Award-Winning: The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, CA and Ratcliff, Emeryville, CA

Oh, no! You won't be getting a printed SCUP–45 Preliminary Program in the mail this year. Instead, SCUP is going green and regularly updating this digital version (PDF), which you can download at any time.

Check it out! You don't want to miss higher education's premier planning conference, and your one chance this year to assemble with nearly 1,500 of your peers and colleagues: July 10–14, Minneapolis.

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In 2009, the Bancroft Library was awarded a SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture for Restoration or Preservation Honor Award. You can read the project description here.

The library was suffering from many problems: inadequate accessibility; tenuous storage conditions for priceless materials; poor seismic ratings; inadequate HVAC system; aging fire safety systems; poor protection from theft; inadequate instructional space; and an uninviting reading room.

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This project offers a global perspective on issues of preservation and access for academic and rare books libraries. Assessing the value of the collections to make the case for their preservation resulted in programming choices that safely promote the collections rather than sequester them for the sake of preservation. This was a key strategy in garnering private donations.

The jury said, “spectacular. . . before and after photos make you want to go there . . . turned it into a glorious place that is wonderful . . . excellent, given the importance of this to the university . . .”

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Regional SCUP Events! Enjoy the F2F company of your colleagues and peers at one of three SCUP regional conferences this spring:

• March 24–26: Cambridge, MA - "Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats"
• April 5–7, San Diego, CA - "Smart Planning in an Era of Uncertainty"
• April 7, Houston, TX - "Sustaining Higher Education in an Age of Challenge"