Davidson Library

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Davidson Library is the main library at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The library contains over 2.6 million books, periodicals, and journals. The library also offers a quiet location for UCSB students to study, including a 24-hour study room. Wireless internet access is available on the 4th floor, and the 8th floor of the library offers a panoramic view of UCSB, Isla Vista, the Santa Barbara Channel, and the Channel Islands.

The Libraries at the University of California, Santa Barbara, consist of the Donald C. Davidson Library and the Arts Library. The UCSB Libraries have a collection of approximately 2.7 million volumes, 5,000,000 federal, state, and foreign government publications, and over 315,000 audio recordings. The Library subscribes to over 22,000 serials publications, including over 6,000 electronic journals, and has over 3.7 million microforms, 467,000 maps, and 3.2 million satellite and aerial images. There are 3.2 miles of manuscript and archival collections. Through the Libraries' Web site, UCSB users anywhere in the world can access online catalogs, databases of articles and books, complete electronic journals, and other scholarly sources. The UCSB Libraries serves a campus of 19,000 students and 1,000 faculty.

The Davidson Library is named in honor of Donald C. Davidson, University Librarian from 1947 to 1977. His leadership and vision brought the UCSB Libraries into the world of distinguished research libraries.