November 2008

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Hello all and welcome newcomers:


My intern Ian Capiluto has finished his stint at our Library, so the cataloging speed is slower. I have two more interns from San Jose State University coming in January, though, so we will get back up to speed. I am pleased to have our new historian, Mitchell Bishop, on staff. He will have the library open Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This is a great benefit to our weekend customers. My volunteers, Pam Wolken and Barbara Zaias, have been working hard getting the magazine and nursery catalog records into the online catalog. Take a look. Do a search for the word ‘periodicals’ and you will see the richness of the collection. Right now we have 509 periodical titles in the catalog! My favorite new periodical title is Aloe, the newsletter of the South African Aloe and Succulent Society. The link is to the catalog is below.

Arboretum Library Online Catalog

This link below is to the new books, articles, and websites lists for November. The New Book Shelf is waiting for you!

New books, articles and website lists

We are circulating to Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation members. The circulation period for books is 3 weeks with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. You can renew by e-mail, phone or in person, but not on the online catalog. The circulation period for current magazines is 3 days with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. Let me know if you are interested in any articles.



In order for the “Request this title” function in the online catalog to work, I have to set you up as a customer. Then it will send me an e-mail requesting that I get the item for you. If you’d like to be set up as a customer, contact me by e-mail, phone, or in person.



The Arboretum Library hours for December are as follows:



Open Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Open Saturday, December 13, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Open Sundays, December 7, 14, 21, 28 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.



Closed Tuesday-Saturday, December 23-27

Closed Tuesday & Wednesday, December 30 & 31.

I will be on leave.



Our Botanical Information Consultants (for plant advice) are currently available six days a week, Monday-Saturday at David.Lofgren@Arboretum.org or Frank.McDonough@Arboretum.org or 626-821-3239.



Happy reading!
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Garden Writer's Association Conference links

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Hello all,
Here are the links in the presentation I gave at the Garden Writer's Association conference. Don't forget to use a botanical or horticultural librarian!

Susan C. Eubank, Arboretum Librarian

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Garden Writers Association Annual Conference,

Portland, September 22, 2008

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

www.cbhl.net

Very Large Botanical Garden Libraries; National Library

New York Botanical Garden, LuEster T. Mertz Library

http://library.nybg.org/

Missouri Botanic Garden

http://www.mobot.org/mobot/molib/

National Agricultural Library

http://www.nal.usda.gov/

Large Universities with Botany or Arboretum Libraries

Arnold Arboretum Library, Harvard University

http://arboretum.harvard.edu/library/library.html

Botany Libraries, Harvard University

http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/

Western Botanical Garden Libraries

Arboretum Library, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

http://www.arboretum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=getcatheadlines&Catagory=Library

Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle http://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/

Helen Crocker Russell Library, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum

http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/library/

Helen Fowler Library, Denver Botanic Gardens

http://www.botanicgardens.org/content/helen-fowler-library

Plant name sites

“IPNI” International Plant Names Index

http://www.ipni.org/index.html

“Tropicos” W³TROPICOS, Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos)

http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html

“RHS Horticultural Database” Royal Horticultural Society

http://www.rhs.org.uk/databases/summary.asp

Indexes

“Plantinfo” Anderson Horticultural Library, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, University of Minnesota Libraries

http://plantinfo.umn.edu/

Garden, Landscape and Horticulture Index

From EBSCO http://www.ebsco.com/home/ $850 a year to CBHL libraries; generally available at college & universities or botanic garden libraries.

Some other useful websites

www.Efloras.org

www.worldcat.org


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New acquisitions, August to mid-September

Hello all and welcome newcomers:

Summer is over. Our interns finished their job for which they received funding from the Good Family Foundation. Freda Lin is continuing to help with the project as a volunteer. We now have about 6000 total titles in the online catalog with about 7000 total items. The catalog is looking better and better!

Arboretum Library Online Catalog

This link below is to the new books, articles, and websites lists for August to mid September. I cataloged many medicinal plant books that had never been processed in this library. They are predominately from Central and South America; some in Spanish, but there are also some from other places around the world. I also purchased a significant group from the cactus and succulent book dealer, Rainbow Gardens Bookshop in Tucson, Arizona. Many of those have already made it to our new bookshelf. Yes, the “New Book Shelf” is new too! I finally have a place for you to look at what we’ve been adding lately. Do visit!

New books, articles and website lists

If you have any questions about using the catalog, please do contact me. Remember we are circulating to Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation members! The circulation period for books is 3 weeks with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. You can renew by e-mail, phone or in person, but not in the online catalog. The circulation period for current magazines is 3 days with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. Let me know if you are interested in any articles.

In order for the “Request this title” function in the online catalog to work, I have to set you up as a customer. Then it will send me an e-mail requesting that I get the item for you. If you’d like to be set up as a customer, contact me by e-mail, phone, or in person.

Happy reading!

New acquisitions May, June, July

Hello all and welcome newcomers:

This year’s LA Garden Show and the American Public Garden Association Conference are now only memories. Now I’m back to getting new items onto the library shelves and indexing interesting articles in our wonderful magazines and looking forward to Terra-Byte 3.0 on September 14, 2008.

This link is to the new books, articles, and websites lists for May, June and July.

New books, articles and website lists

Many thanks go to the Good Family Foundation for their help with our online catalog. It enabled us to pay our 3 interns this summer. Megan Berru, Freda Lin and Lisa Beach have worked hard to bring our holdings in the online catalog to almost 5000 titles with almost 6000 total items. Have a look. It works better and better now when you are searching for a subject.

Arboretum Library Online Catalog

If you have any questions about using the catalog, please do contact me. Remember we are circulating to Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation members! The circulation period for books is 3 weeks with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. You can renew by e-mail, phone or in person, but not in the online catalog. The circulation period for current magazines is 3 days with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. Let me know if you are interested in any articles.

In order for the “Request this title” function in the online catalog to work, I have to set you up as a customer. Then it will send me an e-mail requesting that I get the item for you. If you’d like to be set up as a customer, contact me by e-mail, phone, or in person.

Happy reading!

May 2008

Hello all and welcome newcomers:

Yes, I’ve been away awhile helping my mom, but we are getting back in gear. The LA Garden Show was a great succes. The Arboretum Library sold used books and magazines in the Beer Garden. All proceeds directly benefited the acquisitions fund of the Arboretum Library. Thanks for visiting. For more information on the show go to www.LAGardenShow.com

This is a direct link to March and April’s new books, websites, and articles lists:

New books, articles and website lists

You can also explore the catalog by going through our website at www.arboretum.org, clicking on the Arboretum Library feature and then clicking on Percival the toad to go to the online catalog or follow this link:

Arboretum Library Online Catalog

If you have any questions about using the catalog, please do contact me. Remember we are circulating to Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation members! The circulation period for books is 3 weeks with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. You can renew by e-mail, phone or in person, but not on the online catalog. The circulation period for current magazines is 3 days with 2 renewals if no one else wants the item. Let me know if you are interested in any articles.

In order for the “Request this title” function in the online catalog to work, I have to set you up as a customer. Then it will send me an e-mail requesting that I get the item for you. If you’d like to be set up as a customer, contact me by e-mail, phone, or in person.

Happy reading!