Panoromic photo of SRLF Building Entrance

SRLF Fact Sheet

Phase One of a three phase plan was completed in Summer 1987.  The first phase consists of a staff/service area and a high density book stacks designed to hold 3.5 million volumes.  Phase Two includes book and special materials storage in space designed to hold an additional 3.5 million volumes.  Construction of Phase Two was completed February 1, 1996.  Construction of Phase 3 has not yet been scheduled.

Design Architect: Franklin D. Israel
Executive Architects: Leidenfrost/Horowitz, A.I.A. & Associates

Size of Building

Phase One: 102,839 net assignable square feet 
85,860 asf book storage
Staff/Service area: 
two stories in height, 125' wide x 175' long.  
Second story is the mechanical level.
Book storage area:
three stories in height, 149' wide x 198' long.
 
Phase Two: 88,472 asf book storage
Book storage area:
three stories in height, 149' wide x 198' long.
Separate master microfilm and master motion
picture vaults (maintained at 45 degrees
Fahrenheit and 45% RH). 
The motion picture vault utilizes movable
compact shelving.

 

Building Features

Environment:  62 +/- 3 degrees Fahrenheit
50% +/- 3 percent relative humidity
Sophisticated air filtration to remove particulate
matter and sulfur dioxide.
Low UV-emission light bulbs are used throughout the book storage areas.   

 

 

Collections                                    

Total items:

Total by Campus:   

6,554,492 (as of June 30, 2013)

UCB

26,992

UCD

1,108

UCI

368,330

UCLA

4,731,037

UCR

247,531

UCSB

438,637

UCSC

10,821

UCSD

450,259

UCSF

36

UCL/SP

279,741

 

72% of the items have been deposited by UCLA Library, including contributions to the JSTOR and WEST archives.

Last updated 4/29/2014