
University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries Is an offsite storage facility composed of three units from the Digital Services and Shared Collections Department: Digital Support Services, Conservation & Preservation, and the Florida Academic Repository (FLARE). In addition, ALF houses two units from the Digital Services and Shared Collections Department: the Shared Collections Cataloging Unit and the Florida Academic Repository (FLARE). Is an offsite storage facility designed to alleviate space constraints in the University of Florida Libraries. The collection consists of about 80,000 monographic volumes and approximately 600 journal subscriptions. The Education Library holds materials on the topics of education, child development, higher education, education psychology, counseling, and children's and young adult literature. Materials in the collection support programs in the College of Education. The library provides collections and services for architecture, fine arts, historic preservation, interior design, museum studies, music, landscape architecture, and urban & regional planning. The collection consists of over 125,000 volumes and over 12,000 sound and video recordings. The materials held at the library support programs in the College of Design, Construction and Planning and the College of the Arts. The first floor of the Marston Science Library was renovated in summer of 2014 to become Collaboration Commons, a study and meeting space with seating for over 700. The library supports agriculture, engineering, mathematics, and the natural and physical sciences. It was named after former president of the University of Florida, Robert Q. This is the other main library in the George A. On the fourth floor is the Acquisitions & Collections Services Department and the Cataloging Services Department. On the third floor is the Latin American & Caribbean Collections. Yonge Library of Florida History, the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, Manuscript Collection, the Popular Culture Collections, the Judaica Suite, and the Rare Book Collection. On the second floor is Special and Area Studies Collections which includes the University Archives, the Architecture Archives, the P. On the first floor is the Map and Imagery Library. Located in the northeastern section of the University of Florida in the middle of the Campus Historic District, Smathers Library is the oldest library on the University of Florida Campus. This library completed a $30 million renovation in December 2003 that doubled its capacity, better equipped information technology, and added a Starbucks to the lobby. It holds collections in the humanities and social sciences, including resources supporting the Warrington College of Business, African Studies, East Asian Area Studies, and the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica. Is one of the main Libraries in the George A. The three largest libraries cover an extensive range of disciplines while the smaller libraries focus on three or fewer disciplines. As is common in research libraries, library materials are housed in a variety of locations depending upon discipline. All of the libraries serve all of the university's faculty and students, but each has a special mission to be the primary support of specific colleges and degree programs, with Marston being the favorite library. Previously the Health Science Center Library was also separate, but it was integrated into the Smathers Libraries on July 1, 2009. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support to all academic programs except those served by the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida constitute one of the largest university library systems in the United States. 90 (Faculty), 179 (Professional Staff), 30 (Additional Staff), 327 (Student Assistants) 6 million+ print volumes, 1.5 million digital books, 1,000+ databases, approximately 150,000 print/digital journals, 14 million digital pages Ħ26 Total.
