Welcome to the Richard B. Russell Special Collections
Library
Christa CliverMEDT 7477Spring 2014LMC OrientationWelcome to the
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library
Discover Georgias treasure!
The mission of the University of Georgia Special Collections
Libraries is to acquire, organize, preserve, and provide access to
unique and rare materials related to the history and culture of
Georgia.
The Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collections Libraries
Building houses the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
including University and Athletic Association Archives, the Richard
B. Russell Jr. Library for Political Research and Studies, and the
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection.
This orientation will give you an overview of the buildings
facilities and demonstrate how to use our collections.
The Floor planEntrance, 1st Floor2nd FloorExhibit
HallLobbyVaultRotundaGalleriesReading RoomsOfficesWalter J. Brown
Media Archives and Peabody Awards collectionContains over 200,000
titles in film, video, audiotape, transcription disks, and other
recording formats dating from the 1920s to the present.
The Peabody Awards Collection contains nearly every entry for
the first major broadcast award given in the U.S.
The WSB News film Collection contains 5 million feed of film
clips featuring raw news footage shot for news broadcast from 1949
to 1981 and spans the entire Civil Rights Movement
Second FloorThe hargrett rare book and manuscript libraryOver
120,000 rare and small press books and broadsides
6 million original documents and images Georgiana Collection
1,500 maps from the 1500s-1900s
Second FloorThe Richard B. Russell library for political
research and studiesOver 300 collections documenting Georgias
political history
Comprehensive collection of Oral Histories, featuring Richard B.
Russell, Dean Rusk, D.W. Brooks, Zell Miller, Sam Massell, Louise
McBee, and many others
Second Floorvault
The high density storage vault at the Russell Special
Collections Library is located approximately 40 feet below the main
exhibit level and is 30,000 square feet, divided into three rooms.
The vault contains 24 rows of shelving that are 32 feet high and
hold over 340,000 cubic feet of storage space.
With two battery powered order pickers, the vault staff is able
to retrieve any material requested by the staff and researchers in
a matter of minutes.
Climate control in the vault is kept at 50 degrees and 30
percent relative humidity, which provides optimal preservation of
archival collections.No AccessReading room and classrooms
The classrooms and reading rooms are located on the 3rd floor of
the Special Collections Library.
Professors may conduct class in one of the two classrooms and
have original materials pulled for students to handle.
Additionally, researchers may request materials to be waiting
for them in one of the reading rooms. Third FloorAuditoriumThe
auditorium is located on the Second Floor and can seat
approximately 200 people. The space is equipped with state of the
art presentation equipment. Second Floor
now that you know about the building, lets explore how to
request materialCreating a research accountTo register for a
research account, visit the Special Collections Research Account
Login Page
If you are a student, faculty, or staff at UGA, please log-in
with your UGA MyID
If you are a first time user and not affiliated with the
university, you will be required to register and enter your contact
information. You will receive an email confirmation with your
username and password.
Requesting materialFirst, log on to your AEON account.
2. On the left side of your screen, please choose the specific
library in which you wish to obtain materials.
Requesting materialAfter clicking on your specific library, use
the keyword search to find materials. If you know the specific
manuscript number, you may enter it as well.
Requesting materialYour results will then be listed in a
separate window.
Requesting materialAfter reviewing the results, choose the
collection that youd like to request.Youll then be taken to the
collection finding aid, which give biographical information about
the collection and lists the entire contents. 3. Click on the
Request Material Button to the left of the screen
Requesting materialAfter clicking on the Request Material
button, a check box will appear alongside the collection items.
Choose which (or all) of the items that youd like to request to be
pulled.Then, click the Request Material Button on the left side of
the screen.
Requesting materialOnce clicking the Request Material button,
youll be taken back to your AEON account. Here, you should see the
materials youve requested.
Thanks for visiting the richard b. russell special collections
library!
For more information, please visit our website:
www.libs.uga.edu/scl
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