UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LIBRARY
HANDBOOK
1918-1919
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY
| Historical Sketch | 1 |
| Description of Building | 3 |
| Classification | 5 |
| Catalogue | 7 |
| Book Stack | 10 |
| Circulation Department | 11 |
| Reserved Book Room | 13 |
| Inter-Library Loans | 15 |
| Special Collections | 16 |
| Seminar Rooms | 18 |
| Departmental Libraries | 19 |
| Reference Department | 21 |
| Accessions Department | 25 |
| Rules and Regulations | 28 |
| Index | 37 |
This handbook has been prepared chiefly forthe convenience of students and members of thefaculty, but it may also be of interest to universityand college librarians and their assistants.It is a directory of the University Library, intendedto facilitate the use of the books by indicatingtheir location and arrangement and describingthe aids by which easiest access to themmay be obtained. The regulations necessary tosafeguard their use are appended.
This handbook was approved for printing onApril 15, 1918, by the Library Committee.
The University Library had its origin in thesmall collection of books that belonged to the Collegeof California. In 1868 the College transferredits library numbering 1036 volumes to theUniversity. Five years later, the collection was[2]moved from Oakland to Berkeley and was locatedin the north end of South Hall. These quarterssoon became too small and in 1876 Henry DouglassBacon gave $25,000 toward the erection of a separatelibrary building. The State of Californiain 1878 added an equal amount to this gift and in1881 the Bacon Library was completed.
The bequest in 1904 by Charles Franklin Doeof twenty-four per cent of his estate made availableapproximately $750,000 for the present librarybuilding. In 1911 a little more than half thebuilding was completed, and in May of that yearthe collection was moved from the Bacon Libraryto the new building. A state bond issue madepossible its completion in 1917.
The University Library now numbers 375,000volumes, the average annual increase for the lastfive years being about 25,000 volumes. Thisgrowth has been made possible by a Universitybook appropriation, supplemented by special funds,in particular, the Michael Reese fund, availablefor