Jedi Archives Library

The Jedi Archives Library was a vast collection of Jedi wisdom situated near the main floor of the Jedi Archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. The library contained innumerable amounts of reading material collected from all corners of the galaxy. Containing holobooks, datasticks, and a variety of other modern and ancient storage devices, the library also sported information that was restricted to only members of the Jedi High Council including an access way to the Holocron Vault. Located in the First Knowledge quarter the majority of the library was accessible to all members of the Jedi Order

History
When the Archives were constructed in the year 2,519 BBY after the loss of the Great ibrary of Odan-Urr, the library was also built to supplement its collections.

Durng the Clone Wars, the Dark Lord of the Sith hired the Duros bounty hunter, Cad Bane to steal a holocron from the library, as well as a memory crystal that contained a list of potentially Force-sensitive infants. The Duros recruited the shapeshifting Clawdite bounty hunter Cato Parasitti, and also used his techno-service droid, Todo 360, for the mission. Bane secretly equipped Todo with an explosive device, and after Parasitti arrived in his quarters, she took the form of the dead Jedi Master Ord Enisence to gain access to the Jedi Temple' security systems.

With Parasitti at a computer terminal in the library, Bane and Todo 360 were able to find a weak point in the Temple's energy shield. As Bane broke into the Holocron Vault, he directed Todo to cut through one of the vault's walls to get to the Temple's communication center and lure the Jedi away from the vault. Meanwhile, Parasitti was captured by Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who had been on Archive guard duty.

In 19 BBY, the Temple was invaded by the Sith Lord Darth Vader. While many Jedi attempted to protect or destroy the great collections here, the library and the Archives fell into the hands of the Sith. Although many of the holobooks were destroyed, some stacks went untouched and the secret data of the Jedi fell into Darth Sidious’ hands.

After the fall of the Temple, Gregar Typho infiltrated the Archives Library and was searching through the shattered outer hall when Aurra Sing attacked him. Typho threw a datastick to the rubble-strewn floor causing a brief explosion, distracting Sing long enough for the Naboo guard to prepare to face the deadly bounty hunter. After Typho managed to score a strike on Sing and incapacitate her, he managed to flee with his life. Sing would later leave the Temple empty handed as well.

Following the Galactic Civil War and after the retaking of Coruscant by the New Republic, Jedi historian Tionne Solusar presided over the restored Archives and library, adding to them the history of the Rebel Alliance.

When the old Temple was finally destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong, the Archives and library went with it. Fortunately for the Jedi; all of the data was scanned during the evacuation and placed in the Archives of the Ossus Academy.

Reconstruction
When the new Jedi Temple was erected, the Archives and library were fully restored to their former grandeur. In 43 ABY, Jedi Healer Cilghal accessed the stacks in order to obtain a lead on the condition plaguing Valin Horn. Searching for any mention of an illness with an unusual result on an electroencephaloscan she came across an audio recording compiled by a Jedi of the Old Republic doing research on the different species with members in the Jedi Order. The recording was of Kel Dor Master Plo Koon, who knew of a technique to negate the scan's results. Reporting this to Master Skywalker, they concluded that it was a technique developed by the Baran Do.

While studying amongst the stacks on a separate occasion, Master Cilghal was forced to attempt to apprehend Jedi Jysella Horn, who showed signs of the same Psychosis as her brother. Alerting Temple Security Forces, the Mon Cal called on other Jedi in the Archives to help, including Radd Minker and Natua Wan. Leaping over the rails of the walkways, Jysella ran to the main entrance of the Archives and sealed the door. Minker and Cilghal were forced to slowly slice through with their lightsabers, though by the time they were finished, Jysella had made it to the Processional Way.

Layout
The Library of the Archives was a circular chamber, centered by a large domed chamber from which several long halls ran like spokes on a wheel. The central chamber was carpeted in red and housed a large database station used by the Chief Librarian to keep record of the books stored in the stacks. On the outside wall of the library was a hall that encircled the chamber, lined with a collection of datasticks and various other storage devices.

Amongst the halls of books were study desks like to those in the main Archives hall. However, unlike the Archives chamber, the hall did not contain any busts and they were much shorter. The great windows overlooking the two-stories of the library were filled with statues of Jedi brandishing their lightsabers, as if defending the great storehouse. Down one of the aisles, along the outer wall was located the entrance to the Holocron Vault. Sealed off to only members of the High Council, it was constantly guarded by the security officer on duty.