Hours of Operation
9 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday
New users should introduce themselves to one of the curators for orientation and assistance.

Access and Borrowing Privileges
Use of The Visual Resources Collection (VRC) and borrowing privileges are extended to School of Architecture faculty and students in those respective classes. Users must select their own slides for presentations. However, curators and staff are available to help with research and can suggest related areas of the Collection. Requests via phone or otherwise will not be honored.

Access to the VRC beyond regular hours is granted to Faculty and, by special permission, to those teaching during the current session. Students are not permitted to use the VRC beyond the posted hours of operation.

Research
The Visual Resources Collection (VRC) is an important resource available to both students and faculty in the School of Architecture, serves the disciplines of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Historic Preservation. It is conveniently located in the School of Architecture building, in room 1107, just down the hall from the Library. Students are able to research a building quickly by reviewing images in the Collection, and by looking at the book source information noted on the slide labels. In conjunction with the library, VRC provides easy access to visual materials for researching architecture and related topics.
Additionally, there are slide projection drawing devices that allow students to make sketches from slides, which can be extremely useful for analysis and transformation of precedent, a core component of the studio curriculum.

Class Presentations
Students may put slides on RESERVE for class presentations or for research of a particular topic. Slides are kept in a RESERVE box in the room until the time of the student’s presentation. Students are required to ask the Curators for assistance, and will be given a brief orientation the first time they use the slide collection. Curators can often suggest related areas of the Collection for a student’s research.
If students find they need slides made from books or magazines of their own or from the library, the VRC can provide this service as long as the request is made two weeks in advance of the presentation.