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's study along with personal effects.

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's sculpture '' The Torchbearers'' is located at the front of the building.

History

The undergraduate library was constructed at a cost of $4.7 million, not including the price of the 60,000 volumes it originally housed. In 2005 the library underwent a major change by removing 90,000 volumes to other libraries within the university system and replacing them with "250 desktop computers... 75 laptops available for checkout, wireless Internet access, computer labs, software suites, a multimedia studio, a computer help desk and repair shop, and a café." According to Fred Heath, vice provost for the general libraries, claimed that the University of Texas remains the nation's fifth-largest academic library with more than 8 million volumes.

Features

The fourth floor contains the Humanities Research Center's Leeds Gallery.

References

External links

Peter T. Flawn Academic Center: Hours
{{University of Texas at Austin 1960s establishments in Texas University of Texas at Austin campus