WELCOME TO
THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
C h r i st a C l i v e r
MEDT 7477
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DISCOVER GEORGIA’S 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
building’s facilities and demonstrate how to use
our collections.
THE FLOOR PLAN
2nd Floor
Lobby
Entrance,
1st Floor
Rotunda
Reading
Rooms
Exhibit
Hall
Offices
Galleries
Vault
WALTER J. BROWN MEDIA ARCHIVES AND
PEABODY AWARDS COLLECTION
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Contains over 200,000 titles in film, video,
audiotape, transcription disks, and other
recording formats dating from the 1920s to the
present.
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The Peabody Awards Collection contains
nearly every entry for the first major broadcast
award given in the U.S.
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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 Floor
THE HARGRETT RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT
LIBRARY
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Over 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 Floor
THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL LIBRARY FOR
POLITICAL RESEARCH AND STUDIES
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Over 300 collections documenting Georgia’s
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 Floor
VAULT
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 Access
READING 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 Floor
AUDITORIUM
The 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, LET’S EXPLORE HOW TO REQUEST
MATERIAL
CREATING A RESEARCH ACCOUNT
To 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 MATERIAL
1.
First, 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 MATERIAL
After 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 MATERIAL
Your results will then be listed in a separate window.
REQUESTING MATERIAL
2.
1. After reviewing the results, choose the collection that you’d like to request.
You’ll 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 MATERIAL
1.
After clicking on the “Request Material” button, a check box will appear alongside the
collection items. Choose which (or all) of the items that you’d like to request to be pulled.
2. Then, click the “Request Material” Button on the left side of the screen.
REQUESTING MATERIAL
Once clicking the “Request Material” button, you’ll be taken back to your AEON account. Here,
you should see the materials you’ve requested.
THANKS FOR VISITING THE RICHARD
B. RUSSELL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
LIBRARY!
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR
WEBSITE: WWW.LIBS.UGA.EDU/SCL