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You are likely familiar with the holdings at local community colleges and public libraries. Here are some other library sites in your area that you may be able to use. Please observe user restrictions. These libraries were compiled from the 1991 North State Library Co-operative Directory. Always check with each library for hours and collection information before visiting.


Redding Local Libraries

CH2M Hill Library
2525 Airpark Drive
Redding, CA 96001
Phone: 530.243.5831
Fax: 530.243.1654
Subjects: Engineering - Civil, Sanitary, Structural, Surveying, and Water Resources
Special Collections: Geology - California rainfall, 1955 to present; North American storms, 1945 to present (on microfiche); and manufacturer's catalogs
Service Policies: Library is open to CH2M Hill personnel only. The staff may borrow items with no fees.
Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, mail assistance, interlibrary loan, photocopy, microfilm/microfiche reader, and microfilm/microfiche printer. The library does not loan Reference books; will lend general collection books, under 6 month imprints, and older titles. The library does not loan periodicals. Library does provide photocopy service. A maximum of 10 pages from a book may be copied at .15 per page. The library bills with materials sent. Library charges the replacement cost for lost books. The library receives and sends interlibrary loan requests by phone, mail or UPS. They require location verification and they reserve items for ILL. The loan period for ILL items is 2 weeks. The CH2M Hill Information Center contains approximately 6,500 volumes, with about 100 volumes being added per year. There is an on-going weeding system. Engineering selected purchases are the bulk of the additions with occasional gifts from retiring engineers. The library subscribes to 15 periodicals. Some are from professional membership groups. There are approximately 150 people in the Redding CH2M Hill office, and there are 22 branch office libraries throughout the U.S. that cooperate within CH2M Hill with interoffice loans. Some offices will have collections stronger in one discipline such as Planning and Economics, while another will be Geologically or Municipal Industries oriented.

Far Northern Regional Center
1900 Churn Creek, Suite 319
P. O. Box 492418
Redding, CA 96049-2418
Phone: 530.222.4791
Subjects: Health Science
Special Collections: Developmental Disabilities - Mental Retardation, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, and Autism; and Neurological conditions.
Service Policies: Library is open to health professionals and the public. Only health professionals may borrow items. There are no use or borrowers' fees.
Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, mail assistance, and interlibrary loan. The library does not loan books or periodicals. The library contains a very limited collection.

L.D.S. Church, Redding Family History Center
3410 Churn Creek Road
P. O. Box 3638
Redding, CA 96049-3638
Phone: 530.222.4949
Subjects: Genealogy Service Policies: Library is open to the public for on-site use only. There are no use fees.
Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, mail assistance, media equipment, photocopy, microfilm/microfiche readers, microfilm/microfiche printer, and IBM computer with genealogy software programs. The library does not loan books or periodicals. The library does provide interlibrary loan service with the main library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fees for materials ordered from Salt Lake City are $2.50 for 3 weeks plus .29 postage, $4.00 for 6 months plus .29 for postage, and $6.00 for an indefinite period with no postage fee. The library charges for damaged materials depending on the nature of the damage. The library has some genealogy forms available free and some for purchase.

Mercy Medical Center
2175 Rosaline Ave
Redding, CA 96049
Phone: 530.225.6000
Subjects: Clinical Medicine
Service Policies: Library is open to staff, physicians, and allied health professionals for on-site use only. There are no use or borrowers' fees. Services: Patron assistance, interlibrary loan, current awareness, document delivery, LATCH (literature attached to charts), computer literature searches, computer graphics, computer generated 35mm color slides, computer lab work station, audiovisual equipment. The library does not loan books or periodicals. The library does provide photocopy service. A maximum of 20 pages of books and periodicals may be copied free of charge. The Library receives and sends interlibrary loan requests by mail, OCLC, DOCLINE, and LONESOME DOC. Interlibrary loan requests require verification. Mercy Medical Library, Redding, is a member of the Superior California Health Library Consortium, a "far northern" network of local and regional libraries with an emphasis on networking and sharing resources. Other consortia members are: Shasta College, Shasta County Library, Mercy Medical Center - Mt. Shasta, Redding Medical Center, Trinity Hospital, Mayers Memorial Hospital, Redding Specialty Hospital, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital.

Redding Medical Center
1100 Butte Street
P. O. Box 496072
Redding, CA 96001
Phone: 530.244.5400
Subjects: Doctor's professional library.
Service Policies: Library is open to physicians and staff only. There are no use or borrowers' fees. Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, mail assistance,: interlibrary loan, photocopy, and medline searches. The library does loan reference books, current year imprints, under 6 month imprints, and older titles. The library also provides photocopy service. An unlimited number of pages of books and periodicals may be copied free of charge. The library receives and sends interlibrary loan requests by mail. They require location verification. The loan period for ILL items is indefinite. The Redding Medical Center Library contains approximately 140 volumes, with about 3 volumes added per year. 99% of the volumes are purchased and 1% are gifts. The library subscribes to approximately 57 periodicals. At present, there are approximately 300 persons served by the library

Shasta County Law Library
Shasta County Court House
1500 Court St., B-7
Redding, CA 96001
Contact person: Jeanne Capell
Phone: 530.245.6243
Fax: 530.245.6966
Subjects: Law
Service Policies: Library is open to public who may borrow items. Public pays user fee; free to members of Bar. Services: The library does loan books or periodicals to other county law libraries. Photocopies, fiche copies. Library has access to materials available from State Law Library.

Shasta County Office of Education Resource and Referral Library
1644 Magnolia Ave.
Redding, CA 96001-1513
Phone: 530.225.0200
Fax: 530.225.0299
Subjects: Early childhood education, parenting, special needs.
Service Policies: Open to all residents of Shasta County.
Services: All services related to issues concerning younger children (birth - 8). Child care, education, special education, toy-book-equipment lending library, support services for parents and providers.

Shasta Historical Society Research Library
56 Quartz Hill Road
PO Box 277
Redding, CA 96001
Phone: 530.243.3720
Subjects: Shasta County History, Northern California History, and limited Genealogy of Shasta County Pioneers.
Special Collections: Photograph collection, old city/county directories, pioneer plaques, and archaeology.
Service Policies: Library is open to the public by appointment for on-site use only. There is no use fee.
Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, mail assistance and photocopy. The library does not loan books or periodicals. It does provide photocopy service. Pages may be copied from books, various documents, maps, and other materials (i.e. Fanny Washington Reading's letters), at the rate of .10 per page. The library bills with materials sent.

Simpson College Library
2211 College View Drive
Redding, CA 96003
Phone: 530.226.4117
e-mail: library@simpsonca.edu
Subjects: Strong emphasis, Religion
Special Collections: History of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Denomination
Services: Patron assistance, telephone assistance, interlibrary loan, photocopy, microfilm/microfiche reader and fiche reader printer (soon). The Library has a reciprocal agreement with Shasta College and Shasta Bible College, allowing their students full use of Simpson Library Facilities. Members of local church staffs may receive courtesy cards. The general public may use materials in the library. The library does not loan reference books or periodicals. Interlibrary loan period is 28 days. The Library currently contains 53,000 volumes and subscribes to about 250 periodicals.

University of California Cooperative Extension, Shasta
Farm, Home and 4-H Advisor's Office for Shasta County
1851 Hartnell Ave.
Redding, CA 96002-2217
Phone: 530.224.4900
Fax: 530.224.4904
e-mail: ceshasta@ucdavis.edu
Subjects: Agriculture, Home Economics, 4-H pamphlets and VCRs and slides from the University of California. Some are free. Most are for sale at the Advisor's Office or through the Publications Catalog from U. C., Berkeley.
Services: Patron assistance and telephone assistance. Office does not loan books or periodicals.

 

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