California State Library, California, United States

4limesoda9 5:00 PM Jan 5, 2012

Lovely old building
This stately building is worth a visit if you are an out-of-towner visiting the Capitol building across the street, or if you live in the area and happen to be downtown. Walk up the stairs or take the antique elevators, be sure to observe the ceilings.

4Gary D 5:00 PM Sep 29, 2017

Hard to Rate
I am not sure how to rate this. It is not something which you go to gaze at, nor something to participate in. Maybe it is a place to appreciate that we have something like this. My entry into this library was a 45 year delayed pleasure. I lived in Sacramento one summer. The draw back is this library is open only Monday through Friday, 8:30-5:00pm. No way for a working person to visit. So on this Monday, we were able to go into the N St library-there is actually four libraries. This one houses the Blind and Read Aloud Libraries as well as the California History. We started with the Blind and Read Aloud Library. The librarian there explained the structure of the libraries under the State Library auspices. Very informative. We then went upstairs. In the entry they had a display-several display cases of the type of printing, sponsored by the Book Club of California. We spent at least 45 minutes just enjoying this display. Onward into the California History. Another very informative librarian talked with us about the California History collection and how even their card catalogue contains over a million entries. Amazing. They collect from all sources. I could have stayed in there all day-much to my wife’s gratification, we had another place to go to before this could take place. The one disappointment: I could not get a library card to this library. But I can request materials through my library.