The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, part of the Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies planned for the heart of the campus, will provide a central home for the University’s renowned collections focused on the study of East Asia. When it opens in Fall 2007, the Library will be the first freestanding building ever constructed on an American university campus for East Asian collections, underscoring UC Berkeley's long-term commitment to East Asia and the academic stature of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley.