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This article discusses a law passed in 2004 that has cleared the way for the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda, CA, finally to receive the 37th president's papers, which have been held by the federal government in California. presidential libRichard Nixon's papers were seized by the government during the 1970s Watergate investigation. According to the AP, it will take until 2009 to relocate the 46 million pages of records, 30,000 gift items, and 3700 hours of audiotape.

Reports on the release of a number of former President Ronald Reagan's records from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Records which remain off-limits to historians and the public because of an executive order by the administration of George W. Bush, which grants presidents the right to review papers before release; Mention of the Freedom of Information Act, which forbids federal records from being kept private for longer than 12 years.

Focuses on the discovery of the papers of historian Leon Trotsky and his son Lev Sedov at the Hoover Institution Archives in Stanford, California. Availability of the papers in microfilm.

The article reports that the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) library has acquired the literary archive of novelist Aldous Huxley. Shortly before her death in 2007, Huxley's wife, Laura, chose the UCLA Library to house the collection of literary materials and photographs by both Laura and Aldous.

Informs that the University of California at San Francisco can continue to display on the World Wide Web papers stolen from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. The June 1995 ruling by the California Supreme Court; The papers' revelation that tobacco companies concealed the addictiveness of nicotine from the public for years; How the university obtained the papers; Number of users accessing the papers on the Web site; Details.

Discusses how the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) moved from an outdated, paper-driven collection development process into a streamlined, automated model. Launch of TLC/CARL's Online Selection and Acquisitions (OSA), a vendor-neutral, web-based collection management module; Benefits of the system, which LAPL uses in conjunction with CARL.Solution automation software.

Reports on planned staff layoff at Research Libraries Group Inc. of the Stanford University in California due to financial difficulties. Reasons for financial problems; Annual budget; Pledges for the group.

Reports on the selection of sites for U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon presidential libraries. Housing of Reagan's presidential papers near Ventura, California; Construction of Nixon's presidential library in Yorba Linda.

Reports that the National Archives will withhold approval of the Nixon Presidential Library until public access to the Nixon papers is guaranteed.

Los Angeles, California's Loyola Marymount University has received $20 million for a new library from two foundations established by local real estate developer and philanthropist William Hannon. The donation is the lead gift for the new William Hannon Library, a project estimated at $44 million. The library will include collaborative study spaces with Internet access, a 24-hour study room, and other special areas designated for group use of music and video materials. Officials said nearly all paper-based resources will be housed in the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) unit, along with selected archival materials and a wide range of media formats. Hannon's foundation also will give Santa Clara University (SCU), located in Silicon Valley, $4 million for its new library.

Reports that the University of California-Berkeley will conduct a worldwide survey to locate and identify the correspondence and unpublished papers of some 1000 physicists active between 1900 and 1950. Documentation of contact between physicists and intellectuals.

Highlights the Seminar on the Conservation of Library and Archival Materials, held in summer 1977 at the University of California in Santa Cruz, California. Focus of the discussion on the practical application of conservation methods developed by the Library of Congress Preservation office; Other topics discussed; Advice offered to librarians, book and paper conservators, and archivists.

Reports on the Los Angeles Preservation Network's workshop on book preservation held in California.

Reports on the steps taken by the Los Angeles Public Library in California toward recovery after fire and earthquake disasters. Temporary home; Package for rehabilitation; 'Save the Books' campaign.

Reports on the controversy between Stanford University and Hoover Institution of War, Revolution, and Peace regarding the establishment of Reagan Presidential Library in Stanford, California.

The article presents an overview of an art exhibition display area in the John Spoor Broome Library on the California State University Chanel Islands campus which was designed and created by librarians and architects from Foster & Partners Ltd. A discussion of the goals, construction, attributes and benefits of the display area is presented.

Reports on staff rights and responsibilities contained in the `Memorandum of Understanding' (MOU) which formally recognized the Librarians' Guild of the Civil Service Association as the exclusive representative of the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) staffers. Grievance procedure; Departmental personnel files; Library rules and regulations concerning staff conduct and discipline; Rebuttal to reprimand; Voluntary transfer procedures.

The article discusses a lawsuit filed in February 2013 by the San Francisco Law Library against the city of San Francisco, California. Topics include allegations that the city has not provided proper funding or adequate space for the library, storage of library collections while the library occupies a temporary space, and finance for a new space for the library.

The article argues that public libraries need to offer services tailored to the homeless. The author approvingly cites the San Francisco Public Library in San Francisco, California, where Leah Esguerra manages a program that employs formerly homeless people who provide peer counseling and information about resources available to the homeless.

The article discusses a report published in the September 2, 2006 edition of the "Sand Diego Union-Tribune" which described the San Diego Public Library's fundraising efforts which are falling significantly short of their goal. The library hopes to raise $85 million in private donations in order to construct a new main branch, however only $3 million has been collected.

Profiles Tami Suzuki, municipal records archivist at the San Francisco Public Library in California. Details of her employment history; Graduate studies at San Jose State University in California; Thoughts for the future.

Discusses various programs offered during a conference of the American Library Association in San Francisco, California in 2001. Topics, which include information on audiovisual collections, research libraries, automation and catalogs; What will be discussed in each program; Celebrities and authors who will speak during the conference.

Reports that Oakland, California Mayor Jerry Brown is considering offering famed Seventies radical Angela Davis the directorship of the city's public library system. Reaction of the public and librarians.

Describes the efforts of librarians and volunteers at Stanford University to salvage books damaged by flooding. Removal of the books to cold storage facilities; How the volumes will undergo a vacuum freeze-drying process that will evaporate the ice and leave them dry; Nature of the materials saved.

Reports on the online link established between the Solano County Library and the Travis Air Force Base Library in California. Technology involved; Views on library cooperation.

Reports on an agreement between the Ventura County Library Services Agency in California and DataPhase Inc. for an automated circulation system to interconnect its 16-branch library system.

Reports that the San Diego Public Library's North Claremont Branch Library in California has been destroyed in a fire set up by arsonists who wanted to cover up a burglary.

Focuses on an online circulation system, called SCI COM system, launched by the San Jose Public Library in California. Capabilities of the circulation system; Unusual feature of the system; Adoption of the SCI COM system on the main library and 14 branches of the San Jose Public Library.

Features the dissertation paper of University of Southern California's doctoral candidate D. Joleen Bock on the lack of upward mobility for women at the community college level in California. Opportunities for women in middle management in large urban colleges; Percentage of women on community college facilities; Recruitment of women for administrative positions.

Provides information on library volunteering in the United States, as of May 15, 1976. Gains made by the Tulsa City-County Library in Ohio in its volunteer program; Reasons why public libraries in Suffolk County, New York, refuse to use volunteers; Volunteer incentives offered by Stanford University in Stanford, California.

Reports on the agreement between Berkeley Public Library in California and Carlyle for circulation, online catalog, cataloging input/edit and authority control modules.

Reports that Kern County Library System in California will upgrade its Data Phase automation system.

Reports that the General Library at the University of California, Berkeley has installed an electronic key card access system to control building access after hours. Capabilities of the system.

Reports that the Los Angeles City Council is reopening their 1983-85 agreement in order to negotiate a pay equity or comparable worth increase for librarian and clerical units as of May 1985.

Reports that the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in Pasadena, California has forged a service exchange link with the Veterans Administration Wadsworth Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Memorandum of understanding signed by the cooperative; Range of technology and services planned for implementation.

Reports that the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library will be constructed in San Clemente, California. Authorization of the deposit of Nixon's presidential papers with the library; Facilities included in the library.

Highlights the 100th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in San Francisco, California on June 26 to July 3, 1981. Discussions regarding documents that call for a more direct managerial responsibility for the executive board of the ALA; Decision of the Social Responsibilities Round Table to get more direct membership involvement in the process of creating an operating agreement.

Recommends restaurants in San Francisco based on the criteria of first-rate food, easy accessibility and reasonable prices. Tips on how to enjoy the culinary experience; List of restaurants specialising in breakfast and brunch; Dining places for an evening; Classification of restaurants on the basis of cuisines from different countries; Restaurants serving seafood and vegetarian fare.

Focuses on the methodology of the Catalog Instruction Group appointed to resolve confusions on the issue of switching over from card catalog to microfiche catalog at the University of California in Berkely. Appointment of Catalog Design Group and Local Input Group for the purpose; Functional strategy of the Catalog Instruction Group; Steps taken to make the catalog more user independent of the librarian. INSET: Untitled..

Highlights the different activities during the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. Proposals for restructuring ASIS; Workshops on topics related to information science; Discussion on library photocopying and copyright issues; Program of the Special Interest Group on Library Automation and Networking.

Discusses the debates at the 97th Annual Conference of American Library Association (ALA) regarding the implications of California's Proposition 13, by which the voters virtually eliminated the tax base that support municipal services in the state. Reaction of ALA leaders to Proposition 13; Long-term effects of the tax revolt on California libraries; Issue of fees to library users.

Discusses the issues focused on during the 79th Annual Conference of the California Library Association. Major policy issue on library fees; Job sharing issues and how to handle assignment-sharing of two teachers; Salaries in the field of librarianship; Debate on the issue concerning the film 'The Speaker' within the American Library Association.

Reports on the 78th annual California Library Association Conference on library service held on December 2, 1976. Hiring of Spanish speaking librarians on important positions in the library; Procedures for handling professional irresponsibilities; Certification of librarians.

Features the 39th annual conference of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) held in San Francisco, California from October 4-9, 1976. Effects of the revised copyright law to the structure of a national bibliographic system; Validity of management information systems; Fees for information services; Financial situation of ASIS.

Looks at a study commissioned by the California State Library in 1993 to uncover the condition of public library reference service and to explore ways to improve it. The finding that librarians are being squeezed between increased reference requests and reduced capacity; Why reference service is in jeopardy unless they can meet the new demands; Discussion. INSET: Larger than local solutions..

Migrant farm workers present a challenge to public libraries because of their geographical isolation, their transitory resident status and their special information needs. Bookmobiles have proven to be a strong tool in providing library services to migrant workers. With this in mind, this article explores the issues involved in providing bookmobile services to migrant workers, focusing on the experiences of the staff at the Fresno County Public Library in California. The Fresno County Public Library purchased its first bookmobile in 1962. Six years later, another bookmobile was purchased for the specific purpose of serving the area of migrant farm workers. Bookmobiles have been popular with the migrant populations, most of the popularity can be ascribed to the entertainment value of the service. Despite the success of bookmobiles, obstacles still exist in providing information to migrant workers. Finance-related issues also present a great problem to providing library access. In dealing with these impediments to library service to migrants, libraries have developed a variety of methods in library administration. Some of the approaches that Fresno has chosen include visiting schools, sending books by mail, providing tutoring and creating additional branches.

Examines the validity of the points made by RAND Corp.'s report on the services for minorities provided by public libraries in California. Questions raised by the report; Attitude survey results.