Flora Lamson Hewlett Library

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Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
General information
Type	Theological Library
Architectural style	Modern
Address	2400 Ridge Road
Town or city	Berkeley, California
Country	USA
Coordinates	37°52′32″N 122°15′42″W / 37.8755°N 122.2618°W / 37.8755; -122.2618
Completed	1981, 1987
Owner	Graduate Theological Union
Technical details
Floor count	4
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Louis Kahn
Main contractor	Peters, Clayberg, and Caulfield [1]
Website
http://gtu.edu/library

The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library is the central library of the Graduate Theological Union. Located on the summit of the "Holy Hill" area of Berkeley, California, its collections comprise one of the largest collections of theological works in the United States, with over 500,000 volumes ^[2] as of 2014. The library's collections are open to the public.^[3] Borrower privileges are accessible not only to students and faculty of the GTU's consortial seminaries and affiliated centers, but also to the faculty and students of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and American Theological Library Association institutions participating in Reciprocal Borrowing.^[4] The Hewlett Library also maintains a branch on the campus of San Francisco Theological Seminary at San Anselmo. It also has storage facilities on the campus of the American Baptist Seminary of the West and at Santa Clara University.