Renovations to the special collections room in the campus library included demolition of walls, doors, mechanical systems,l ceiling tiles, and abandoned plumbing and electrical lines. The project team installed heavy gauge backing for full height cabinetry and LED lighting was installed in all the cabinets and in the round axiom in the ceiling.
SDSU’s Department of Special Collections & University Archives houses rare, fine, unique, and valuable books, periodicals, manuscripts, and documents which require preservation, security and care in handling. Other valuable historical items such as photographs, prints, postcards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and oral histories are also held in Special Collections.