Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury collection.
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Non-fiction Collection.
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A Library for Browsing and Research
When we started thirty years ago, we stocked many books with second copies that people could take out on the honor system. Back then many books by and about women were hard to find. That situation has changed significantly.
With the move in 2011, we eliminated borrowing and refined our holdings to a strong basic collection amplified by special collections We no longer follow the previous "blue dot duplicate lending" system.
HOWEVER, we have a small lending collection, which is available on a bookshelf to the right as you enter the front hallway. Take and return when you are done. We use the honor system. No paperwork!
Do you have books to donate? We can no longer take books as we have in the past, but are instead addressing particular needs. Please read our current requirements before you bring any books over.
You are welcome to enjoy the library as a place to browse and do research. Bring your computer and enjoy our free wi-fi.
We have volunteer curators for each area of the library. They regularly add to and edit the shelves and identify areas for expansion.
Here is a sample of what you can find, from the ordinary to the obscure:
DRAMA: Our newest adddition, plays by women. In the big room off the kitchen, next to the back door.
POETRY: In the Jane Flood Memorial Room, with shelves full of books, many of them hard-to-find and limited edition chap books.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN WRITERS: A collection of books in translation from around the world. A good place to find a new writer to explore in the main hallway.
LESBIAN HISTORICAL LITERATURE: Some of those harder-to-find books. Find in the main hallway.
COOKBOOKS: The founders love to cook, so of course there are many examples to explore. In the kitchen, of course.
WOMEN WRITERS' FILES: Articles, interviews, reviews from many sources. In the Poetry room closet.
LOCAL WRITERS COLLECTION: See the rich variety produced right in our region. In the main sitting room on the back room.
WOMEN WRITERS, THEIR BIOGRAPHIES AND LETTERS: In the Writers' Room, where you can be inspired by their struggles with the craft while you work on your own book. We now have a printer here. Just donate for paper/ink.
NONFICTION: Most on these shelves are by and about distinguished for accomplishments in endeavors other than writing, such as politics, sport, activism, and more. In the big room off the kitchen. General women's history is here as well.
BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN: These now have their own space, in the Writer's Room, a grand new book case already bursting.
VIRGINIA WOOLF: Our one woman writer covered in depth, in thanks for telling us each to have a room of our own. Along with her, others from the Bloomsbury Group, of course. In the big room off the kitchen.
THE SITTING ROOM ANNUALS: Our anthology, with copies for you to purchase with a $5 donation. In the big room off the kitchen.
With the move in 2011, we eliminated borrowing and refined our holdings to a strong basic collection amplified by special collections We no longer follow the previous "blue dot duplicate lending" system.
HOWEVER, we have a small lending collection, which is available on a bookshelf to the right as you enter the front hallway. Take and return when you are done. We use the honor system. No paperwork!
Do you have books to donate? We can no longer take books as we have in the past, but are instead addressing particular needs. Please read our current requirements before you bring any books over.
You are welcome to enjoy the library as a place to browse and do research. Bring your computer and enjoy our free wi-fi.
We have volunteer curators for each area of the library. They regularly add to and edit the shelves and identify areas for expansion.
Here is a sample of what you can find, from the ordinary to the obscure:
DRAMA: Our newest adddition, plays by women. In the big room off the kitchen, next to the back door.
POETRY: In the Jane Flood Memorial Room, with shelves full of books, many of them hard-to-find and limited edition chap books.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN WRITERS: A collection of books in translation from around the world. A good place to find a new writer to explore in the main hallway.
LESBIAN HISTORICAL LITERATURE: Some of those harder-to-find books. Find in the main hallway.
COOKBOOKS: The founders love to cook, so of course there are many examples to explore. In the kitchen, of course.
WOMEN WRITERS' FILES: Articles, interviews, reviews from many sources. In the Poetry room closet.
LOCAL WRITERS COLLECTION: See the rich variety produced right in our region. In the main sitting room on the back room.
WOMEN WRITERS, THEIR BIOGRAPHIES AND LETTERS: In the Writers' Room, where you can be inspired by their struggles with the craft while you work on your own book. We now have a printer here. Just donate for paper/ink.
NONFICTION: Most on these shelves are by and about distinguished for accomplishments in endeavors other than writing, such as politics, sport, activism, and more. In the big room off the kitchen. General women's history is here as well.
BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN: These now have their own space, in the Writer's Room, a grand new book case already bursting.
VIRGINIA WOOLF: Our one woman writer covered in depth, in thanks for telling us each to have a room of our own. Along with her, others from the Bloomsbury Group, of course. In the big room off the kitchen.
THE SITTING ROOM ANNUALS: Our anthology, with copies for you to purchase with a $5 donation. In the big room off the kitchen.