University of California, Santa Barbara Library

University of California, Santa Barbara Library
The UCSB Library holds the majority of the UC Santa Barbara Library's collection.
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34°24′47.56″N 119°50′42.64″W / 34.4132111°N 119.8451778°W / 34.4132111; -119.8451778
LocationSanta Barbara, California, United States
TypeUniversity library
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DirectorAlan Grosenheider, Interim University Librarian
Websitewww.library.ucsb.edu Edit this at Wikidata

The University of California, Santa Barbara Library is the university library system of the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. The library has some three million print volumes, 30,000 electronic journals, 34,450 e-books, 900,055 digitized items, five million cartographic items (including some 467,000 maps and 3.2 million satellite and aerial images), more than 3.7 million pieces of microform, 167,500 sound recordings, and 4,100 manuscripts. The library states that it holds 3.2 miles (5.1 km) of manuscript and archival collections.[1][2]

The library serves UC Santa Barbara's students, faculty, and staff. The library is also open to the public, but to borrow materials, individuals not affiliated with the university must purchase a UCSB library card for $100 for one year. However, members of UCSB affiliates may join for a reduced fee, and students and faculty at other University of California campuses, public school teachers, and faculty from reciprocating libraries may also obtain borrowing privileges with no charge, subject to verification. Members of the UC Alumni Association may obtain a courtesy library card, which provides borrowing access, but not access to licensed databases or interlibrary loan, or the ability to check out journals.[3]

The main library has eight floors, with the Pacific View Room on the eighth floor offering a view of the Pacific Ocean.[4][2][5]

  1. ^ "Announcing Our 3 Millionth Volume Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine" (November 3, 2010). Library News, University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
  2. ^ a b "About the UCSB Libraries Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine," University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
  3. ^ "Information for Visitors Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
  4. ^ "Welcome to the UCSB Library - Facts & Figures Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine." University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
  5. ^ "USCB Libraries Maps Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, University of California, Santa Barbara Library.