138 · Representative Documents: Collaborative Shelving Facility Strategies
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Regional Library Facilities Statement of Operating Principles
http://www.srlf.ucla.edu/Deposit/OpPrinciples/RLFopPrinciples.pdf
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATING PRINCIPLES
1. REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITIES
1.1. Introduction
This document expresses the basic policies governing the operation of the Regional Library
Facilities of the University of California. It establishes the purposes and goals of the Facilities
and states the guiding principles under which they operate.
1.2. Description
The University of California Regional Library Facilities are managed and operated as shared
resources that support the goals of:
• Cost-effective management of collections and space by the UC libraries
• Universitywide retention of and persistent access to the broadest, deepest and most
diverse possible collection of information resources needed for research and teaching by
UC faculty and students
• Equitable access to and use of shared facilities.
Formation of the Facilities was recommended in Chapter X of The University of California
Libraries, A Plan for Development (1977) (http://www.slp.ucop.edu/ initiatives/1977.html).
The Northern Regional Library Facility is located at the Richmond Field Station in Richmond,
California, and initial state funding was provided for the building project in 1981. Construction
of Phase I was completed by October 1982, Phase II in the summer of 1990, and Phase III in
April 2005. The NRLF began operation in 1983. The building has staff and reader space as well
as stack space. Phases I, II, and III provide capacity for approximately 7,700,000 volume
equivalents.
The Southern Regional Library Facility is located on the campus of UCLA. Initial state funding
was authorized for the building project in 1984. Construction of SRLF Phase I was completed in
1987 and construction of Phase II was completed in January 1996. The SRLF began operations in
August, 1987. The building has staff and reader space as well as stack space. Phase I and II provide
capacity for approximately 6,900,000 volume equivalents.
Materials are shelved by size and accession number to maximize the capacity of the facilities.
Both facilities are designed to permit construction of new stack components as the need for
additional space develops. The materials of depositing libraries are intershelved. However, non-
University of California deposits (see section 1.4 below) are not intershelved with University of
California deposits. High security areas are available for special collections and archival
collections. Both facilities provide carefully controlled temperature and humidity conditions
designed to enhance the longevity of materials deposited at the facility.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Regional Library Facilities Statement of Operating Principles
http://www.srlf.ucla.edu/Deposit/OpPrinciples/RLFopPrinciples.pdf
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATING PRINCIPLES
1. REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITIES
1.1. Introduction
This document expresses the basic policies governing the operation of the Regional Library
Facilities of the University of California. It establishes the purposes and goals of the Facilities
and states the guiding principles under which they operate.
1.2. Description
The University of California Regional Library Facilities are managed and operated as shared
resources that support the goals of:
• Cost-effective management of collections and space by the UC libraries
• Universitywide retention of and persistent access to the broadest, deepest and most
diverse possible collection of information resources needed for research and teaching by
UC faculty and students
• Equitable access to and use of shared facilities.
Formation of the Facilities was recommended in Chapter X of The University of California
Libraries, A Plan for Development (1977) (http://www.slp.ucop.edu/ initiatives/1977.html).
The Northern Regional Library Facility is located at the Richmond Field Station in Richmond,
California, and initial state funding was provided for the building project in 1981. Construction
of Phase I was completed by October 1982, Phase II in the summer of 1990, and Phase III in
April 2005. The NRLF began operation in 1983. The building has staff and reader space as well
as stack space. Phases I, II, and III provide capacity for approximately 7,700,000 volume
equivalents.
The Southern Regional Library Facility is located on the campus of UCLA. Initial state funding
was authorized for the building project in 1984. Construction of SRLF Phase I was completed in
1987 and construction of Phase II was completed in January 1996. The SRLF began operations in
August, 1987. The building has staff and reader space as well as stack space. Phase I and II provide
capacity for approximately 6,900,000 volume equivalents.
Materials are shelved by size and accession number to maximize the capacity of the facilities.
Both facilities are designed to permit construction of new stack components as the need for
additional space develops. The materials of depositing libraries are intershelved. However, non-
University of California deposits (see section 1.4 below) are not intershelved with University of
California deposits. High security areas are available for special collections and archival
collections. Both facilities provide carefully controlled temperature and humidity conditions
designed to enhance the longevity of materials deposited at the facility.
