fine Arts Library opened as a branch in 1951 when the acclaimed Fine Arts Center, designed by Edward Durell Stone, was completed. The building was thought to be one of the first of its kind combining art, architecture, music, dance, speech, and drama in one building with the support spaces of a theater, concert hall, gallery, and library. Through the years, as the academic programs have grown, most programs have moved into other spaces on campus. The classroom space in the building is now fully occupied by the Art Department, while the Fine Arts Library maintains materials relating to art and architecture.

Circulation of materials from the Fine Arts Library is available to current students, faculty, staff, and university affiliates. Anyone is welcome to use materials in the library, though a valid library card/ID is required to use reserve materials or to check out circulating materials. Library privileges are available for a fee to community members and researchers. Click here for an application form for privileges.

Collections

The collections in the Fine Arts Library include traditional print resources on the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and photography), architecture, and landscape architecture. Types of materials include books, exhibition catalogs, reference books, and periodicals. Electronic resources supporting the art, architecture, and landscape architecture programs include Art Index, Avery Index, Bibliography of the History of Art, Grove Dictionary of Art among others. The Fine Arts Library also maintains course reserves for faculty wishing to place materials on reserve for their classes. Visual resources such as slides and other materials are available in the Art Department slide library and the C. Murray Smart Media Center (for architecture). Archives and manuscripts related to art or architecture can be found in Special Collections in Mullins Library.

Services

RESERVE
Faculty may request materials to be placed on reserve from either the Fine Arts library or Mullins Library. Simply fill out the form to submit your request.

COPIERS
The library has two black and white photocopiers. Both require a copy card, which can be purchased at Mullins Library or at one of the Copy Centers (Arkansas Union and Parking Garage).

SCANNER
The library has a flatbed scanner for use by the public to scan and save images from books or periodicals. Software to edit the images is not available; however, images can be saved and taken to a personal computer or a lab computer to be manipulated further.

Hours

Hours are posted on the main library web page.

Location

The Fine Arts Library is located in the Fine Arts Center, Room 104. The Fine Arts Center is on Garland St. diagonally across from the Arkansas Union, and just across from the Bus Entrance to the Garland Parking Deck. A campus map is available online.

Policies

The Fine Arts Library policies for loan periods, overdue fines, renewals, etc., are essentially the same as for Mullins Library. Click here for further information.

Jobs at the Fine Arts Library

The Fine Arts Library hires work-study student assistants and occasionally hourly part-time workers. Our hiring process is administered through Mullins Library. Please feel free to contact us for further information about jobs available. Please contact the Personnel Office in Mullins Library for an application form.