The Ethnic and Gender Studies collection is a group of six distinct collections housed together on the second floor, Ocean Side of the UCSB Library. This room is open during all library hours.
When the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection opened during the 1995-96 academic year, it marked an important milestone in the UCSB Library’s equity and diversity initiatives. Before that time, the library had two ethnic studies collections: the Black Studies Library and Colección Tloque Nahuaque, both of which were created in 1969 within their respective campus research centers, and later moved to the library in 1971. When the four-story wing of Davidson Library was built in 1977 it was designed to accommodate these two collections. They have continued to serve Chicano and Black studies students, faculty and researchers associated with these academic departments.
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