The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, located in the heart of La Jolla, has an impressive collection of books, periodicals, reference material in their archives along with thousands of compact discs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, and sheet music.
The library holds one of the largest collections of artists' books in Southern California. Their collection contains many beautiful books on the subject of music and art written for young children. They regularly have exhibitions of their art collections and their art galleries are open to the public five days a week. Members of the non-profit can check out materials for a modest annual fee.
Their website:
http://www.ljathenaeum.org/home.html
A list of their recent acquisitions:
http://www.ljathenaeum.org/recentacquisitions.html
Their online catalog:
http://207.67.203.76/A94011Staff/OPAC/index.asp
Current Exhibitions:
http://www.ljathenaeum.org/exhibitions.html#current
Research Library of the San Diego Genealogical Society
The SDGS Library's genealogical research collection consists of more than 9,200 titles. Many are multi-volume sets. The library holds more than 1,000 periodical titles. The extensive collection of the San Diego Genealogical Society Library is one of the major genealogical resources in San Diego. Housed in approximately 2200 square feet, the SDGS Library is located at 7343 Ronson Road in Kearny Mesa.
The library is accessible to members 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, and and open to the public on Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Computers with high speed internet are available for use to everyone.
Interesting fact: The library uses the Dewey system!
Their website
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~casdgs/library.shtml
Their online catalog
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~casdgs/librarycatalog.shtml
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is beautiful...thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I'm going to try to go to the genealogical library
ReplyDeleteI emailed them about volunteering awhile ago - can only do so thursdays though for now unless you want to do special projects :) Have fun.
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