Editing Bancroft Library (section)

==Holdings and services==
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Bancroft is one of the largest special collections libraries in the United States. In 2019, it holds more than 600,000 books, 55,000 linear feet of archival and manuscript collections, almost eight million photographic prints and negatives (including the photographic morgues of the ''[[San Francisco Call-Bulletin]]'' and the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]''), and over 20,000 historical maps.

Although the library itself is open to anyone who wishes to use it, access to some of its more valuable materials is restricted to researchers with a demonstrated need. The library website<ref>[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library Website]</ref> and the [[Online Archive of California]] offer access to online catalogs as well as to numerous collections in digital form.

The library's Bancroft Gallery offers changing public exhibits from the library's collections, including art, photographs, documents, letters, architectural drawings, illustrations, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and oral histories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/onexhibit.html|title=Bancroft Gallery: On Exhibit|publisher=Bancroft Library|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210160259/http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/onexhibit.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The library's publications include ''Bancroftiana'', a newsletter published by the Friends of The Bancroft Library, and ''Keepsakes'', a series of publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/publications|title=Publications {{!}} UC Berkeley Library|website=www.lib.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>