This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘.
There’s a lot going on behind the scenes at UC Santa Barbara Library, particularly in the Department of Special Research Collections, home to rare and unique books, manuscripts, photographs, films and music recordings — plus a team of curators and archivists tasked with preserving the holdings and ensuring public access.
Headquartered on the mountain side of the library’s third floor, Special Research Collections (SRC) oversees approximately 250,000 volumes, 16,000 linear feet of manuscripts, 100,000 photographs, and more than 200,000 early sound recordings…