The Ralph Brown Draughon Library is named in honor of Ralph Brown Draughon, president of Auburn University from 1947 to 1965 and a driving force behind the construction of the original portion of the library that was completed in 1963. The RBD Library was expanded in 1991 with a 207,000 square foot addition, effectively doubling the building's size. In 2017 the Mell Classroom Building addition was added to the front of the building, bringing together active student learning classrooms with library spaces to support it. Auburn University Libraries' includes the main library located at the corner of Roosevelt Drive and S College Street, the Charles Cary Veterinary Medical Library located in Greene Hall, and the Library of Architecture, Design, and Construction located in Dudley Commons.