Fiat Lux, the newsletter of Berkeley's University Library, is published quarterly by the Library Development Office. Our goal is to report on advances, people, scholarship, and happenings in the library world; to present the stories behind our rare and specialized collections, as well as the history and people that formed the library; and to offer a window onto the academic quality and vitality at Berkeley, the world's greatest public research university. Your feedback, questions, or story suggestions are warmly invited. Please contact us.

The newsletter name, Fiat Lux, is the motto of the University of California: Let there be light. With the launch of our redesigned newsletter in fall 2006, Fiat Lux was selected as the new name.

Taken from Genesis 1:3, Fiat Lux is the motto of the University of California. It was added by President Wheeler to the 1910 design of Sather Gate by John Galen Howard. On the university seal, "Let there be light" is paired with an open book and the five-pointed university star, whose emanating rays of light represent the discovery and sharing of knowledge—apt symbols for the library's mission.

Before fall 2006, the newsletter was named Bene Legere, deriving from the Latin motto inscribed over the north portal of the Roger W. Heyns Reading Room in Doe Library: Bene Legere Saecla Vincere, "To read well is to master the ages."

We hope you enjoy reading about the people, programs, and progress of the University Library. Feel free to browse previous issues through the list below.

Summer 2008 Fiat Lux No. 8
Spring 2008 Fiat Lux No. 7
Winter 2007 Fiat Lux No. 6
Fall 2007 Fiat Lux No. 5
Summer 2007 Fiat Lux No. 4
Spring 2007 Fiat Lux No. 3
Winter 2006 Fiat Lux No. 2
Fall 2006 Fiat Lux No. 1

Summer 2006 Bene Legere No. 70
Spring 2006 Bene Legere No. 69
Fall 2005 Bene Legere No. 68
Summer 2005 Bene Legere No. 67
Fall 2004 Bene Legere No. 66
Summer 2004 Bene Legere No. 65
Fall 2003 Bene Legere No. 64
Summer 2003 Bene Legere No. 63
Spring 2003 Bene Legere No. 62
Fall 2002 Bene Legere No. 61
Spring 2002 Bene Legere No. 60
Winter 2002 Bene Legere No. 59
Fall 2001 Bene Legere No. 58
Summer 2001 Bene Legere No. 57
Fall 2000 Bene Legere No. 56
Spring 2000 Bene Legere No. 55
Winter 2000 Bene Legere No. 54
Summer 1999 Bene Legere No. 53

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