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[[File:aslexterior.jpg|thumb|right|UNLV Architecture Studies Library]]

The '''UNLV Architecture Studies Library''' (ASL) is located in the ''Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building'', located on the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] campus. The services of the library address both the needs of the faculty and students of the [[UNLV School of Architecture]], and also responds to the needs of researchers through an email reference service. The Library provides historical and current information and resources about [[architecture in Las Vegas]], primarily through its [http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/arch.php Las Vegas Architects and Buildings Database].

==History==

The building was completed and occupied in August 1997. The Architecture Studies Library (approximately 16,000 gross square feet) includes spaces for book and periodical stacks, individual carrels on both of its floors, current periodicals display shelving, exhibits, a reference area, clippings files, special collections, group study rooms, and a computer lab.

The architect for the building was Swisher & Hall Architects of Las Vegas. The interiors furniture selection and placement was a project of one of the Schoolschool's interior design classes.

==Collections==

The UNLV ASL provides an archival collection of Nevada AIA design awards spanning over a quarter of a century, in addition to summarized data on architectural projects, firms and individuals both through its inhousein-house collection of materials as well as its online materials, a few of which are listed below:

*[http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/aiaawa.html Design Awards Archive for the American Institute Of Architects, Las Vegas Chapter]

*[http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/arch.php Las Vegas Architects & Buildings Database]