California State Library
California State Library | |
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38°34′35″N 121°29′46″W / 38.5762942°N 121.4960664°W[1] | |
Location | Sacramento, California |
Type | Government |
Established | 1850 |
Collection | |
Size | Over 5 million items |
Other information | |
Director | Greg Lucas, State Librarian |
Website | library.ca.gov |
The California State Library is the
Services to the public
The California State Library makes a wide range of services available to Californians. The library provides
The California State Library also funds "California Revealed", a digitization initiative that helps public libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other community heritage groups in California preserve and provide online access to materials documenting the state’s history, art, and cultures.[7] Since its launch in 2010, the initiative has been expanded to provide financial assistance for community outreach and education, cataloging and processing projects, as well as free access and preservation services for existing digital collections.[8]
The California State Library uses the OCLC symbols CAX and SUTRO.
Library sections
There are eight sections of the California State Library: The Bernard E. Witkin State Law Library, Braille and Talking Book Library, the California History Room, the California Research Bureau, Government Publications, Information Services, Library Development Services Bureau, and the Sutro Library.
Bernard E. Witkin State Law Library
The
Braille and Talking Book Library
This service is affiliated with the
California History Room
The California History Room has current and historical information on California people, places and events.[12] Materials in the collection include California phone books and city directories, California periodicals, newspapers and newspaper indexes, information files, pioneer letters, and information on California genealogy. One special collection available here that is not limited to California is the American Haiku Archives, which includes books, papers, letters, and other material relating to haiku poetry by poets from around North America. This archive is the world's largest public collection of haiku and related materials outside Japan.
California Research Bureau
The California Research Bureau prepares in-depth research reports on policy questions of interest to state officials. These non-partisan reports examine a broad spectrum of research and policy options and do not advocate a particular viewpoint. Each report includes essential background information, key data developed by CRB and other researchers, and a summary of the policy debate.[13]
Government Publications Section
The Government Publications Section includes a full
Information Services
The Information Services staff manages the State Library's general, circulating and reference collections. Materials in the collection are primarily in subject areas of interest to State government such as business, education, environment, industry standards, personnel training and development, management, public policy, social sciences and technology.[20]
Library Development Services Bureau
The Library Development Services Bureau provides state and federal financial assistance to California libraries and provides technical consulting assistance to help local libraries extend and improve services to all Californians. The foundational work for this program was done by Harriet G. Eddy.[21]
The primary assistance programs of the Library Development Services Bureau include: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), a federal program which provides grants to libraries for innovative library services, technological development, services for underserved populations, library networking and resource sharing; Public Library Fund, a funding program under which the state contributes funding for basic local library services under specified conditions; California Library Literacy Services, which works to enable Californians of all ages to reach their literacy goals and use library services effectively; and California Library Services Act (CLSA), a program that helps public libraries and cooperative public library systems provide coordinated information services, supports communication and delivery among libraries, and provides reimbursement for interlibrary loans of materials and direct loans to non-resident borrowers.
Sutro Library
References
- ^ "California State Library". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ Lockhart (2001) California State Library: Changing and Expanding Sites. California State Library Foundation Bulletin, No. 69
- ^ "Napa County Reporter 2 January 1864 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Grants - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "California State Library Strategic Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ Sutro Library Archived 2016-06-28 at the Wayback Machine houses Adolph Sutro's rare book collection Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, as well as local history and genealogical resources
- ^ "California Revealed Initiative". California State Library.
- ^ "About". California Revealed.
- ^ "Sacramento Daily Union 1 January 1876 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Desert Sun 7 September 1971 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Coronado Eagle and Journal 30 July 1936 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Colusa Daily Sun 27 May 1909 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "California Research Bureau - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Government Publications - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Federal Depository Library Program - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "California State Library, Government Publications Section". GPO Federal Library Directory.
- ^ "California State Documents Collection and Depository Library Program - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Sacramento, California PTRC". United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- ^ "San Luis Obispo Tribune (Weekly) 24 October 1919 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ County Free Library Organizing in California, 1909–1918: Personal Recollections (Berkeley: California Library Association, Committee on California Library History, Bibliography, and Archives, as cited in John Richardson,“Harriet G. Eddy (1876-1966): California’s First County Library Organizer And Her Influence on USSR Libraries.” California State Library Association Bulletin 24 (2009):13-20.
- ^ Book plate of Sutro Library, San Francisco