Book Bank Vision

As a public research institution, the University of California, Santa

Barbara offers a premier undergraduate education that enhances the

creative and intellectual abilities of the diverse communities that it

serves. However, in an environment of budget cuts and fee increases,

students are facing new challenges that affect their performance as

students and derail their academic and career goals. We are committed

to promoting the retention and welfare of every student at UCSB by

developing programs and services that directly address student needs.

Mission

The Associated Students Book Bank is a student-run service that is

available to all UCSB students, both graduate and undergraduate. All

donations that we receive will be for loaning and not up for resale. We

aim to provide students with the opportunity to check out books for a

certain amount of time from the SIRRC Book Bank in efforts to reduce

the costs of our students in need. The Book Bank will be collecting

books from different campus locations throughout the end of each

quarter in order to increase the amount of books that can be lent out to

students.