Georgia Tech Library | |
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![]() Crosland Tower at night | |
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Location | Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia |
Type | Academic library |
Established | 1885 |
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Items collected | 2.4 million[1] |
Other information | |
Director | Leslie Sharp[2] Dean of Libraries |
Website | library |
The Georgia Tech Library is an academic library that serves the needs of students, faculty, and staff at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The library consists of the S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Dorothy M. Crosland Tower. In addition, the library is connected to and manages the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) recognized the library's effort to reinvent itself by awarding it a 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award.[3][4][5] The Georgia Tech Library is located in the center of campus[6] and is open 24/7 as of the Fall term of 2014.[7] Among the Library staff members are subject specialists in 35 disciplines.[8]
Dr. Leslie Sharp serves as dean of the Georgia Tech Library.[9] She began her tenure as Dean July 1, 2020 after serving as interim chief executive officer for the Library since March 2019, a role she shared with her duties as associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development.[10]