[Sca-cooks] Donating books to libraries, was Re: Cookbook Collection Going to Penn...a question...

[Huette von Ahrens]

I was confused.  You keep saying LAPL, but there are two different public libraries in Los Angeles.  There is Los Angeles City Public Library and Los Angeles County Public Library.  And their branch coverage overlaps.  The City Library did indeed have a reasonable cookbook collection at their main branch before the fire.  Do talk to their librarians to make sure that the library as a whole still wants to replace their lost collection.

I worked for Los Angeles County Public Law Library, which was independent from either of the previously mentioned libraries.  We were constantly getting confused for both of them, and they for us.  So much so that all three libraries have regular curriers to exchange books and mail mis-delivered.

Huette  

--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Donating books to libraries, was Re:  Cookbook Collection Going to Penn...a question...
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 10:25 AM
> But LAPL *did* have an in-depth cookbook library once.  It
> was lost in the great fire.
> 
> And I do have some antique and/or signed books in the
> collection. 
> 
> There are several LAPL senior librarians on the board, I
> will ask them 
> what the current policy is.  One of them is the one who
> mentioned that 
> LAPL still needed to rebuild their cookbook collection,
> after all.   
> California School of Culinary Arts in Pasadena might be a
> good 
> alternative if I don't hear what I want to her from
> LAPL;  I've 
> socialized with their head librarian too.
> 
> Selene
> 
>