In addition to the adult fiction collection, Foster Library has separate collection for mysteries, science fiction, short stories and westerns. The library is expanding its Spanish language collections for adults, and has a growing DVD collection. The library collects heavily in cook books, creating and running a small business, as well as local, California and Western US history. Special adult collections include self-help law, a songbook and hymn book collection, and a job and career collection. There are early literacy classes and a Paws for Reading program which pairs children with trained dogs that the children can read to. The Foster Library has expanded children's services on the second floor. In 1999, the library closed for several months for a major renovation that updated the infrastructure and opened the second floor for public access and service. In 1959, new construction was fronted onto the original brick library that more than doubled the size of the library. The library building was constructed on what had been the property of the noted horticulturalist, Theodosia Burr Shepard. Foster Library opened in 1921 at its present location thanks to generous donations from Eugene Preston Foster and his wife, Orpha Mae Foster, who donated funds for a building that originally housed both the public library and city hall. The public library in Ventura joined the new County Library in 1916. The library participates in the County Library’s Summer Reading Program, and the El Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros in late April and the Fall Fun Day in late October are popular annual activities at the Avenue Library. There is a small collection of the history of Ventura Avenue and West Ventura. The library has a collection of books and movies for both children and adults in Spanish. The library has a computer lab and Homework Center, a copy machine, and a magnifying machine for people with low vision. This colorful mural wraps around three walls of the library and depicts scenes from the Chumash and mission era to contemporary street scenes and commemorates the designation of one of Ventura's oldest neighborhoods, the Simpson Tract, as a historic district. The Avenue Library features a public art mural, "Portrait of a Neighborhood", by Catherine Day, an art instructor at Ventura College. The Avenue Library, on Ventura Avenue in west Ventura, occupies the lower floor of an historic landmark, "Casa de Anza," one of the few remaining brick buildings in the city from the 1920s. Soliz, who volunteered with youth and education-oriented organizations in the community. In 1991 it was posthumously named for local leader Albert H. Soliz Library serves the unincorporated community of El Rio, north of Oxnard. The Mobile Library travels throughout Ventura County. The Research Library of the Museum of Ventura County also participates in the county's system-wide online catalog. There are three locations in Ventura (Foster, Avenue, and Hill Road), and one each in El Rio, Fillmore, Meiners Oaks, Oak Park, Oak View, Ojai, Piru, Port Hueneme and Saticoy. The Ventura County Library consists of 12 libraries and one Mobile Library (added in 2019). 1.7 Museum of Ventura County Research Library, Ventura.This program is supported by California Humanities through a Humanities for All Quick Grant. Orlean delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity. The Library Book chronicles the 1986 Los Angeles Public Library fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives. One County, One Book aims to unite the Ventura County community around a common narrative, spreading interest in and facilitating discussions about the selected book. For additional information, contact Ron Solórzano, Regional Librarian, at (805) 218-9146.
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Avenue Library 606 North Ventura Avenue Ventura, CA 93001 All library events associated with One County, One Book are free and open to the public. Pick up a copy at the library and join the conversation about themes and topics covered in the book. VENTURA-As part of the Ventura County Library’s One County, One Book community reading program, the Avenue Library will host a discussion of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book on Monday, October 28, 3:00 to 4:00pm.
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