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ABOUT THE COLLECTION
The Visual Resources Collection of the Art + Architecture Library consists of an online database of 5,000 images, 70,000 slides, and more than 400 architectural drawing sets. These materials are available to current Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and students for research and instructional purposes. For assistance with any of the visual collections, please contact the Visual Resources Curator, Steve Tatum.

digital images
slides
architectural plans

DIGITAL IMAGES
Digital images are available through Luna Insight , which is a program designed for viewing images online and for classroom presentation. We are building the collection with the help of art and architecture faculty to provide support for their courses, and welcome any additional faculty to our effort. Students may also use Luna for study and presentations.

SLIDES
The slide collection is in storage until the Art and Architecture Library moves into its new quarters in Cowgill Hall. Faculty may still borrow slides for classroom use.

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
The plan collection consists of over 400 sets concentrating on American architecture of the late 20th Century. The collection also includes maps and plans specific to the VA Tech campus, to Blacksburg, and to various other cities and areas around the world. The collection is restricted to VA Tech affiliates and for educational purposes only. (See circulation information below.)

To see which plans the library holds, search the Art and Architecture Drawings Database. Only VATech affiliates may access this database. For assistance with the collection contact Steve Tatum.

Circulation policies for the architectural plans:

• The collection is not a self-service area. Please ask for assistance at the circulation desk to find plans and to sign for them.
• The plans cannot leave the library.
• The material in this collection is NOT available for loan or reproduction.
• Only faculty may take plans out of the library.
• Students may use the drawings in the library only, with the exception of the case studies that are assigned to architecture undergraduates during the spring semester of their third year.

Please ask for assistance when using the collection.

Handling the plans:

• If a drawing tears, please do NOT try to repair it yourself. Alert a staff member when a drawing has been damaged.
• Rolled drawings should be carefully removed from their wrappings and placed in the wrapping before being returned.
• Only use pencil to trace over library drawings.
• Never use rubber bands to secure drawings in a roll.

Additional sources for architectural plans:

Some architecture archives will (for a fee) reproduce drawings and plans in their collections that they hold copyright for.