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(Ventura County Library ) is a public library system of 12 libraries in Ventura County, California. Ventura County Library may be found online at http://www.vencolibrary.org/. Ventura County Library features half a million items available for circulation and over 45 databases, including streaming video, downloadable music and thousands of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks available online.〔"Ventura County eLibrary." Ventura County Library. N.p., 2012. Web. 20 Dec 2012. 〕 All branch libraries offer wireless access〔"WiFi @ Your Library." Ventura County Library. N.p., 2009. Web. 20 Oct 2011. 〕 The Ventura County Library system was organized in 1916.〔Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly. 28.2 (Winter 1983): n. page. Print.〕 A history of early library services in the city of Ventura can be found in the Winter 1983 issue of the ''Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly'', Volume 28, Number 2. The Ventura County Library serves and issues library cards to all residents of the County, and to others living elsewhere in California upon request.〔"Getting a Library Card." Ventura County Library. N.p., 2009. Web. 20 Oct 2011. 〕 ==Avenue Library== The Avenue Library occupies the lower floor of an historic landmark, "Casa de Anza", one of the few remaining brick buildings in the city from the 1920s. The Avenue Library features a public art mural, "Portrait of a Neighborhood", by Catherine Day, currently an art instructor at Ventura College. This colorful mural wraps around three walls of the library and depicts scenes from the Chumash and mission era to contemporary street scenes and commemorates the designation of one of Ventura's oldest neighborhoods, the Simpson Tract, as a historic district. The library has a computer lab and Homework Center,〔"Avenue Library." Ventura County Library. N.p., 2009. Web. 20 Oct 2011. The library participates in the County Library’s Summer Reading Program and the El Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros in late April and the Fall Fun Day in late October are popular annual activities at the Avenue Library. 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「Ventura County Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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