University of California, Berkeley Libraries

UC Berkeley Libraries
The north side of Doe Library with Memorial Glade in the foreground
Established	1868
Branches	20 subject libraries; 7 affiliated libraries
Collection
Size	13.5 million (books); 70,000 (serials)
Access and use
Population served	43,000 Cal faculty, staff and students in addition to the bay area
Other information
Budget	$50 million annually
Director	Jeffrey MacKie-Mason
Employees	1,100 (212 librarians; 188 staff; 700 student employees)
Website	http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/

Thirty-one constituent and affiliated libraries combine to make the library system of the University of California, Berkeley the sixth largest research library by number of volumes in the United States.

As of 2021, Berkeley's library system holds materials in more than 400 languages and contains over 13.5 million volumes.^[1] The libraries together cover over 12 acres (49,000 m²) of land and compose one of the largest library complexes in the world.^[2] In 2003, the Association of Research Libraries ranked it as the top public and third overall university library in North America based on various statistical measures of quality.^[3]