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The Professional Librarians Unit (LX) is a systemwide bargaining unit of non-supervisory professional librarians who provide vital services to maintain the highest quality academic, scientific and medical library facilities at all UC campuses and medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The unit is represented by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Currently, the unit includes approximately 359* employees.

An approximate breakdown of the number of Professional Librarians at each location is as follows:

LocationHeadcount
ANR0
Berkeley68
Davis35
Irvine30
Los Angeles103
Merced8
Office of the President0
Riverside19
San Diego41
San Francisco12
Santa Barbara21
Santa Cruz21
Total359
*Systemwide Labor Relations census, April 2025