Supporters
Moffitt Library
The vitality of this library is obvious. From its study spaces, book collections, and reference services to the café and the media and computing resources, students throng to it morning, noon, and night.
Moffitt Library serves as a gateway for many Berkeley undergraduates, introducing them to the scholarly community. The library guides students in creating and pursuing their own journeys within the extraordinary world of learning at Cal.
Yet the modes of scholarship for these students have dramatically changed over the past decades, and the library must evolve to meet these new opportunities and demands. Flexible, collaborative, technology-enabled spaces are required to support the current learning and research needs of our undergraduates.
Four decades of high use have brought heavy wear and tear on Moffitt Library’s physical structure, mechanical systems, and furnishings. The Moffitt renovation will update the aging mechanical systems and infrastructure to address basic student needs.
The mission of a public university like Cal blends excellence and accessibility. In fact, fully one-third of incoming students are from low-income families, and one-third come from families in which neither parent has a four-year college degree. In this setting, it is essential to offer a library that welcomes undergraduates into the community of scholars, and that inspires them in developing their own research abilities and curiosity.
Focused on discovery, collaboration, and community, a revitalized Moffitt Library will be a place dedicated to supporting undergraduate research and to fostering a vibrant community of scholarship and inquiry.
Moffitt Library Revitalization
Campaign Goal: $50 million
- Expand comfortable, technology-enabled, informal spaces for both quiet, individual work and for group study and collaboration
- Create an enhanced computer center that provides tools for the development of sophisticated multimedia projects and manipulation and analysis of data
- Support peer-to-peer learning, and showcase students’ creative work and research projects
- Design flexible, state-of-the art spaces, equipped with media backup and other essential resources for students to practice presentation skills and create group projects
Our goal is to serve the extraordinarily diverse, talented students at Cal - the young scholars who will be helping to create the world of tomorrow.
For more information:
The Library Development Office
University of California, Berkeley
131 Doe Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
510.642.9377
give@library.berkeley.edu
To make a gift online (givetocal.berkeley.edu)
Related Fiat Lux newsletter story:
"The Library as Place: Two Librarians' Views, in 1908 and 2008"
And visit Moffitt Project Wiki.
