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Davis: Libraries
Founded in 1908, the library of the Davis campus
began as a small collection of agricultural bulletins; by 1924,
it contained 2,000 volumes housed in two classrooms. In 1940, with
the completion of a new library and administration building, the
library was properly housed for the first time; by 1951, the collection
had grown to about 80,000 volumes. Special attention was given at
this time to the development of an outstanding collection of books
in the natural sciences. Efforts were also made to develop a good
basic library in the social sciences and humanities.
A few years later, when Davis became a general
campus of the University, efforts were initiated to develop a library
that would provide adequate collections for graduate programs in
most academic disciplines. The number of books added rose from 15,000
a year in 1960-61 to over 55,000 in 1964-65. In 1964, extensive
remodeling of the library building, with the addition of a new wing,
increased threefold the amount of available library space. There
were 379,157 volumes in the library by the end of the fiscal year
1964-65; over 7,000 journals and serials were being received. A
goal of 900,000 volumes was set for 1970.
Special Collections
By the mid-1960s, the Davis library had particularly
strong collections in the biological sciences, agriculture, veterinary
medicine, and related subjects. Important collections were also
developed in selected fields of the social science and humanities.
Librarians
| Margaret Mayberry |
1913-1916 |
| Dorothy Deming |
1922-1924 |
| Nelle U. Ranch |
1924-1951 |
| J. Richard Blanchard |
1951 |
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