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Prescott
Library
Information
resources of the architecture program primarily consist of
archived materials, books, documents, microfilms, pamphlets,
and periodicals that are housed in the
Prescott Memorial Library. Prescott Memorial Library
is the University's central library and, occupying the second
through tenth floors of the Wyly Tower of Learning, provides
convenient access to the entire University community.
William
King Stubbs Architectural Archives
Besides
the NA-collection, Prescott Memorial Library is the location
of the William King Stubbs Architectural Archives.
The archives consist of some 1000 sets of architectural drawings
and specifications from 36 architectural firms in Louisiana
and Mississippi and provide significant documentation of the
built landscape of north Louisiana since the turn of the century
for students and scholars. The value of these archives for
cultural heritage education has been recognized by the State
of Louisiana Board of Regents which awarded a grant to the
School of Architecture to begin a digitization project directed
towards making the archives electronically-accessible.
Visual
Materials
The
School of Architecture's visual materials used to support
and enhance its instructional activities consist of slides,
videotapes and cd-roms. These materials are housed in the
School's media workroom on the thirteenth floor of Wyly Tower,
where they are readily accessible to the program's students
through a check-out procedure, and where they are catalogued,
curated and maintained by the program's work-study or regular
fund workers under the supervision of a faculty member.
The
slide collection consists of 9,550 slides primarily covering
the period from the turn-of-the century to today. The collection
housed on-site is directed at serving the needs of the three
course architectural history sequence which is focused towards
the Modern Movement and contemporary architecture.
The
video tape and CD-ROM collection consist of more than 200
titles. Subject matter covered by these titles ranges from
alternative careers to sustainability. Both of these collections
are expanding to meet instructional enrichment needs of the
architecture program and the School of Architecture.
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