Architecture & Fine Arts Library

AFA Overview of Stacks
AFA Interior Reading Space

Library Hours

  • Architecture & Fine Arts Library
  • Mon Oct 02
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Oct 03
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Oct 04
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Oct 05
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Oct 06
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Oct 07
    Closed
  • Sun Oct 08
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Oct 09
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Oct 10
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Oct 11
    9am to 5pm
  • Thu Oct 12
    9am to 5pm
  • Fri Oct 13
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Oct 14
    Closed
  • Sun Oct 15
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Oct 16
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Oct 17
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Oct 18
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Oct 19
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Oct 20
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Oct 21
    Closed
  • Sun Oct 22
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Oct 23
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Oct 24
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Oct 25
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Oct 26
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Oct 27
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Oct 28
    Closed
  • Sun Oct 29
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Oct 30
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Oct 31
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Nov 01
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Nov 02
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Nov 03
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Nov 04
    Closed
  • Sun Nov 05
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Nov 06
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Nov 07
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Nov 08
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Nov 09
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Nov 10
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Nov 11
    Closed
  • Sun Nov 12
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Nov 13
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Nov 14
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Nov 15
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Nov 16
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Nov 17
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Nov 18
    Closed
  • Sun Nov 19
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Nov 20
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Nov 21
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Nov 22
    9am to 5pm
  • Thu Nov 23
    Closed
  • Fri Nov 24
    Closed
  • Sat Nov 25
    Closed
  • Sun Nov 26
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Nov 27
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Nov 28
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Nov 29
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Nov 30
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Dec 01
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Dec 02
    Closed
  • Sun Dec 03
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Dec 04
    9am to 10pm
  • Tue Dec 05
    9am to 10pm
  • Wed Dec 06
    9am to 10pm
  • Thu Dec 07
    9am to 10pm
  • Fri Dec 08
    9am to 5pm
  • Sat Dec 09
    Closed
  • Sun Dec 10
    noon to 6pm
  • Mon Dec 11
    9am to 10pm

Location
Watt Hall
850 Bloom Walk, B-4
University Park Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-0294

Head of the Library: Shannon Robinson

Library Supervisor: Antonio 'Tony" Gonzalez

Campus map code: WAH

  • AFA Circulation Desk Phone: (213) 740-1956
  • General Library Email: afa@usc.edu
  • Research help in architecture, art history, & fine arts: Shannon Robinson
    • Primarily for use by USC students, faculty, and staff.
    • Non-USC researchers are welcome to use the AFA library; please email us your research question prior to your arrival: afa@usc.edu

About this library

The Architecture & Fine Arts (AFA) Library is located on the ground floor (basement) of Watt Hall (WAH). Watt Hall's entry doors face the courtyard. Go in and take any stairwell or elevator down to reach the ground floor.

AFA Library hours are listed on the USC Libraries hours site. Holiday hours vary. Special Collections/Cage/Rare materials are accessible Mondays-Fridays 9am-5pm. 

Please note that during the academic year the building is open Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm. At all other hours the building is accessible through USC card swipe only.

All library services stop 15 minutes before closing, and all patrons are asked to leave before closing time.

Information for researchers not affiliated with USC

The AFA Library is a resource funded primarily for use by USC students, faculty, and staff. Non-USC researchers are welcome to use the AFA library during designated hours. Non-USC users must adhere to the following:

  • The library is open to non-USC users during the academic year Mondays-Fridays, 9am-7pm, and in the summers during posted hours;
  • There is no access to computers or flatbed scanners in the AFA library for those not affiliated with USC; no exceptions;
  • The Doheny Memorial Library is the place to inquire about getting a library card, as described under the "Non-USC" user tab on the lending policies page;
  • Materials from the Circulation Desk and VHS/DVDs are not accessible without a USC library card; no exceptions;
  • Materials from the Cage and archival materials are available Monday-Friday 9am-5pm in the Rare Books Reading Room only;
  • Please email us prior to your arrival so that we can confirm that the research materials that you need are available for your use: afa@usc.edu 

Overview and Collection Use Policies

The Architecture & Fine Arts Library (AFA) is located in a modernist setting designed by Becket Associates and Graeme Morland, a faculty member at the School of Architecture, on the ground floor of Watt Hall. It houses more than 75,000 volumes of books and journals dedicated to the studies of art history, fine arts, and architecture, as well as a notable collection of rare titles and artists' books. In addition, the AFA Library has a growing collection of videos and dvds in the arts and design fields. The AFA Library's collection can be searched through the USC Libraries catalog. The library also has several architectural and public-art archival collections. It is part of the USC Libraries system, and adheres to the USC Libraries policies on access and borrowing privileges.

For policies on using the AFA Library and its collections, go to its Policies page.