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Berkeley’s library is top-ranked among public universities in North America and third among public and private institutions (after Harvard and Yale), according to the 2002 Association of Research Libraries ranking. University Librarian Thomas Leonard credited Berkeley’s steady climb from fifth place two years ago to Chancellor Berdahl’s commitment to beef up the collections.

CEE Professor Garrison Sposito, a member of the Academic Senate Library Committee, says the University library is "the most important repository for the collective experience of the life of the mind." Students, faculty, and staff receive priority access, but library services, including the government document collection, are always open to the public.

FOREFRONT takes you into the labs, classrooms, and lives of professors, students, and alumni for an intimate look at the innovative research, teaching, and campus life that defines the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

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