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The W. E. B. Du Bois Library holds resources primarily in humanities and social and behavioral sciences. At 28 stories and 286 feet 41⁄8 inches (roughly 88 m) tall, it is the third-tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta at 414 feet (126 m) and Shanghai Library in China at 348 feet (106 m).
Below is the service directory for the W. E. B. Du Bois Library. You can also view a PDF of the floor directory as well as the Du Bois Library Mural Collection.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was one of the leading thinkers of his age. As a public intellectual, activist, organizer, historian, poet, sociologist, and philosopher, he devoted his prodigious talent to the struggle for equality and social justice both in the US and internationally.
Locations. W. E. B. Du Bois Library. 154 Hicks Way. Amherst, MA 01003-9275. (413) 545-2623. Science & Engineering Library. 740 N Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01003-9306. (413) 545-1370.
Scholar, writer, editor of The Crisis and other journals, co-founder of the Niagara Movement, the NAACP, and the Pan African Congresses, international spokesperson for peace and for the rights of oppressed minorities, W.E.B. Du Bois was a son of Massachusetts who articulated the strivings of African Americans and developed a trenchant analysis ...
W.E.B. Du Bois Library. The largest library on campus, the W.E.B. Du Bois Library is home to a diverse array of resources, collections, and services, including the Special Collections and University Archives, home to the memoirs and papers of the distinguished African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, for whom the library is named.
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was established in 2009 to engage audiences in discussion and scholarship about global issues involving race, labor, and social justice.
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