Located at the heart of the Akron campus, Bierce Library is the main library for academic and research services and resources for students, faculty/staff, and community visitors.
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Bierce Library is located at 315 Butchel Commons, Akron, OH 44325 on the north side of the main campus near the corner of South College St. and East Buchtel Ave.
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Parking Information
Campus Construction Update:
Bierce Library is open during the construction!
- If you are coming to Bierce from the Student Union, Coleman Commons, or Buchtel Hall area, please follow the passage between Leigh Hall and Kolby Hall to enter Bierce Library.
- If you are coming to Bierce from S. College St. near the College of Arts & Science and the Honors Complex area, you will need to follow the walkway behind Bierce, and follow it the whole way around to the front.
- If you are coming to Bierce from the Buchtel Ave and S. Union St area, then you will walk towards Olin Hall, but loop around the path on the side of Bierce Library and near the Korean War Memorial until the path takes you to Bierce!
- For individuals with limited mobility or using wheelchairs, we recommend parking in the Buchtel St. lot across from Olin Hall. It is the shortest route from handicap parking spaces to the library entrance via the path past the Korean War Memorial.
