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LIBRARY BRANCHES

Library Branch

Architecture and Fine Arts Library

The Architecture & Fine Arts Library serves the University and the Arts & Design communities.

The out side of the AFA library

Library Branch

Education Library

The Education Library supports the teaching, research, and service of the academic degree programs within the College of Education. 

Exterior of the Education library

Library Branch

Health Science Center Library

The HSCL is an active partner in the education, research, training and clinical needs of the HSC colleges

exterior of the hscl library

Library Branch

Library West

LibWest is dedicated to research and creative exploration in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

LIB WEST EXTERIOR

Library Branch

Marston Science Library

The collections and reference services at Marston are focused on STEM disciplines.

Marston exterior

Library Branch

Smathers Library

Smathers Library is the oldest library on the University of Florida campus.

Exterior of Smathers Library

COLLECTIONS, DEPARTMENTS AND PROJECTS

Department

Maps and Imagery Library

Our collections range from recent aerial photography to antique maps and contain approximately 500,000 maps, 300,000 aerial photographs and satellite images, 8,000 atlases and reference books, as well as a growing number of geospatial datasets. It is one of the largest academic map libraries in the United States and specialties include Florida, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

interior of the maps and imagery library

Department

Smathers Libraries Exhibits

The George A. Smathers Libraries have an active exhibition program that shares, interprets and promotes the collections. Exhibits support and enhance the Libraries’ role as an intellectual center of the university.

exhibit curator puts together an exhibit in Smathers Libraries

Department

Conservation and Preservation

The Conservation and Preservation Unit is responsible for the physical condition of the collections of the University Libraries. Services include care and handling guidance, training, collection assessment, repair and treatment of circulating and special collections, rebinding, construction of protective enclosures, and environmental monitoring. The unit also serves as a resource for the University and the general public for questions relating to the conservation of books, paper, and photographic materials.

A book that is green

collection

Special and Area Studies Collection

Our materials and personnel advance the University’s research mission and spark the minds of its students. Our department is home to substantial holdings of rare print, maps, archives, and manuscripts, as well as interdisciplinary collections about geographical, national or cultural regions.

mural inside of the smathers library

Project

The US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project

The US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project is a collaborative project between the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, the library system at the University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras, and the University of the Virgin Islands, as part of the state and territories’ involvement in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). With funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the project will digitize approximately 100,000 pages of historic newspapers published through 1963.

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Department

Latin American and Caribbean Collection

Located on the third floor of the historic Smathers Library, LACC is among a small number of academic research library collections in the United States devoted to collecting Latin American and Caribbean materials.

Interior of the LACC department

Department

Governors House

Governor’s House Library is managed jointly by UF Historic St. Augustine, Inc., and the UF George A. Smathers Libraries with the mission of preserving and providing access to the historical resources that enhance our understanding and appreciation of St. Augustine’s built heritage. Primarily created by a defunct state agency, the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board, the collections in the Governor’s House Library document the city’s built environment and provide invaluable historical information about the city and its inhabitants through time.

exterior of governors house in saint Augustine