One of this city’s largest cultural resources, the arts library on the University of California, Los Angeless Westwood campus, could fall victim to drastic budget cuts the school has begun making across its departments.

The library contains more than 270,000 volumes in several fields, including art, architecture, design, film, television, and theater. If the plan is approved, UCLA will shut down the arts library in the Public Policy Building and move some of the collection to a facility shared with another library. According to the university’s head librarian, "This doesn't mean we would stop serving the arts community. We would do this from a different location." A UCLA spokeswoman says study teams will examine the operational effect of closing both the arts and chemistry libraries. A final decision about the fate of both is expected this fall or winter.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.