Bass Library
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Anne T. & Robert M. Bass Library, formerly Cross Campus Library, is Yale University's main library for frequently used materials in the humanities and social sciences, with an especially strong literature collection. In addition, Bass contains many reading and studying spaces, a large computer lab, and an area for books held in reserve. Bass was originally built in 1971 and designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. It extends two-stories beneath Yale's Cross Campus and connects to Sterling Memorial Library via an underground tunnel and the Wright Reading Room.
The library was extensively renovated during the 2006-2007 academic year and reopened at midnight on October 19, 2007. A new Gothic revival entrance, equipped for disabled access compliments the two buildings it sits between, the north half of Berkeley College and William L. Harkness Hall. The new library includes a cafe, electronic classrooms and group study rooms.[1]
