[Scpg] SB Botanic Garden library terrific local resource for us to use!

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Thanks to Carrie Clough, members of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Guild,  
the SB Organic Garden Club and the SB Rose Society were treated to an  
orientation to the amazing library at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden on  Thursday 
evening, Sept 4th.  Librarian Joan Ariel introduced us to the  collection and to 
the library's special online resources as well.
 
The library is free and open to the public, usually Tuesday - Thursday from  
1-4 and 11 - 3 first Saturday of each month but you can also just e-mail Joan 
at  _jariel at sbbg.org_ (mailto:jariel at sbbg.org)  to arrange an  appointment.
 
And even before you go, you might want to research the catalog at 
_www.centralcoastmuseums.org_ (http://www.centralcoastmuseums.org)     This site includes 
a number of local libraries, so be sure to check specifically  in the Botanic 
Garden collection.  For example on my most recent search,  "roses" brought up 
77 titles, "permaculture" brought up 5, including 2 of  Bill Mollison's 
works, and "organic gardening" brought up 77.   The library also has a collection 
of nursery catalogues.
 
The Botanic Garden library also will allow you to search an academic  
database called JSTOR to find the full text of journal articles on topics  you're 
intereted in, and the library also allows the public to have access to  the 
online Garden Literature and Horticultural Index, so there's almost no limit  to 
what you can find!
 
As Santa Barbara transitions to a post-fossil-fuel economy, it will be  
invaluable to have this kind of access to wonderful and useful  information.
 
A big thank you to Joan and Carrie!
 
Linda 
 



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