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For security reasons, the only public exit for the library is located on the first floor, next to the Circulation Desk. Numerous emergency exits are available; NOTE: if these doors are opened, alarms will sound.
A bulletin board for announcing seminars and UAB activities is available next to
the entrance. A portion of that bulletin board is reserved for patron comments.
Suggestion cards and the confidential return box are available on tables in the
Reference area or from a library staff member. A board for posting the comments
is located next to the entrance. Scott Plutchak, the Library Director, will
either reply personally or post the suggestion cards with a reply. You may also
send comments electronically to: Lister Hill Library Comments
Three outside bookdrops are located around the library for your convenience. Two bookdrops are located on each side of the street level entrance, near the entrances to Volker Hall and the School of Optometry. An additional bookdrop is located by the curb behind the library on 7th Avenue near the loading dock.
The Lister Hill Library at UAB University Hospital or West Pavilion Branch is located in Room P-235 of University Hospital. This extension library has about 100 clinically-oriented journal subscriptions and approximately 250 textbooks. Photocopiers and computers are also available for patron use. The clinical librarian at the West Pavilion also maintains a web site specifically for that branch. 24-hour access is available to all Medical and House Staff through the library's security system. For more information, call the clinical librarian, Tracy Powell at 934-2275 or email at:
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University of Alabama School of Medicine -- Huntsville Program
The University of Alabama School of Medicine operates a clinical facility in Huntsville, Alabama which includes more than 40 third and fourth year medical students, a family practice residency program, and a medical library. The library's collection contains about 400 current journal subscriptions and about 8000 monographs. For further information contact:
Ms. Lee Clemans-Taylor
UASOM-Huntsville Program
Medical Library
301 Governors Drive,
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256)551-4400
email: blct@uab.edu
The 8.75-foot-high sculpture entitled Gaia Rises located in the first floor lobby was the gift of Dr. Samuel B. Barker, Graduate Dean Emeritus, UAB. The sculpture weighs about 4000 pounds and was sculpted by the local artist, Leah Webb. It was made from a 5500 pound block of Tennessee Imperial Black Marble (R). Gaia was the classical Greek goddess of the earth. More recently, the Gaia Hypothesis (Lovelock, 1972) has used that name to convey the concept of the Earth as a living being.
The 8.5-foot-high statue of Hippocrates located in the ground floor lobby was the gift of Agatha and Sam Nakos of Birmingham. The statue weighs over five thousand pounds and was sculpted by the noted Greek artist, Kostas Georgakas. It was made from an 8,000 pound block of marble taken from the same quarry as the marble in the Parthenon.
