Building ID: 1013 |
Abbreviation: LB
711 Capstone Drive
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
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Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library is the main campus library supporting the teaching and research needs of the College of Arts and Sciences, humanities and social sciences programs, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the College of Human Environmental Sciences, the Honors College, the School of Social Work, and the College of Continuing Studies.
Located on the first level, the Gorgas Library Learning Commons provides students with computers equipped with the latest productivity and academic software used in classrooms and laboratories. The Information Desk; the Digital Humanities Center, a hi-tech environment for faculty and graduate students exploring the digital humanities; the Music Library with two recording booths; and Java City Café are also located on the first level.
The Circulation Desk; the Dean’s office; Gorgas 205, a large meeting room for University events; the Pearce Foyer, exhibition space; group study spaces; and the Sanford Media Center, a leading-edge facility for digital media production for students, are all located on the second level.
Special features in Gorgas Library include areas with designated noise levels; several types of seating and study accommodations, including group study rooms for collaborative assignments; designated study carrels for graduate students and faculty; printers; and 3D printers.
The A.S.Williams III Americana Collection and additional computers with academic software are located on the third level.
University Libraries partners with the University Writing Center which maintains a satellite center in Java City Café.
The fifth floor houses the School of Library and Information Studies, an academic unit of the College of Communication and Information Sciences.
The library was named after Amelia Gayle Gorgas, wife of General Josiah Gorgas, UA president from 1878-1879. For a quarter of a century Mrs. Gorgas served as the university’s librarian, until she retired at the age of eighty in 1907.
The building was completed in 1939 just north of the site of the original Rotunda.
Gorgas Library is located on the Quad opposite Denny Chimes.
For additional information, visit the Gorgas Library website.
To report a facility issue please submit a work order.