ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


In this issue:

University of California, Santa
Barbara, Main Library 
Expanded ..................................... 157

Continuing Education— III .......... 160

Copyright— More Views ................161

Oregon ACRL Chapter Meets ....163

News from the Field ......................165

People ................................................ 17S

Publications . ..................................... 1S1

Classified Advertising ....................184

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NO. 6 • JUNE 1978

University of California, Santa Barbara, 
Main Library Is Expanded 

and Functionally Reintegrated
A newly com pleted four-story addition to the 

existing main library at the University o f Califor­
nia, Santa Barbara, was opened to the public dur­
ing the first week o f  N ovem ber 1977. The addi­
tion consists o f approximately 91,000 net square 
feet; another 6,700 were added to the existing 
main library as part o f  alterations designed to 
provide architectural and functional integration o f 
the central complex, which alter construction to­
tals 236,762 net square feet, with an outside gross 
square footage o f  344,417.

For many functional units the final m ove was 
the last o f a long series o f  interim moves which 
during a period o f  two years were necessary to 
allow alterations to b e made. The interim m ove 
sequence had been designed to obtain the least 
m ovem ent o f  functions, staff, equ ipm ent, and 
books possible during the period o f  construction 
while maintaining as nearly as possible normal 
services to the public and access to materials. 
Nevertheless, it was a difficult time for all. Dur­
ing the two-year construction, some 200,000 vol­
umes w ere rem ov ed  to ou tsid e locations; but 
throughout the period, at least 1,000,000 volumes 
w ere retained in the bu ildin g  along with the 
350,000-volume governm ent publications collec­
tion, the 400,000-sheet map and aerial p h oto­
graph collection, and all other non volume mate­
rials.

The decision had b e e n  m ade prior to c o m ­
mencement o f  construction that, insofar as possi­
ble, materials would be retained in the essentially 
open stack library and that seating would be dis­
placed as necessary to perform  the alterations

construction. The main unit had opened in 1967 
with approximately 3,000 reader stations, and this 
number gradually diminished to 400 by October 
1977 due to displacem ent by shelving for new 
books and other materials. During the construc­
tion years, additional outside seating was made 
available in classrooms in other buildings. Upon 
completion o f  the m ove into the com pleted com ­
plex, 3,266 reader stations will have been pro­
vided. The designed volum e capacity o f  the com ­
plex is 1,508,430 volumes.

The net square footage o f  the complex equals 
approximately seven acres, arranged as follows: 
floors 1 and 2 consist o f  approximately 75,000 net 
square feet each; floors 3 and 4 consist o f  about 
38,000 each; and 5 through 8, approxim ately 
11,600 each.

T h e d esig n  c o n c e p t  was to p ro v id e  those 
facilities on the first several floors that would 
filter out users not prim arily interested in re­
search and/or study o f  library materials. Surveys 
had indicated that most persons com e to the li­
brary to read materials carried in by themselves, 
and to read “ ephemeral materials.” W ith this in 
view, the following functions were placed on the 
first floor: the general current periodical reading 
area and serials service desk; new book display; 
classrooms; a great many study stations; the main 
lending desk; reserve book service; government 
publications; map and imagery collection; news­
papers; education curriculum  laboratory; public 
typewriters; and, outside o f  exit controls, a late­
study area in close proximity to an outside porch 
housing food vending machines.

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Fact Sheet on UCSB Library Building

N ew Area
$8,271,000

122,500
91,000
31,500
74

$51.46 gross
$6,446,000

$444,000
535,176

1,387

Renovated Area
$2,225,000

209,610
146,902
62,708
70

$10.61 gross
$1,742,000

$33,000
973,254

1,879

Total
$10,496,000

332,110
237,902

94,208

$ 8,188,000
$477,000
1,508,430

3,266

Project Cost
Gross Area
N et Area
Nonassignable Area
Percent Efficiency
Square-Foot Cost
Building Cost
Equipment Cost
Book Capacity
Seating Capacity

The heart o f  the second floor consists o f  the 
centrally located interdisciplinary service center 
radiating about the main card catalog. North o f 
the catalogs, occupying about 40,000 square feet, 
is the Sciences-Engineering Library with its cur­
rent periodical reading area and reader services 
desk; a full-service and self-service copy  center at 
w hich are gan ged a n u m b e r o f  co in -o p e r a te d  
machines; and a room for terminals for use with 
com puterized information systems. East o f  the 
catalogs is the interlibrary loan service, and to 
the west is the m icroform  reading and service 
area. T o the south is the general reference ser­
vice desk; the locational-information desk, and a 
v e ry  large (1 5 ,0 0 0  n et squ are fe e t) “ o l d ­
fashioned” roomful o f  general reference materials 
such as bibliographies and periodical indexes. A 
little further to the sou th is a room  o f  2 ,7 0 0  
square feet that houses both the Black Studies 
and the Chicano Studies library units sharing a 
com bined service operation. The concept o f  the 
second floor is that a serious researcher will have 
available all o f  the bib liograp h ical and reader 
services as well as the multi- and interdisciplinary 
services o f  specialist librarians, copying facilities, 
computer terminal facilities, and interlibrary loan 
services as well as micromaterial to be able to 
c o m p le te  b ib lio g r a p h ie s  b e fo r e  g o in g  to  the 
stacks.

Since the processing staff requires ready access 
to the second floor materials as well as the p u b­
lic, the catalog departm ent, with its in-process 
m aterials, the bib lio g ra p h ic searching d e p a rt­
ment, and the order department, were located on 
the third floor. Also on the third floor are the 
university librarian’ s offices and the special collec­
tions closed-stack and service/reading area.

On floors 4 through 8 are located the major 
part o f  the library’ s general collections, exclusive 
o f  sciences, music, and art. The Oriental collec­
tions are located together, with services to them 
on the fifth floor.

Colloquium  rooms that serve either for semi­
nars in v o lv in g  lib ra ry  m aterials o r  as g r o u p  
studies are scattered throughout the facility as are 
approximately 100 faculty studies.

Vertical transportation is by stairs as well as
three elevators servicing the eight-story tower,
one elevator serving the tw o-story north wing,
and two elevators servicing the four-story addi­
tion.

Prior to this most recent construction the main
library con sisted  o f  a sin gle bu ild in g  totaling
about 140,000 net square feet with only two en­
trances. It had been  constructed in three units:
the first com pleted in 1954 consisting o f  28,000
square feet, the second com pleted in 1961 with
38,000 square feet, and the third unit com pleted
in 1967 with about 73,000 square feet. The ear­
lier unit had been very serviceable but had b e ­
co m e  q u ite  c r o w d e d  and a rch ite ctu ra lly  d is-
fìinctional due to the many vestiges o f  the past
that had accumulated in the forms o f  walls and
passagew ays that e v e n tu a lly  se e m e d  to exist
without logic or usefulness.

T he com pleted unit still has only two public
entrances and the library, for the most part, has
open stacks. The four-story addition features a
vaulted ceiling with sky light on the fourth floor,

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John V. Crowley. Assistant Director o f Libraries. Milne Library. 
State University College, Oneonta. NY 13820. Display advertis­
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Send classified ads to ACRL. Production and circulation mat­
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address.

News editor: John V. Crowley. Assistant Director of Libraries, 
Milne Library, State University College, Oneonta, NY 13820. 
Assistant news editor: Ellen L. Huyler, Assistant Librarian, A c­
quisitions Department. Milne Library, State University College. 
Oneonta, NY 13820. Editor: Richard D. Johnson, M ilne Li­
brary. State University College. Oneonta. NY 13820. President. 
ACRL Eldred R. Smith. Executive Secretary, ACRL Julie A. Car­
roll Virgo.

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Right, recent fo u r-sto r y  addition‚ cen ter, 1967 eight-story addition; left, original tw o-story units.

W e s t  l o b b y  a n d  
sta irca se sh ow in g  
exposed duct work 
and co n c r ete  w af­
fl e  ceiling.

outside reading deck s on all floors ex cept the 
first, a functionally integrated interior, carpeting 
throughout, and a split-level treatment o f  the first 
floor.

Various interior finishes and furnishings reflect 
the decades during which they w ere created. B e­
cause o f  fire regulations, the light oak o f  the 
1950s has b e e n  re p la ce d  by sh eet steel, sheet 
rock, or plaster construction. Som e areas still ex­
hibit the walnut paneling that was fashionable in 
the sixties, and the newest addition exhibits the 
aesthetics o f  op en  duct-w ork ceilings.

Furnishings also range from  light oak o f  the 
fifties and the steel and high-pressure laminates

o f  the sixties through the redw oods and bright­
accent fabrics o f  the seventies.

T he entire unit is air condition ed and in c o n ­
formance with the most current seismic codes (I 
w onder why the Titanic pops into mind) as well 
as conform ing to the federal and state require­
ments for facilities for the handicapped.

Architects w ere Arendt, M osher, and Grant o f 
Santa Barbara. T h e general co n tra cto r for the 
addition project was Viola Inc., Oxnard, Califor­
nia; and for the alteration project, J. W . Bailey 
C o n stru ction  C o ., Santa B arbara.— E u g en e E. 
G razia no, A ssistant U n iversity L ibrarian , S er­
vices. ■■