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Welcome to AUL

Air University Library (AUL) is located in the center of Chennault Circle on Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL. AUL is the repository of more than 2.6 million items. Our traditional paper collection includes military documents, books and monographs, periodicals and newspapers, maps and charts, policy

directives and instructions.

More….

In addition to the traditional paper sources, AUL has a wide variety of other resources:

• Home Page• Air University Library Index

to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)

• Subject specialists• Electronic databases• Multimedia collection

Policies

• Open Monday - Thursday 0800-2200

• Friday & Saturday 0800-1700

• Sunday 1300-1700

• Parking off Sycamore on north end of building

A little history…the AUL building was named “Fairchild Memorial Hall” in memory of General Muir S. Fairchild, the founder and first commander of Air University

Director’sOffice

Authority(Regulations)

Documents

Audi-torium

SecurityOffice

Lobby

BookCirculation

Information/Reference Desk

ILL

PeriodicalsCopyRoom

BookStacks

Floor Plan-First Floor

Seminar/Study

Rooms

Restrooms

Bio-graphies

Lobby

West Wing

East Wing

Elevator

Floor Plan - Second Floor

Restrooms

Map Room

Stairs

SAAS

School

for

Advanced

Airpower

Studies

(SAAS)

South Lobby

Your virtual tour begins in the South Lobby. Enter the west wing of the library to find our books and information area. Enter the east wing of the library to find our documents and regulations area.

East WingWest Wing

Book Circulation

• Register for library privileges

• Check out, return and renew books and videos

• Place books on hold

• Loan periods:

– Books- 3 weeks

– Videos-1 week

• Elevator to older periodicals

Information Desk

• Reference assistance• Encyclopedias, dictionaries,

almanacs• Electronic resources• New items display• Video collection• Word processing PCs

Electronic Resources

• Home page - your first link to our resourceshttp://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aul.htm

• Online catalog• Internet access• Databases

Access to over 500 databases• CD-ROMs

Search our collection on the webhttp://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/srchcat/catalog.htm

Periodicals

• Periodicals reference desk

• Newspapers and periodicals

– Latest 3 years of periodicals

• Book review resources

• Indexes to periodicals and newspapers

• Investment & business references

• Microfilm and microfiche collections

• Internet access and periodical databases

• CD-ROM stations

• Scanners

General Book Stacks

• First Level

– Biographies

– Special Collections

– Nonfiction 000-345

• Second Floor Lower Level

– Nonfiction 346-657

• Second Floor Upper Level

– Nonfiction 658-999

– Fiction 811-813

Interlibrary Loan

• Access to material not available at AUL

• ILL services available to registered AUL patrons

• Room 107

• See Interlibrary Loan policies at http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/services/ill.htm

Copy Room

Free copying of AUL material is authorized for:

• AU students, faculty & staff

• Maxwell-Gunter military & civilian employees

• Visiting officials

• Retired military

Pay copiers available for:

• Military family members

• Non-military visitors

• Reproduction of personal papers

• Reproduction of non-AUL material

Documents Cage

• Classified and unclassified documents and publications

• Proper identification is required to access documents

• Check out, return and renew documents

• Place documents on hold

• Loan period :

– one week

• TV/VCRs available for in-library use

Authority Collection

• New Air Force Policy Directives and Instructions

• Historical military Regulations, Manuals, Pamphlets and Indexes

• Many military Instructions and regulations are available on the Internet at http://afpubs.hq.af.mil/pubs/majcom.asp?org=AF

Security and Administration

Meeting Rooms and Auditorium

• Security matters handled by security officer in Room 150

• Meeting and study rooms • LAN drops available to military• Reserve meeting/ seminar/

study rooms/ auditorium • Contact Mr. Johnson:

– room 150

– 953-2800

– gene.johnson@maxwell.af.mil

Map Room

• Over 600,000 maps available for official use to AU students, faculty and staff in residence

• Digitized data on CD-ROM is available for use on a GIS (Geographic Information System)

• Links to map site: http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/maps/maps.htm

Open M-F 8-5

Closed for lunch 1-2

Thank you for joining us on the virtual tour.

The AUL staff looks forward to meeting your

information needs.

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