ABOUT THE LIBRARY
      The Del Norte County Library serves all of Del Norte County, California's northernmost county on the coast. The library is administered by the Del Norte County Library District which has its own elected board.

      The main facility is located in Crescent City -- the county's only incorporated city -- and it has a volunteer-run branch in the farming community of Smith River. Additionally, the community of Klamath to the south has a volunteer-run library that is not affiliated with the district, but it does have materials on permanent loan.


    DIRECTIONS
      Crescent City
        The library's main branch is located in downtown Crescent City in a group of buildings known as Price Mall. The building is located in the back corner of the city parking lot on the corner of Front (aka First) and K Streets. There are blue library directional signs on both streets. Travelers can easily find the library by following the roadsigns directing them to the Redwood National Park Visitor's Center in Crescent City, as we share the parking lot.

      Smith River
        The volunteer-run Smith River Branch is located in downtown Smith River in a room at the back of the Community Services building on First Street. The gravel roadway leading to the library is clearly marked with directional signs.


    HOW TO CONTACT US
      Mailing address:
        Del Norte County Public Library
        190 Price Mall
        Crescent City, CA 95531
        Phone: 707-464-9793
        email: delnortelibrary@charterinternet.com

        Russell Long, Library Director
          (707) 464-9793

        Kelley Nolan, Literacy Coordinator
          (707) 464-7072


        The library is supervised by an elected board of directors:
          Dennis Sutton, president
          Linda Koreski, secretary
          Karen Rath,
          Jeanne Kula,
          Charlene Wick,


     HOW TO GET A LIBRARY CARD
      All Del Norte County residents are eligible to get a library card. After completing a short form each applicant needs to show a current photo ID and verification of their local address. Acceptable address verification includes driver's license, postmarked mail, utility bills, lease agreements, deeds of trust.

      Children do not need to provide a photo ID and address verification if a parent or guardian has a library card in good standing. A card may be issued to a child whose parent or guardian does not have a library card by using the responsible parent's photo ID and local address verification.

      Children of high school age (14-17 years) can apply as an adult or as a child.

      Due to the large number of seasonal government employees, volunteers, and summer visitors in our community, the library also offers non-resident library cards for those residing in the county for two months or more but do not have a permanent local address. Each non-resident household is limited to one card and will be restricted to two checkout items at a time. Households wanting additional cards for other household members will be required to make a $20 deposit for each additional card. Everyone living in an RV park, motel, barracks or other congregate housing is considered to be a non-resident.

      Residents of southern Curry County in Oregon are eligible for a resident library card provided they pay the out-of-the-district fee. The amount of the fee is set by the Chetco Community Library District in Brookings.


    INTERLIBRARY LOANS
      If we don't have a book you want we might be able to borrow it from another library and then lend it to you. This service costs 50-cents per request and is restricted to books that have been in print for at least 12 months and are available locally from northern California libraries.

      There also might be an additional $2 charge for postage if the requested book is not available through the regional library's courier service.


    CIRCULATION POLICIES

      Books -- two (2) weeks plus two (2) renewals. Overdue fines are 25-cents per day.
      Talking books -- two (2) weeks plus two (2) renewals. Overdue fines are 25-cents per day.
      Videos -- one (1) weeks and no renewals. Overdue fines are one-dollar per day.
      Music CDs -- two (2) weeks and no renewals. Overdue fines are 25-cents per day.
      Magazines -- two (2) weeks and no renewals. Overdue fines are 25-cents per day.

      Holds & renewals:
        -- An item that is checked out may be placed on hold by a patron.
        -- Items may be renewed in person at the library or by telephone.
        -- Items that have a hold status cannot be renewed.


    MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
      We subscribe to the following periodicals:
        Newspapers:
        - Del Norte Triplicate
        - Curry Coastal Pilot
        - Eureka Times-Standard
        - San Francisco Chronicle
        - Wall Street Journal
        - Eureka Reporter
        - Los Angeles Times (Sunday only)
        Magazines
        - American Heritage
        - Baby talk
        - Better homes & gardens
        - Brides
        - California agriculture
        - California county
        - California waterfowl
        - Car & driver
        - Cooking light
        - Discover
        - Family handyman
        - Field & stream
        - Good housekeeping
        - Harper's
        - Kiplinger's
        - Ladies home journal
        - Martha Stewart Living
        - Mad
        - Money
        - Mother earth news
        - National geographic
        - New Yorker
        - New York Times Book Review
        - Newsweek
        - Onearth
        - Outside
        - Popular mechanics
        - Popular photography
        - Prevention
        - Reader's digest
        - Rolling stone
        - Scientific American
        - Seventeen
        - Skateboarding
        - Smart computing
        - Smithsonian
        - Sunset
        - Taste of home
        - This old house
        - Time
        - US news & world report
        - Utne reader
        - Vegetarian times
        - Weekly standard
        - Western water
        - Writer's digest
        - Yoga journal


     PUBLIC COMPUTERS / INTERNET
      Access to the internet, word processing, and spreadsheets is available at both the Crescent City and Smith River facilities.

      Time limits and sign-up procedures vary by branch. Please contact your local library branch for requirements. Additional information about using the library? Internet stations can be found in the Internet Use Policy.

      The Crescent City library has a computer that can be adjusted for use by the visually impaired. Please ask a staff person for assistance.

      Computer users may bring their own diskette or USB memory stick for downloading. The downloading options vary from computer to computer. Printing is available at a cost of 25-cents per page.

      Catalog Workstations -- To ensure access to the library? collections, a designated number of workstations in each library are reserved for those using the computer card catalog. Signs at the workstations indicate ?atalog Only stations. Thank you for your cooperation.


    DONATIONS
      Memoriums -- If you would like to honor someone by placing a library book on the shelf in their memory, we will gladly do so. When you give us your monetary donation, be sure to specify in whose remembrance the book honors along with any requests as to subject or titles, if any.

      Books and magazines -- The monies received from book and magazine sales help fund library operations and new book purchases.

      Books -- We gladly accept donations of books. New books -- or those that look and smell like new -- will be added to the library's collection for the community to enjoy, provided we do not already have enough copies of the same book and it is on a topic of general interest to the community.

        New books will gladly be accepted in any quantity.

        We will gladly accept donations of older books, but we can accept only one medium-sized box (or two grocery bags) per week. If you have many boxes of older books due to moving, garage sale leftovers, or general house-clearing, please consider alternatives to the library as we have neither sufficient staff, nor space, to deal with large donations of old books.

        Since we accept older books only for the purpose of resale, we cannot accept books that we cannot resell. The types of books that we cannot accept include:
          - Encyclopedias
          - Readers' Digest condensed books
          - Textbooks, and,
          - Romance novels.

        All donated books must be clean without dirt, excessive dust, mold, or unpleasant odor. A good rule of thumb is that if it is a book you would not consider buying if you didn't already own it, in all likelihood, no one else will either.

        The donor also acknowledges that the library staff reserves the right to determine to what use book donations are put. Generally speaking, new books usually become library books; like-new or multiple-copy new books get routed to the Friends of the Library for resale at their Ben Franklin Book Corner or online. Books of minimal value will be offered for sale in the library lobby or passed onto other community organizations that might be able to use them.


      Magazines -- We gladly accept donations of gently-used magazines for resale in our lobby. We can only accept what we can sell, which means all magazines should be less than 12-months old (one-month for news and business weeklies).

      Older magazines on crafts, cooking, and other popular how-to-do topics will also be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

      If you have a large quantity of older magazines we encourage you to take them directly to one of the conveniently located recycling dumpsters that are strategically placed around the county by Del Norte Disposal.




    FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
      Friends of the Del Norte Library is a small group of dedicated volunteers who work to support the Library's goals and services, by raising community awareness of the Library.

      In practice, we raise money through various programs to supplement the Library's collections of books and other materials.

      What do Friends actually do?

      - We operate the Best Seller Rental Program and the DVD Rental Program

      - We operate the Book Corner in the Ben Franklin Store

      - We hold Book Sales, Garage Sales and a Silent Auction several times a year.

      - We sell books on-line through Ebay, Ebay HalfCom, and www.librarybooksales.org

      If you have materials you would like to donate, such as books, audio tapes or DVD's in good condition, we would love to have them.

      Please no condensed books, old encyclopedias, textbooks, romance novels, or books not in good condition.

      Small donations (one box, or less) can be dropped off at the Library. If you have questions, please feel free to call 707-465-3281 .

      If you would like to lend a helping hand, by joining Friends we would love to hear from you. Again, call us at 707-465-3281, or pick up a membership application at the Library.

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