Classics Library Access
The world-renowned UC Classics Library aims to be a welcoming place for students and scholars of classical antiquity. Unlike many special collections libraries with unique, rare, and old materials, the UC Classics Library welcomes users, UC affiliates and non-UC affiliates alike, to browse and select books without staff intervention.
To access the Library Stack floors
- Please ask the Circulation staff to unlock the door.
- If you have bags, please store in the lockers in the circulation area prior to entering the stacks.
Studying in the library
- The Main Reading Room and the Epigraphy & Papyrology Reading Room are designated quiet study spaces and open to all visitors.
- The library's Group Study/Seminar Room (Room 412) is available for use upon reservation. Please visit the Library Service: Group Study Room in Classics page for details.
Security and Regulations
- The library's books have safety tags that must be desensitized. If the alarmed gate sounds, please return to the Circulation desk for assistance.
- For everyone's safety and to protect the collections there are cameras in the Library.
- No food is permitted in the library. Beverages in a sealed container are permitted in the Reading Room and the Circulation area.
Accessibility
The Circulation Area and the Reading Rooms are wheelchair accessible; however, the Mezzanine and the stacks on the lower floors are not. For those areas, material retrieval services are available. Please consult Circulation staff for assistance.