You can still access the UC Berkeley Library’s services and resources during the closure. Here’s how
Using the Library during COVID-19
Many of our services are now being offered in new ways. To find the latest information on course reserves, book returns, 24/7 online help, and more, visit our Library services and resources during COVID-19 page. The information on that page supersedes all other information on the Library website at this time.
The Bancroft Library
Service Updates
The Bancroft Library's Special Research Appointments for UC Berkeley Faculty, Staff, and Students will resume on January 20th. Please visit the Library's Covid-19 Portal for further info on this service.
The Bancroft Library Reading Room and its exhibit spaces remain closed to non-UC Berkeley researchers and the general public. Duplication and permissions services are currently limited. Please visit our Digital Collections and Online Exhibits for online content.
Not all of Bancroft's digitized material is available through Calisphere, Online Archive of California, or UCB Library Digital Collections. If you are unable to find online material through these portals, please submit an inquiry using the Digital Copy Inquiry Form.
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The Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States, Bancroft supports major research and instructional activities and plays a leading role in the development of the University's research collections. Read more...
Know Before You Visit
The Bancroft Library is a non-circulating library. Researchers conduct their research onsite in the reading room. Please familiarize yourself with the registration procedures and Conditions of Use before you arrive.
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The Bancroft Blog
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- Newly-processed additions to the Sierra Club Records at The Bancroft Library are the latest highlight of an NHPRC grant-funded project to make available 13 archival collections relating to environmental movements in the Western U.S.
- Wrapping up Women’s History Month: Selections from the Thérèse Bonney photograph collection at The Bancroft Library
- Episode 3 of OHC’s 5th Season of the Berkeley Remix Explores the Connection Between Parks, Eucalyptus Trees, and the 1991 Tunnel Fire
- Additions to the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund Records Now Open at The Bancroft Library