In an effort to keep the Ralph Brown Draughon Library book collections in as good condition as possible, the Stacks Maintenance staff are providing a Stacks Maintenance Request Form so patrons can notify the staff of areas needing attention.  Use this form to notify the Stacks Maintenance staff that books are out of call number order, that an area needs cleaning and dusting, that bookends need to be straightened or adjusted, or that litter needs to be picked up.

The Stacks Maintenance Request Form is located by clicking on the More link located under the “Services” heading in the middle of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.

Please join us for

Discover Auburn:  A Lecture Series

“Ivorybill Hunters:  The Search for Proof in the Florida Panhandle”

by Dr. Geoffrey Hill, Scharnagel Professor of Biology, Auburn University

Wednesday, September 5 at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections and Archives Department, located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Sponsored by the A.U. Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and the A.U. Book Store.  Refreshments will follow the program.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.  For more information, call (334) 844-4946.

Located in the five flat glass exhibit cases on the east side (facing the Hotel and Dixon Conference Center) of the Special Collections and Archives Department is an exhibit featuring “Tigers on the Prowl.”  In 2001 and 2002 the Auburn Chamber of Commerce participated in a fundraising project involving the production of 24 large plastic tigers, each weighing 300 pounds, for display around the town.  The exhibit features numerous photographs and newspaper clippings, plus captions providing information such as how these tigers were constructed and the fate of the “Tigers on the Prowl.”

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Located in the three large glass exhibit cases on one’s left upon entering the Special Collections and Archives Department is an exhibit concerning the life and times of George Petrie (1866-1947), longtime professor of History at Auburn, and organizer of the first football game (1892) and the first baseball team at Auburn.  The exhibit features numerous photographs, manuscripts, books, and other items as well as informative captions concerning “Auburn Man:  The Life and Times of George Petrie.”

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

The Cary Veterinary Medical Library is pleased to announce its new web page .

The new web page can be used by patrons to request items to be put on reserve, the request library purchases, to request a class or instruction from the librarian, to link directly to the slide collection, and much more.

The Cary Veterinary Medical Library is located on Wire Road in 101 Greene Hall.  Contact information:  334-844-1749;  fax: 334-844-1758 and vmedlib@auburn.edu.

The new Cary Veterinary Medical Library web page can be located via the Site Index link located in the lower right hand side of the A.U. Libraries homepage.

The Special Collections and Archives Department, located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, now has a new web page featuring “Treasures of the Collection.”  The web page features a showcase of a selection of the treasures held by the Special Collections and Archives Department.  Over time, new images and text will be added.

The Treasure Collection web page can be reached by clicking on the link located in the lower right hand side of the Special Collections and Archives home page which itself can be located via the Site Index link located on the lower right hand side of the A.U. Libraries homepage .

The Ralph Brown Draughon Library now is open 24 hours a day five days a week!  From Sunday opening at 1 p.m. through closing on Friday at 9 p.m. the RBD Library will be continuously open for the Fall Semester (excluding holidays).  On Saturday, the library will be open 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and will then reopen on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Check the Hours link located in the lower left hand side of the A.U. Libraries homepage for more details.

The Stacks Cafe, located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, has reopened under new management.  Stacks will continue to offer Starbuck’s coffee but has added “Outtakes” and speciality pastries.  “Outtakes” provides customers with a variety of sandwiches, salads, and more such as Caesar and pasta salads, turkey and provolone baguettes, buffalo chicken wraps, etc.

New hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 12 midnight; Friday, 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.  Stacks will be kicking off the new offerings at the annual Tailgate @ the Library open house on Friday, August 31, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the RBD Library.

The Betty and Chet’s refreshment stand, located immediately on the left hand side as one enters the Ralph Brown Draughon Library via the Mell Street entrance (Second Floor, facing Haley Center) has reopened for the Fall Semester.  Featuring a selection of snacks, Starbuck’s coffee, and more, Betty and Chet’s is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.