The CCA Libraries—Simpson Library in San Francisco and Meyer Library in Oakland—house books, periodicals, videos, slides, and other selected formats.
As of 2011 the libraries holdings were 83,000 volumes representing 57,000 titles. The libraries receive 140 current periodical subscriptions and subscribe to nearly 2,000 full-text online periodicals. CCA Libraries is a charter member of ARTstor, which provides online access to over one-million images. The library has digitized nearly 31,000 of its own images, which are hosted in ARTstor and in our own institutional repository.
Simpson Library (SF)
Simpson Library in San Francisco was established in 1986 to support the architecture and design programs, and more recently it has been acquiring resources for the graduate programs.
Special interest collections include:
- Literary magazines
- Artist monographs
- Contemporary Artist Project images
- Small Press Traffic Archive
- Joseph Sinel archive (by appt. only)
The Simpson Library also administers CCA's New Materials Resource Center.
Meyer Library (OAK)
Meyer Library in Oakland is the original library of the college, founded in 1907. Its collections begin from that time and focus on the fine arts and the general undergraduate course of study.
Special interest collections include:
- Artists books
- Career resources
- Hamaguchi Study Print Collection
- Capp Street Project's library
Meyer Library also houses the college archives.
