Campus Address: Doty Fine Arts Building 3.200, Mail Code: S5437
Mailing Address: Fine Arts Library, University of Texas Libraries, 1 University Station,
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Telephone: (512) 495-4481
The Fine Arts Library (FAL), a unit of The University of Texas Libraries, opened July 16, 1979. Its collections support research and instruction in the College of Fine Arts,which includes the Butler School of Music, and the Departments of Art and Art History, and Theatre and Dance. With the inclusion of the materials from the former Audio Visual Library, the FAL now serves numerous other University departments, notably those in the liberal arts which need feature films, television shows, and other audio-visual materials. The Fine Arts Library collection includes approximately 500,000 books and scores, 400 current serial subscriptions, 47,000 compact discs, 9,000 DVDs, 17,000 video cassettes and videodiscs, 6,200 reels of microfilm, 24,000 microfiche, and over 100,000 LPs.
To be the best Fine Arts Library in North America by providing our constituents with high quality collections in a variety of media supported by the latest technology in a stylish facility with a level of service that is second-to-none.
This building use policy is designed to help prevent damage to Fine Arts Library materials, furniture, equipment, and the building, and also to recognize the needs and comfort of library users.
Consumption of food is not permitted. Non-alcoholic drinks in spillproof containers are allowed (e.g. water-bottles with caps, coffee cups with lids). Soda cans are not spillproof.
Staff and users should respect the rights of others to study in peace and should refrain from making excessive noise in study areas. The fourth and fifth floors are designated quiet study spaces.
Cellular phones are not to be used inside the library. Cellular phones and pagers should be switched off or set to vibrate mode before entering the Fine Arts Library.
Flyers from University departments and student organizations as well as non-commercial flyers may be posted on the bulletin boards on the third floor and the small bulletin boards outside the library doors in the third floor lobby. Stacks of non-commercial postcards/flyers may not be left on the Circulation Desk, but may be left in designated areas. These areas will be cleared periodically.
Commercial advertisements, such as sublets, instrument sales and art supplies, are not permitted.
The Fine Arts Library reserves the right to determine what will remain posted. Preference will be given to arts-related materials.
Flyers of any kind found posted in the library’s restrooms (including the ones outside the library, in the third floor lobby) will be removed.
