10.16.2007 - C.V. Starr East Asian Library: Facts at a glance

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C.V. Starr East Asian Library: Facts at a glance

16 October 2007

C.V. Starr East Asian Library (Jonathan Reo photo)

LOCATION

North of Memorial Glade and Doe Library, west of McCone Hall and south of the North Gate entrance, in the "classical core" of campus

SIZE

COST

OPEN TO PUBLIC

COLLECTIONS

With 913,729 volumes, one of the three largest East Asian collections outside of Asia, the largest collection on the West Coast.
Outside of China, the world's largest repository of academic materials on contemporary China.
The top-ranked Japanese holdings among American university collections.
The largest collection of stone rubbings, some with inscriptions dating before the year 1000, among all research libraries outside of Asia.
More than 100,000 rare or hard-to-find Japanese, Chinese and Korean imprints, including 2,500 early Japanese woodblock print maps.
More than 11,000 volumes of Chinese rare books published before 1795, among them over 30 titles published during the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368).
The Rare Korean Collection, with 200 manuscripts that are hard to find, even in Korea.
Buddhist scriptures with a medieval manuscript written in silver and gold.
Tibetan tantric texts that span 10 centuries of composition.
A CD-ROM containing the complete histories of 25 Chinese dynasties.
4,405 current periodicals.

DESIGN FEATURES

Massive bronze screens, cast in China, on three sides of the building
Exterior walls clad in granite slabs from China
State-of-the-art multi-media room and an art history seminar room
Rare book room and a periodicals reading room
Green features include exterior screens to reduce solar heat gain, bamboo flooring, native plant landscaping and electronic lighting sensors

PROJECT TEAM