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The San Diego County Library is a public library system serving San Diego County, California.Any person living in the state is eligible for a free library card. It consists of 33 branches, two bookmobiles, and two 24/7 Library to Go kiosks. [2]
The San Diego Public Library was established on May 19, 1882, by an elected board of library trustees, one of whom was civic leader and philanthropist George Marston.The first location was rented space in the Commercial Bank building at Fifth and G streets, and the new library opened its doors to the public for the first time on July 15, 1882.
The library was founded on December 13, 1904, when the city passed Ordinance No. 150. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union had previously donated 250 books to the city. The library, when it opened in 1905, was originally located on the upper floor of the Bank of Oceanside's building but relocated to a room on Third Street in February 1915.
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The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the United States and second-largest library in the world with over 167 million holdings, including 39 million books and other printed recordings, 14.8 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music, and 72 million manuscripts
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The 4S Ranch branch of the San Diego County Library opened to the public on April 26, 2007. The 4S Ranch Library is located in 4S Commons Center and serves as a community hub, focused on their large population of children and teens. The 4S Ranch branch is 7,214 square feet and has a fluctuating collection size of around 28,000 items.
After fifty years, the Central Library closed, permanently, on June 9, 2013, commencing the 10-week process of transferring its 2.6-million-item collection to the new location. [2] Over the years, many branch libraries have been opened throughout San Diego. The 9-story structure was designed by San Diego architect Rob Wellington Quigley.