Architecture & Fine Arts Library

AFA Overview of Stacks
AFA Interior Reading Space

Library Hours

  • Architecture & Fine Arts Library
Tue May 13
9am to 7pm
Wed May 14
9am to 5pm
Thu May 15
9am to 5pm
Fri May 16
1pm to 5pm
Sat May 17
Closed
Sun May 18
Closed
Mon May 19
Closed
Tue May 20
noon to 4pm
Wed May 21
noon to 4pm
Thu May 22
noon to 4pm
Fri May 23
Closed
Sat May 24
Closed
Sun May 25
Closed
Mon May 26
Closed
Tue May 27
noon to 4pm
Wed May 28
noon to 4pm
Thu May 29
noon to 4pm
Fri May 30
Closed
Sat May 31
Closed
Sun Jun 01
Closed
Mon Jun 02
Closed
Tue Jun 03
noon to 4pm
Wed Jun 04
noon to 4pm
Thu Jun 05
noon to 4pm
Fri Jun 06
Closed
Sat Jun 07
Closed
Sun Jun 08
Closed
Mon Jun 09
Closed
Tue Jun 10
noon to 4pm
Wed Jun 11
noon to 4pm
Thu Jun 12
noon to 4pm
Fri Jun 13
Closed
Sat Jun 14
Closed
Sun Jun 15
Closed
Mon Jun 16
Closed
Tue Jun 17
noon to 4pm
Wed Jun 18
noon to 4pm
Thu Jun 19
noon to 4pm
Fri Jun 20
Closed
Sat Jun 21
Closed
Sun Jun 22
Closed
Mon Jun 23
Closed
Tue Jun 24
noon to 4pm
Wed Jun 25
noon to 4pm
Thu Jun 26
noon to 4pm
Fri Jun 27
Closed
Sat Jun 28
Closed
Sun Jun 29
Closed
Mon Jun 30
Closed
Tue Jul 01
noon to 4pm
Wed Jul 02
noon to 4pm
Thu Jul 03
noon to 4pm
Fri Jul 04
Closed
Sat Jul 05
Closed
Sun Jul 06
Closed
Mon Jul 07
Closed
Tue Jul 08
noon to 4pm
Wed Jul 09
noon to 4pm
Thu Jul 10
noon to 4pm
Fri Jul 11
Closed
Sat Jul 12
Closed
Sun Jul 13
Closed
Mon Jul 14
Closed
Tue Jul 15
noon to 4pm
Wed Jul 16
noon to 4pm
Thu Jul 17
noon to 4pm
Fri Jul 18
Closed
Sat Jul 19
Closed
Sun Jul 20
Closed
Mon Jul 21
Closed
Tue Jul 22
noon to 4pm

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.