Hoover Institution Library & Archives SAL 3.3: A State-of-the-art Storage & Retrieval Facility

The Hoover Institution will achieve a major leap forward in one of its most critical missions. That mission is collecting, storing, and giving access to invaluable documents and artifacts that tell the story of war, peace, and freedom over the last 110 years. As Hoover celebrates the dawn of its second century, nearly 50 percent of its archives will be moved to SAL3.3 (Stanford Auxiliary Storage), a state-of-the-art storage and retrieval facility in Livermore, California, purpose built in partnership with Stanford University Libraries.

An archival institution—such as the National Archives—the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is not just a “library” as held in the popular imagination, as a lender of books. It holds many things that aren’t found anywhere else, such as original artifacts, letters, and manuscripts. Hoover’s archives are unrivaled for use in leveraging the knowledge of the past to understand the effects of social, political, and economic change on the future. Now, going forward, the most important archival collection of our time will be preserved in the most advanced facility possible, enabling scholars to have access for the next century.

The SAL3.3 project is currently on schedule for completion in June 2020.

For more information on the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, please visit

Hoover Institution,SAL3,Library & Archives,Preservation,Storage Facility,Eric Wakin,Stanford University,