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Central Library, combined with the original Scripps Library, the Humanities-Library building (now Galbraith Hall) in Revelle College, and the Biomedical Library (built in 1969),<ref name="bml">{{cite news|last1=JaCoby|first1=Pat|title=Expansion And Renovation Of UCSD's Biomedical Library Slated To Begin With July 20 Groundbreaking Ceremony|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/general/BioMedLibrary.asp|access-date=7 April 2016|agency=UCSD News|publisher=University of California, San Diego|date=8 July 2004|ref=Expansion And Renovation Of UCSD's Biomedical Library Slated To Begin With July 20 Groundbreaking Ceremony}}</ref> was able to support and represent the growing university for years. In 1990, construction began on a two-story, 136,850 square foot subterranean expansion of the main level. The project included renovation of the existing facility to comply with safety standards and cost $38 million, provided by California's 1988 Proposition 78.<ref name="renovationgb">{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Lucie|title=UCSD celebrates Central University Library groundbreaking March 21|url=http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb7680509z/_2.pdf|access-date=7 April 2016|agency=UC San Diego News Release|publisher=University Archives|date=8 March 1990|ref=UCSD celebrates Central University Library groundbreaking March 21}}</ref> The expansion, designed by [[Gunnar Birkerts]], was completed in February 1993.<ref name="renovationded">{{cite news|last1=JaCoby|first1=Pat|title=UCSD marks rededication of Central Library today with official visit of UC President Jack Peltason|url=http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5803359r/_2.pdf|access-date=7 April 2016|work=UC San Diego News Release|agency=University Archives|publisher=University of California, San Diego|date=24 February 1993|ref=UCSD marks rededication of Central Library today with official visit of UC President Jack Peltason}}</ref> In 1995, La Jolla resident [[Audrey Geisel]] donated $20 million to the UC San Diego Library, supplementing her 1991 donation of $2.3 million worth of her husband [[Theodor Seuss Geisel]]'s original works. In exchange, the library was renamed Geisel Library.<ref name="geiseldonation">{{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Tony|title=Dr. Seuss' Widow Gives Over $10 Million to UCSD|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-26/news/mn-50178_1_uc-san-diego|access-date=7 April 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=26 September 1995|ref=Dr. Seuss' Widow Gives Over $10 Million to UCSD}}</ref>
Between the first and second renovations of Geisel Library, several other UC San Diego library facilities were also renovated or closed. The biomedical library received a $17 million, 43,454 square foot expansion in 2006.<ref name="bmlr">{{cite news|title=Biomedical Library expansion/renovation completed at UCSD|url=http://www.sddt.com/Construction/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060602tma#Article|access-date=7 April 2016|work=San Diego Source|date=2 June 2006|ref=Biomedical Library expansion/renovation completed at UCSD|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009200727/http://www.sddt.com/Construction/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060602tma#Article|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, the SIO library, the [[School of Global Policy and Strategy|IR/PS]] library, the [[Hillcrest Medical Center]] library, and the Center for Library Instruction and Computing Services (CLICS) were closed and their collections consolidated into Geisel Library due systemwide budget cuts.<ref name="byebye">{{cite news|last1=Flynn|first1=Pat|title=Four UCSD libraries to close, consolidate|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2011/mar/29/ucsd-libraries-close/|access-date=7 April 2016|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=29 March 2011|ref=Four UCSD libraries to close, consolidate}}</ref> In 2015, university officials announced that Geisel Library would begin to undergo its second renovation. This renovation includes construction of a café named Audrey's on the main level of the library.<ref name="audreyscafe">{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Ken|title=Cafe Named for Dr. Seuss Widow to Keep UCSD Students Caffeinated|url=http://timesofsandiego.com/education/2016/02/18/cafe-named-for-dr-seuss-widow-to-keep-ucsd-students-caffeinated/|access-date=7 April 2016|work=Times of San Diego|date=18 February 2016|ref=Cafe Named for Dr. Seuss Widow to Keep UCSD Students Caffeinated}}</ref>
Geisel Library's current name has come under increasing criticism over the last few years due to increasing awareness of Theodor Geisel's own expression of anti-Blackness, Orientalism, and other racially-charged beliefs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=rdyl|title=The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books}}</ref> through cartoons and other work that he produced throughout the majority of his career. Although Theodor Geisel did come to renounce his more racially offensive characterizations during an interview for his alma mater of Dartmouth College, there has been no official response by UC San Diego to students requesting a name change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190301-the-surprisingly-radical-politics-of-dr-seuss|title=The Surprisingly Radical Politics of Dr. Seuss}}</ref>
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== Collections ==
The UC San Diego Library provides access to over 7 million digital and print works. Most of its works are organized into collections by subject, but the library also maintains some special collections and collections of distinction. The '''Mandeville Special Collections and Archives''' include:<ref name="collections">{{cite web|title=Collections|url=http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/collections/index.html|website=UC San Diego Library|publisher=University of California, San Diego|access-date=8 April 2016|ref=Collections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/|title=Special Collections & Archives|website=library.ucsd.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-19|archive-date=2021-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606102005/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection
*Archive for New Poetry
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*California, San Diego, & the History of the West
*Don Cameron Allen Renaissance Collection
*Dr. Seuss Collection:<ref name=Seuss>{{cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/collections/the-dr-seuss-collection.html|title=The Dr. Seuss Collection|website=library.ucsd.edu|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008163741/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/collections/the-dr-seuss-collection.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Dr. Seuss Collection comprises the work of Theodor Seuss Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss. The collection contains roughly 8,500 items which include: "original drawings, sketches, proofs, notebooks, manuscript drafts, books, audio- and videotapes, photographs, and memorabilia".<ref name=Seuss/> The Dr. Seuss collection is considered too fragile to be easily accessible. The collection is only open to researchers who have received permission from the director of special collections.
*East Asia Collection
*Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages: The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages was donated to the University of California, San Diego in 1974 by Kenneth E. and Dorothy V. Hill. The collection is considered to be one of the finest for early voyages and discovery in the Pacific. It contains more than 2,000 items that date from the 16th to the mid-19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/collections/hill-pacific-voyages.html|title=Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages|website=library.ucsd.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-25|archive-date=2018-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420202851/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/special-collections-and-archives/collections/hill-pacific-voyages.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some of the more interesting items include ship logs from whaling expeditions and records from botanists who made sea voyages.
*The San Diego Technology Archive
*Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collections
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