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"

Results of Survey of SCUP Members Regarding Social Media Use

SCUP has recently concluded a survey of its members with regard to their use of social media. A number of respondents expressed an interest in the results, so we're sharing them here, via the graphic image below. A total of 1,143 SCUPers completed the survey. In "public" social media, btw, SCUP currently has a presence in these places:

• A Facebook page;
• A LinkedIn Group;
• A Twitter stream @SCUPNews.

If you have an account on any of those venues, please consider Following SCUP on Twitter, Joining SCUP on LinkedIn, or becoming a Fan on Facebook. Each of these places are opportunities to network and collaborate with colleagues virtually. (Just set your privacy settings wisely, easy to do.) Each is also a uniquely different way to understand SCUP's "activity stream."

More Than 2/3 of SCUP Members

Have at Last One "Public" Social Media Account

Of Those Who Do*, More Than 70%

Use Either Facebook or LinkedIn, or Both

* Your blogger was astonished that 14 percent of SCUP members had Twitter accounts. Please, everyone, "follow" us @SCUPNews!

Nearly Half Use Social Media Only for Personal Purposes

The Majority of SCUP Members

Spend Only One Hour or Less a Week Using Social Media

Here is a summary of the survey results. If you click on the image you should be able to view a larger one.