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Before Odegaard Undergraduate Library
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The first Undergraduate Library opened as part of the 1963 addition to the Suzzallo Library. The new library would be a place undergraduates can call their own, stated Kenneth Allen, Associate Director of Libraries. The Library was located on the Ground floor of Suzzallo, in what is now the Suzzallo Reference area. Collecting for the new library started in 1962. Using the expertise of over 125 U.W. faculty, and a special appropriation from the University Administration of $137,920, 55,000 books, 300 serial titles, and a reference collection of 1500 books were purchased. These volumes, along with 20,000 volumes in a separate Reserve Book collection, were all in place when the Undergraduate Library opened. Three reference librarians, a head librarian, and six library assistants helped students to use the new library.