“There’s just nothing like seeing the original,” said Deborah Rudolph, the library’s editor. Some of the materials that will be displayed in the new library are available in modern typeset editions, but scholars say that looking at the originals gives an extra layer of understanding, such as seeing textual variations or margin notes. The library is named after the late Cornelius Vander Starr, a UC Berkeley undergraduate and insurance entrepreneur with a longtime interest in Asia. There are Buddhist scriptures, including a medieval manuscript written in silver and gold, as well as more than 2,500 early Japanese woodblock and early copperplate print maps.
Items to be housed in the new space include a large collection of rubbings of Chinese inscriptions and reliefs, and more than 11,000 volumes of Chinese rare books published before 1795, including more than 30 titles published during the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368). “It’s a wonderful place to study,” said Mathers.
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There are humidity controlled rooms and a secure vault for the really rare items and human comforts, too, including wireless Internet access and lots of tables and chairs near windows with sweeping views of campus. “You walk into this space and there’s this sense of peacefulness,” said project director Teri Mathers. On our Library Hours page, you can see todays hours for all the UC Berkeley libraries and select a future date. McCone Hall EPS Conference Room and Classroom Refurbishment. (link is external) Preliminary Bid Results. Inside, a cleverly designed skylight reflects and scatters light, creating a soft glow that is pretty, energy efficient and won’t damage books. Courtesy Listing - Academic Seismic Replacement Building Make Ready Electrical Work. The four-story, granite and concrete building is decorated on the outside with large bronze screens imported from China. “Now we have this wonderful facility which will provide a superb venue for us to protect our treasures and also to provide service to the extended community,” Peter Zhou, library director, said Friday. Starr East Asian Library, which will be formally dedicated Saturday in private ceremonies and is scheduled to open to the public early next year. The materials, most of which are from China, Japan and Korea, have been stowed in three separate locations.īut that changes with the new C.V. taught at the University of California at Berkeley (where two of the bombs. The collection includes more than 900,000 volumes – from woodblock editions and Buddhist scriptures to Cultural Revolution-era political posters. investigators later learned, were chosen randomly from library research. opening crates of materials from the Mitsui collection in the basement of Doe Library. BERKELEY – A treasure trove of East Asian scholarship will be moving from storage to center stage with the opening of a new library at the University of California, Berkeley. The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, gift of William W.
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