Library

Staff

Barney L. Lipscomb

Director of BRIT Press and Library, Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany

817-332-7432
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barney@brit.org

Brandy Watts

BRIT Librarian

817.463.4102
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bwatts@brit.org

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The BRIT Library supports botanical research and education in Texas and around the world. Our collection has been carefully curated and is a valuable research tool for those studying systematic botany, horticulture, natural history and ethnobotany. The BRIT Library houses one of the largest and finest collections of botanical works in the southwestern United States. 

Our collection is non-circulating, but we are open to the public for use as a reference library Monday - Friday, 10am to 4pm. To ensure that someone is available to assist you with a specific request, please make an appointment before stopping by, though walk-ins are also welcome!

Learning & Discovery Resources for All Ages!

Online Resources for Everyone.

The Arader Natural History Collection of Art

Online gallery of The Arader Natural History Collection of Art

Library Exhibitions

Online gallery of the Library's current exhibition

Library Upcoming and Past Exhibitions

Upcoming and past Library exhibitions

The Stansbery Collection for Botanical Art

A lovely new addition to the Library's collection

About the Library

Taxonomic journals, rare books, historical archives, and much much more. Search the Library's catalog.

History of the Library

The establishment of a significant botanical library collection.

Library Inventory

The BRIT library contains approximately 100,000 volumes of scientific publications from more than 90 countries.
Recent Articles

Grace Lloyd Bascopé: Flora of Belize & Maya Research Project

by Grace Bascope
Resident Research Associate, Grace Lloyd Bascopé, talks about her summers in Blue Creek, Belize working on Flora of Belize & Maya Research Project.
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Collecting Collections; Tiana F. Rehman, BRIT Herbarium

by Brandy Watts
Tiana F. Rehman, BRIT's Herbarium Collections Manager, tells us about the many collections that compose the Herbarium. This is the first interview of the Library's new Collection Lens series, which highlights collection managers from around the world across botanical libraries and herbaria as collections move into the future.
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A Library Encircling A Herbarium

by Brandy Watts
Imagine a herbarium of just under 400,000 plant specimens in cabinets with a corresponding botany library of 40,000 books lining the periphery, along the walls of the herbarium collection accessible to researchers working in the collection. This was the design of the SMU Herbarium and Library housed on the SMU campus before moving to BRIT in 1991.
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Librarian Lens: Plant Discovery In the Southern Philippines Expedition Two

by Brandy Watts
In December of 2019, BRIT Librarian participated in expedition two of the Plant Discovery In the Southern Philippines project.
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Eula Whitehouse's Field Camera

by Brandy Watts
Eula Whitehouse's field camera was recently gifted to BRIT Library by her family.
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Library Exhibition: Among the Birds and Flora of Texas

by Brandy Watts
The second rotation of the BRIT LIbrary's exhibition Among the Birds and Flora of Texas is ready for viewing.
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Dr. Eula Whitehouse’s Family Visits BRIT Library

by Brandy Watts
The BRIT Library had the pleasure of welcoming members of the Eula Whitehouse family this week.
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Highlights from the Oliver G. Burk Children's Library

by Brandy Watts
As part of the BRIT LIbrary's summer internship, Annie Martin, our summer intern, is highlighting a selection of books from the Oliver G. Burk Children's Library Collection. Over the course of the summer more items will be added so please check back!
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