Finding the Library
Campus Map
The Library is located near the center of campus, just west of the majority of the science and engineering buildings.
Library Floor Plans
Library Floor Plans
1st Floor
East Side - Facing Broida Hall
North Side = Mountain Side South Side = Ocean Side
West Side - facing the Arbor, Girvetz Hall
During regular hours, you may enter the building at the Mountain Entrance, East Paseo, West Paseo, and the Davidson Entrance. When late-night study is available, entrance is by the West Paseo entrance only.
The Services Desk is located near the West Paseo entrance. Instruction Room 1312 is located on the North/Mountain side The Library's Makerspace is on the East Ocean side of the building.
Note: The large gray area to the left of the Paseo is the Art & Music collection, which closed for renovation in 2024.
2nd Floor
Note: The Sciences-Engineering print collection is located on the 2nd floor towards the Mountain side. The Reference collection is located on the 2nd floor near the Microforms collection, opposite the Ocean Elevators.
The DREAM Lab is located on the 2nd floor on the Mountain side, near the Group Study Rooms. It contains hardware and software for data manipulation and visualization. It also offers workshops on the use of Python, R, and other programming tools.
Instruction room 2509 is located on the East side of the 2nd floor. Opposite it is the Graduate Study room, accessible with a UCSB Access card showing graduate student status. Another Graduate Study Room is located on the 2nd floor, Ocean side, near the southwest corner. It, too, is accessible with a graduate Access card. The third Graduate Study room is on the 8th floor, Mountain side. This room requires a key which may be checked out a the Services desk.
The offices of the STEM subject librarians are located in the suite behind the Ocean Elevators on the 2nd floor.
Cutaway profile of the entire Main Library
