"The John Spoor Broome Library enhances the CI mission of interdisciplinary, international, multicultural, and service learning through active collaboration with students, faculty, and staff to plan, implement, promote, and access the use of collections and services and support student learning via its robust information literacy program.

The project involved the demolition of the former Administration building and the modification of the Receiving and Treatment center to make room for the new facility.

It consists of two separate pieces: the physical structure itself and the canopy above, which extends from the plaza over the library and is anchored to the foundation through eight steel posts visible in the Reading Room.

[3] According to the Channel Islands university website, the John Spoor Broome Library is 137,000 square feet, in three stories, and cost $56 million.

The John Spoor Broome Library was named after the Ventura County philanthropist who donated $5 million to the project.

[4] Broome, a sportsman, pilot, farmer and rancher in Ventura, Kern, and Monterey counties, had made the gift anonymously, solely[unbalanced opinion?

The collection not only contains documents on Lagomarsino and early Ventura, but also original furniture, artifacts, signed photographs, and other memorabilia from government officials and celebrities.

The Lagomarsino Collection not only benefits students and scholars interested in politics or history, but also provides valuable primary resource material for such areas of study as agriculture, economics, education, environment, civil rights, crime, family concerns, foreign affairs, health interests, labor law, trade, transportation, and veterans' affairs.

Between 1947 and 1957, the hospital rapidly grew, incorporating men, women, and children of all ages, eventually reaching over 7,000 patients at its peak.

By 1967, the hospital was treating illnesses such as schizophrenia, manic depression, organic brain disease, autism, and birth defects, and would later successfully address drug and alcohol abuse.

In time, various services that promoted social interaction were established, such as a bowling alley, swimming pool, clothing store, petting zoo, beauty parlor, and hamburger shop.

Discoveries of new drugs that would help the mentally disabled lead normal lives were uncovered and the hospital began to utilize these innovations.

[citation needed] After a long and successful treatment record, the hospital closed its doors to the public on June 30, 1996, due to lack of patients and cost per capita.

[14] Each of the eleven boxes in the collection includes primary sources such as newspaper articles, correspondence, manuals, memos, proposals, speeches, trailers, and information on movies filmed on the land and books written about the hospital.

[15] The John Spoor Broome Library offers a variety of services and events to current and prospective students, staff and faculty, and the general public.

The library holds a total of 130 hardwired computers for students, faculty & staff, and printers are located all around the building.

Every fall the library hosts a Dia de los Muertos celebration in which an exhibit is created to commemorate the tradition and for visitors to learn about the history of the culture.

The John Spoor Broome Library was named a winner in the California Construction magazine Best of 2008 awards program.