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Library
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Mon-Thurs. |
7:30 am - 12:00 am |
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Friday |
7:30 am - 6:00 pm |
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Saturday |
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
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Sunday |
12:00 pm - 12:00 am |
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Archives & Special
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Mon-Thurs. |
1:00 pm - 7:00
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Friday |
1:00 pm - 5:00
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Saturday |
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Sunday |
CLOSED |
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Calendar Exceptions |
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Constructed in 1982, the Robert W. Woodruff
Library is named in honor of the late
Robert
Winship Woodruff, former CEO of the Coca Cola Company.
The library
was designed to serve the instructional, informational
and research needs for member institutions of
the Atlanta
University Center, the
world's largest and oldest consortium of Historically
Black Colleges and Universities. The institutions
that make up the Atlanta University Center
are Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational
Theological Center, Morehouse College, and
Spelman College.
The Woodruff Library strives
to reflect the excellence of its member institutions
by being the first choice for users in their
search for information. As an academic resource
with a mission to achieve distinction in providing
and supporting the learning, teaching, and research
needs for each institution in the Atlanta University
Center (AUC) it is vital to meet the needs and issues
critical to its shareholders.
Users of the Woodruff Library have the assurance
of knowing that their information needs will
be taken care of from any point of entry. Orientations,
tours, and instruction provide users with guidance
in using specific Library collections and services.
Research assistance is offered in person, by
telephone, through individual and group consultation
or through the web using the AskRef email reference
service. A Kurzweil Reader and closed circuit
television for text magnification and color adjustment
are available for visually challenged patrons.
There are also approximately 600 study carrels
available for faculty, graduate and undergraduate
students who are actively involved in conducting
research and intensive study. Computer labs,
electronic classrooms, video conferencing, and
200 computers are available for student and faculty
use.
E-Resources can be accessed online in the Library
and from remote locations. The Robert W. Woodruff
Library provides access to full-text electronic
journals, books and reference items by direct
purchase. The Library is a member of ARCHE, SOLINET,
OCLC, HBCU Library Alliance, and a participant
of the Georgia state library network, GALILEO. The Library
also participates in an active interlibrary loan
service making available needed materials owned
by other libraries throughout the United States
and internationally, and an interlibrary use
program, which permits access to the collections
of nineteen other Georgia libraries that participate
in the ARCHE consortium.
The Robert W. Woodruff Library's holdings exceed
1.6 million items and include approximately: 383,000 print
volumes; 43,000 electronic books; 867,000 microforms;
314,000 government documents; 17,000 theses and
dissertations; 35,000 bound periodicals; 1,500
current periodical subscriptions; 7,000 videos, DVDs and CDs; more than
200 databases and nearly 7,500 cubic feet of archival
collections. The Archives and Special Collections
department is noted for its extensive materials
documenting the African American experience and
the rich history of the AUC schools. Among the
unique holdings are the John Henrik Clarke Africana
Collection, the Henry P. Slaughter Collection,
and the Countee Cullen/Harold Jackman Memorial
Collection of visual and performing arts.
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