IARC Library and Natuzzi Lounge: Hours and Policies
The University Libraries Catalog: Interior Architecture Library
North Carolina State Building Code
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Our IARc Library and Natuzzi Lounge includes both print materials and material samples. Jackson University Libraries Cataloging Department has catalogued over 1200 print materials and nearly 150 material samples. To our knowledge, we are the only school that has its material samples catalogued through the university libraries. This enables students to input a keyword such as “bamboo” and access books as well as material information such as flooring, building materials, furnishings, and textiles samples. Further, all the materials in the IARc Library are current and either green or sustainable. It was decided to use the CSI MasterFormat™ Division List to organize the material samples. Each material sample also is accompanied by a protocol sheet with information related to life cycle analysis, installation, and maintenance.

The print materials in the IARc Library include collections from Robert E. Stipe, Professor Emeritus of Design at North Carolina State University School of Design and Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and from Novem Mason, Professor Emeritus of Interior Architecture at UNCG. Additional print materials are current periodicals, materials and furnishings cutsheets, pamphlets and brochures, and undergraduate theses.

Some of the more valuable pieces in the IARc Library include an illustrated guidebook of London indicating the history of the city, The Silver Jubilee Walkway. Only one other library (in Australia) holds this book and its accompanying map. Architectural Preservation in Japan by Knut Einar Larsen is in two libraries on the east coast, the IARc Library and Harvard Library, and we are one of three libraries in the world with a Frank Lloyd Wright/Steelcase pamphlet regarding furniture FLW did for a Steelcase building.

Organizing materials in the IARc Library was complemented by the generous donation of furnishings by Natuzzi. Area rugs, leather seating, tables, light fixtures, and accessories were donated to the department through a member of the Interior Architecture Advisory Board.

All in the department are grateful for the collaborative efforts of so many who made our IARc Library and Natuzzi Lounge possible. We anticipate an on-going practicum experience for students in Library and Information Science that will ensure continued organizing and cataloging of our material collections.