The Robert W. Woodruff
Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., is an independent
entity organized and operating to provide an academic library
for the exclusive benefit of its member institutions—Clark
Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological
Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College. With a combined
enrollment of nearly 10,000 students, these colleges and
university represent the nation’s oldest and largest
consortium of historically Black institutions of higher
learning.
It was through the commitment and drive of the late Robert
Winship Woodruff, long time Coca Cola CEO and Atlanta philanthropist,
that the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University
Center (AUC) was completed in 1982.
A $10 million donation from Woodruff’s personal fortune
covered more than half the construction costs for the library
building. Today the building that bears his name serves
as a monument to the ingenuity and pragmatism of the institutions
that comprise the Atlanta University Center.
More Information About the Woodruff Library
Covering more than 220,000 square feet with seating for
more than 1,200, the Woodruff Library of the AUC features
a learning environment that caters to the research and study
needs of an academically diverse population of just over
10,000 enrolled students and several hundred faculty. All
users have access to staff expertise, group study and meeting
spaces, and library holdings of more than 1.6 million print
and electronic resources.
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