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Memphis University Libraries are significant resources for both The University
of Memphis and the Mid-South region. While the primary mission of The University
Libraries is to serve The University, library services are extended to students
and faculty in other colleges and universities in the Memphis area, local and
regional corporations, governmental agencies, and adult citizens of the community,
including the libraries' support group. Individuals not associated with The University
of Memphis can request a Library Privileges Card at the McWherter Library Circulation
Desk. Ned
R. McWherter LibraryThe Ned R.McWherter Library is located west of Zach Curlin
Drive and south of Norriswood Avenue. Constructed under earthquake-resistant building
codes, the McWherter Library was designed to provide state-of-the-art access to
information technology and to be fully accessible to the disabled. It has 725
network connections throughout the building, including those in study carrels,
group study rooms and the 24-hour TigerLan Lab. The building's distinctive feature
is the domed rotunda, copper-covered on the outside and centered with an oculus
that floods the interior glass walls and grand staircase with natural light and
spotlights the compass rose inlay of the granite floor four stories below. The
University seal in the center of the eight-point compass contains a date which
is changed each year, allowing University graduates to make souvenir rubbings.
Restrooms, elevators, and public copiers are centrally located on each floor.
There are public phones in the library which allow free local and toll-free calls.
These phones are located on the 1st floor in the elevator lobby, on the 2nd &
4th floors near the men's restrooms, and in the 1st-floor TigerLAN lab. The
University Libraries includes the McWherter Library and five branch libraries:
Audiology & Speech Language Pathology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics,
and Music. All are located on the Main Campus except the Audiology and Speech
Language Pathology Library, which is at 807 Jefferson Ave.
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