UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY HANDBOOK 1918-1919 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY CONTENTS 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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY HANDBOOK 1918-1919 PREFACE This handbook has been prepared chiefly for the convenience of students and members of the faculty, but it may also be of interest to university and college librarians and their assistants. It is a directory of the University Library, intended to facilitate the use of the books by indicating their location and arrangement and describing the aids by which easiest access to them may be obtained. The regulations necessary to safeguard their use are appended. This handbook was approved for printing on April 15, 1918, by the Library Committee. HISTORICAL SKETCH The University Library had its origin in the small collection of books that belonged to the College of California. In 1868 the College transferred its library numbering 1036 volumes to the University. Five years later, the collection was moved from Oakland to Berkeley and was located in the north end of South Hall. These quarters soon became too small and in 1876 Henry Douglass Bacon gave $25,000 toward the erection of a separate library building. The State of California in 1878 added an equal amount to this gift and in 1881 the Bacon Library was completed. The bequest in 1904 by Charles Franklin Doe of twenty-four per cent of his estate made available approximately $750,000 for the present library building. In 1911 a little more than half the building was completed, and in May of that year the collection was moved from the Bacon Library to the new building. A state bond issue made possible its completion in 1917.