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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 |date=2 June 2006|url=http://www.sddt.com/Construction/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060602tma#Article|access-date=7 April 2016 |work=San Diego Source|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|work=San Diego Union-Tribune |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2011/mar/29/ucsd-libraries-close/|access-date=7 April 2016|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 |work=Times of San Diego|date=18 February 2016 |url=http://timesofsandiego.com/education/2016/02/18/cafe-named-for-dr-seuss-widow-to-keep-ucsd-students-caffeinated/ |access-date=7 April 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 journal |last1=Ishizuka |first1=Katie |last2=Stephens |first2=Ramón |journal=Research on Diversity in Youth Literature |volume=1 |issue=2 |at=Article 4 |date=2019 |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|doi=10.21900/j.rydl.v1i2.1525 |url-access=subscription }}</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=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190301-the-surprisingly-radical-politics-of-dr-seuss|last=Macdonald|first=Fiona|date=2 March 2019 |title=The surprisingly radical politics of Dr Seuss |website=BBC.com}}</ref>
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