Architecture & Allied Arts Library

	Currently on exhibit in Knight Library is the exhibit, Marion Dean Ross: The Leagacy of a Scholar. This exhibit commemorates the achievements of Ross as a teacher, scholar, and benefactor. Ross's bequest has enabled the Architecture & Allied Arts Library have a rich and diverse collection of unique and rare architectural history books and periodicals. Find out more about the exhibit.
	Architecture & Allied Arts Library Location: 200 Lawrence Hall Mail: 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 (541) 346-3637 aaares@uoregon.edu

The Architecture & Allied Arts Library is a major center for art and architectural information in the Pacific Northwest. Occupying three floors of Lawrence Hall, the library's unique spaces and seating arrangements provide a welcoming environment for its users. A hallmark of AAA Library is a two-story reading room named after Marion Dean Ross, whose bequest has enabled the development of a rich collection of rare architectural history books.

The AAA Library's collections primarily support the diverse academic programs associated with the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. In addition to the library's 84,000 bound volumes, holdings include architectural drawings, photographs, electronic resources, and theses and terminal project reports. The Library also holds about 2,700 periodical titles including approximately 350 current subscriptions. Complementing the AAA Library collection are more than 23,000 art and architecture volumes in Knight Library and approximately 12,000 volumes in the UO Portland Library and Learning Commons. Important collections of architectural archives and drawings are housed in the UO Libraries' Special Collections & University Archives.

Administratively, the AAA Library is a department consisting of two units, the AAA library proper and the Visual Resources Collection (VRC).

Maintained by Edward H. Teague, ehteague@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 02/28/2012