McLure Education Library

McLure Education Library

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Building # 1051 | Abbreviation: ML
University Libraries

  • Education

McLure Education Library

The McLure Education Library serves the faculty and students of the College of Education and the Graduate School of Education. The 23,337 square foot building includes the School Library and Curriculum Materials Center on the lower level, reference and periodical areas and public computer areas on the main floor, along with study rooms and a computer lab on the third floor.

Computer terminals are located on the first two floors and laptops may be checked out at the circulation desk for use in the library. A computer lab with access to the College of Education network is located on the third floor. Copiers are available on the main floor and the lower level, which also contains microfilm/microfiche readers. An Ellison die-cut machine is available for public use in the Curriculum Materials Center. For library hours please refer to the UA Libraries schedule.

Built in 1925, McLure Library was once the student cafeteria, post office, and supply store. After World War II the third floor was used for several years as a dorm for male students. The building was remodeled in 1954 for the Education Library, which in 1975 was named in honor of John Rankin McLure, Dean of the College of Education from 1942-1959.

Information collected from The University of Alabama : a guide to the campus by Robert Oliver Mellown (Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1988), The University of Alabama, a pictorial history by Suzanne Rau Wolfe (University : University of Alabama Press, c1983), and the College of Education’s History page.