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Joke on old name

The library is more-or-less centered on the property. However, for many years it was in the northeast corner of the built area of the campus, hence the joke name "Not-so-Central."

The 3rd floor

A lot of this material is trivial, unencyclopedic, and unreferenced. The snopes.com ref does not directly or specifically reference UCSD. Zedla 00:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are two references.
One is the official Geisel Library site, which discusses exactly what is covered in this section ("missing" third floor, rumor that it's because of book weight).
The snopes reference was not included because it references UCSD -- it's there because it doesn't reference UCSD (other than to say this is "a widespread belief at any number of colleges"). It shows that the book weight urban legend is well-known, documents occurrences of it in the wild and demonstrates that it is neither based in fact nor original to the Geisel library.
I consider this section worthy of inclusion because it documents an unusual feature of the library and folk legend that has grown around it (again, as documented on the library's own Web site).--NapoliRoma 14:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HDR photograph of the library

Here is a nice-looking tone-mapped photo of the library:

Consider adding into the article? --anonymous 62.149.15.226 (talk) 16:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I put it in. Binksternet (talk) 23:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Read/Write/Think/Dream image

Why not flip the image so that the text goes the right way? Or is there some sort of Wikipedia convention against this for some reason? I'd do it myself but I don't think one can do so without a registered account, probably, though I've never actually tried... 69.62.229.176 (talk) 16:40, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Flipping the image would suggest that the READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM artwork faces inward, which is not accurate. I have updated the caption to solve both issues. I will try to take a photo as it appears from outside the library. --TritonsRising (talk) 00:41, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/see-also/geisel-library-urban-legends.html#film

How can popular culture not include this? --Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.74.143 (talk) 03:59, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]