Building on the strengths of UMBC’s nationally-recognized Photography Collections, the Library Gallery’s exhibitions and public programs engage audiences with the medium to promote creativity, encourage dialogue, and advance innovative ideas that support the University’s core value of inclusive excellence within local and national communities. Photography is a versatile artistic medium and potent form of visual communication that crosses disciplines and touches every aspect of contemporary life. In support of the University’s mission, the Library Gallery is dedicated to diversity, social responsibility, and lifelong learning in all of its activities. We present thoughtfully researched exhibitions and public programs drawn from UMBC’s Special Collections with particular emphasis on the history and cultural impact of photography, and we host lectures and educational programming sponsored by campus groups. The Library Gallery plays a pivotal role in the University’s intellectual and creative life. Shaw, and Ruth W.Photography is a versatile artistic medium and potent form of visual communication that crosses disciplines and touches every aspect of contemporary life. Source: The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey Walter A.ĭonnelly, Wilfred B. They were painted in 1893 for the Manufactures Building at the World's Fair in Chicago. The two large frescoes at the east and west ends of the room are "The Arts of Peace" and "The Arts of War", by Gari Melchers. After the information session you will have an opportunity to take a student-guided tour. Seating approximately 300 students, the room measures 175 by 50 feet, and is 50 feet high at the center of the barrel-vaulted ceiling. Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30 minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education. I really enjoy going to UMBC, everyone on campus has a unique story and works really hard to do well. On the north side of the second floor was the main reading room of the library, which has not changed significantly. The library is also a very popular place to study. At the west end of the hall, a serials reading room existed where the government documents center currently resides. This hall originally housed the card catalog, circulation and reference areas, as well as serving as the delivery area for new acquisitions. At the top of two wide marble stairways was the focal point of the building, the delivery corridor. On the right of the main entrance, a study hall once existed where the main circulation desk currently resides. The first floor entrance hallway was, and still is, decorated in a Pompeian motif, with display cases. The building was constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, and each floor was isolated from the ones above and below. Currently known as the the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, the General Library was built between 19, for 615,000, most of which came from two allocations of the Michigan state legislature.
The planners of the building took safety and fire considerations seriously. In 1915, the regents declared the old library building to be unsafe, due to the wood used in construction of the roof and much of the frame. Two new bookstacks were built perpendicular to the old stacks, one on either side, and designed to permit additional construction up to a height of fifteen stories. Roughly modelled on the Harvard and University of California libraries, the four-story structure was built on the site of the old library, and reused its two fireproof bookstacks. William Warner Bishop, the building's first head librarian, studied the design of library buildings in consultation with the building's architect, Albert Kahn of Detroit. Currently known as the the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, the General Library was built between 19, for $615,000, most of which came from two allocations of the Michigan state legislature. In 1915, the regents declared the old library building to be unsafe, due to the wood used in construction of the roof and much of the frame.
With seven undergraduate and six graduate programs available, it offers the academic reputation of UMBC in a convenient location with easy access to the government agencies, contractors and major healthcare organizations. Architects: Albert Kahn of Detroit, in consultation with William Warner Bishop, UMBC at the Universities at Shady Grove is located in Rockville, MD in the heart of Montgomery County.
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