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The City of Camarillo Public Library serves the residents of Camarillo, California. Camarillo Public Library will issue a free library card to any applicant with acceptable identification, as provided in the library's registration policy.〔Camarillo Public Library Registration Policy. http://librarycatalog.info/polaris/library/userdef/CPLRegistrationPolicy.pdf〕 Camarillo Public Library is located at (4101 Las Posas Road ), on the corner of Las Posas Road and Fieldgate Drive. == History == *1895: The first library in Camarillo consists of a set of readers in a hallway at Pleasant Valley School. *April 8, 1915: Adolfo Camarillo speaks at a public hearing before the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in favor of establishing a countywide library system. *January 6, 1919: Opening day of the Camarillo Branch of the Ventura County Free Library, with 75 books. It is located in Mr. Israel Hernandez's Camarillo Mercantile Company. *1920-1931: The library is moved to a room in the Conejo Inn, owned by Mr. & Mrs. F.B. Merrill who welcome borrowers anytime. *1931-1933: Mrs. Ruth Fellows offers her sun porch as a temporary library when the Conejo Inn goes out of business. *December, 1933-April, 1941: Adele Flynn becomes Branch Library Assistant and moves the collection of 350 books to a cubbyhole in the post office and then to the Cawelti building. It is open for 2 hours on Mondays and Fridays. *April 1, 1941 – 1962: The library is moved to a room in the new Community Center on Ventura Boulevard. The collection has grown to 8,000 books. The two most popular library books in 1952 are ''The Caine Mutiny'' and ''The Old Man and the Sea''. *May 18, 1962: A new branch is dedicated at Dizdar Park with room for 15,000 books, and a large reading area. Adele Flynn becomes the Children's Librarian and organizes storytimes, the annual summer reading program, and other events to attract children to the library. *October 27, 1974: The library opens at 3100 Ponderosa Drive. Additionally, The Friends of the Camarillo Library is organized this year. *1974-2007: The computerized circulation system is installed in 1982, replacing the card catalogue. The internet center for public use is dedicated in January, 1999. The collection grows to 120,000 items that include video cassettes, DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks, periodicals, and books. *March 31, 2007: The library opens in a state-of-the-art building at (4101 Las Posas Road ).〔Richard, Sam. Camarillo (quietly) rejoices over new library. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2007/apr/07/camarillo-quietly-rejoices-over-new-library/〕 *October 13, 2010: The Camarillo City Council votes to leave the Ventura County Library system.〔Storer, Mark. Camarillo council votes to leave county library system. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/14/camarillo-council-votes-to-leave-county-library/.〕 *January 3, 2011: The City of Camarillo Public Library opens as a municipal library.〔Hernandez, Marjorie. Camarillo Public Library Launched. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jan/03/camarillo-public-library-launched-patrons-browse〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Camarillo Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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