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ID as well as an 8 1/2" x 14" size scanner for students to use. A Xerox copier is
available in the library. Copy size is available not only in the expected standard
sizes of 8 1/2" x 11" and legal size but also in 11" x 17", a most needed size for
architecture students. The library has an electronic detection system, which has
greatly reduced loss by theft since its introduction in 1992.
The staff of the Architecture Library is appointed by and is subject to the Howard
Tilton Memorial Library Administration. Presently the staff consists of one full-time
Library Unit Coordinator who acts as the head of the Architecture Library, and
one full-time Library General Technician. As part of the Special Collections
division of the main Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, staff members report directly
to Assistant Dean Wilbur Meneray, the head of Special Collections.
During the fall and spring semesters, three to four students who are in the
College Work-Study program assist the staff. These assistants are usually
Architecture majors and their main function is to man the circulation desk during
the later evening hours and on weekends.
The Architecture Library endeavors to be a special place where students feel
comfortable to come and research, study or just browse.
THE SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
The Southeastern Architectural Archive is located in Jones Hall. A member of the
International Confederation of Architectural Museums, the archive houses over 200
individual collections containing significant architectural drawings, project records,
and extensive holdings of drawings and three dimensional materials, the greater
part of which date from the mid-1800's to the present. At the current time, the
collection holds more than three million items, including 500,000 architectural
drawings and 25,000 photographs. It also has a gallery with permanent and
temporary exhibits. Tulane Architecture students have access to the archive, as well
as all the other resources of the main library available to them.
ARCHITECTURE VISUAL RESOURCE LIBRARY
Visual Resource Library
The Tulane School of Architecture Visual Resource Library (formerly the
Architecture Slide Library) circulates 140,000 35 mm slides to faculty and
students for classroom presentation and as precedent source material for design
studios. The slides are organized in a systemic manner, so that the slides are
recallable by architect/creator, work date and site. A guide sheet and database
are available for assistance researching the slide collection. The composition of
the slide collection extends to the following primary categories:
Ancient Architecture, Architectural Types and Features, Architecture by
Country, Books, Competitions, Contemporary Architecture, Design, Drawings
and Prints, Fine Arts, Historic Preservation, Islamic Architecture, Maps,
Nineteenth Century Architecture, Oriental Architecture, Portraits, Pre-
Colombian Art and Architecture, Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture, TSA
Faculty and Student Work, Urbanism.
In addition, two new online databases have been created to store and