Malcolm A. Love Library
| Malcolm A. Love Library | |
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| Established | 1971 |
| Branches | 1 library |
| Collection | |
| Size | 2.2 million (books);[1] 72,697 serials; 4.6 million microfilms 41,000 audio and video, 139,000 E-Books, 6 floors (2 below ground/4 above ground), 500,000-square-feet |
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| Circulation | 488,000[2] |
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| Budget | $10.3 million annually |
| Director | Scott Walter |
| Employees | 133 (18 librarians; 31 library assistants; 27 academic related; 44 student employees) |
| Website | http://library.sdsu.edu/ |
Malcolm A. Love Library (commonly referred to as University Library), opened in 1971,
The University Library located at Centennial Plaza, east of Campanile Mall on the main campus of SDSU, occupies more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2), seats more than 3,000 people, and circulates more than 488,000 books yearly (as of 2011). It has more than 2.2 million volumes, 4.6 million microform items, and 140,000 maps.[4]
Library Addition
The University Library was expanded with the opening of The Info Dome in 1996, and completion of "Manchester Hall", a two-story underground addition to the library, includes a state-of-the-art Media Center, 24/7 Study Area, and two electronic classrooms.[5]
Services
National Center for the Study of Children's Literature
In cooperation with SDSU's Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Library is the home to the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature, which recently received a $1 million gift donation by way of the Christopher D. and Karen Sickels Endowment for Special Collection in Children's Literature.[6]
Federal Depository Library
The Library has been a selective depository
State Depository Library
The Library is a complete depository library with the California State Depository Library Program.[8]
Map library
- See Map Collection
The Library's Map Collection, consists of over 135,000 sheet maps and more than 1,000 atlases and gazetteers. The collection is worldwide in scope, with an emphasis on
Special Collections
The Library's Special Collections and University Archives houses rare, fine, unique, and valuable books, periodicals, manuscripts, and documents which require security and care in handling. Other valuable historical items such as photographs, prints, postcards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and oral histories are also held in Special Collections.
- Art collection
- Center for Regional History
Murals
- NRA Packages, a mural painted in 1936 by Genevieve Burgeson Bredo, and for many years thought lost, has been restored and is on display at the foot of the Library Addition stairs. The mural was discovered in 2004 behind ceiling tiles inside SDSU's Hillcrestneighborhood.
- A second, larger mural, George Sorenson's San Diego Industry, was also restored and relocated from Hardy Tower to the Library Addition. This mural depicts the successive stages of tuna fishing and canning, along with the multi-ethnic work force involved in that industry.
Namesake
Dr.
Other Libraries at San Diego State University
Other unofficial libraries on the SDSU campus include:
- Cross-Cultural Center Library
- Science:
- Business:
- Entrepreneurial Management Center (EMC Resource Library)
- Art, Music & Dance:
- Audio-Visual Library
- Slide Library
- Career counseling:
- Career Center Library
- Career Resource Library
- Student services:
- Test Library
- Instructional services:
- The ITS Media Center collection has been transferred to the Library & Information Access
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d Special Collections and University Archives: Malcolm A. Love Papers, 1937-1971
- ^ Library Facts (Oct. 21, 2011) Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ SDSU's Love Library Reaches for Excellence (updated Nov. 9, 2004)
- ^ SDSU Library Receives $1 Million Donation for Children's Literature Collection: Christopher and Karen Sickels’ endowment will support SDSU's National Center for the Study of Children's Literature (Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008) Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Library Guide for United States Government Publications (accessed Oct. 21, 2011)
- ^ "California State Document Depositories (accessed Oct. 21, 2011)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
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