Materials for Circulation
  • DVDs (films, non-fiction videos)
  • Bestseller books
  • Audiobooks
  • Children’s books
  • Music on CD
  • Kids Kits & Ellison Dies
Reference Materials
  • Oxford Dictionary of Biography
Online Databases

Adult Databases at all Libraries and via Remote Access:

  • Grove Art Online
  • Grove Music Online
  • Personal & Business Forms
  • Mergent Online
  • Los Angeles Times Historical
  • New York Times Historical
  • ProQuest (Research Library; ABI/Inform; Hoover’s)
  • Biography Resource Center
  • Literature Resource Center
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • NoveList
  • Reference USA - Business & Residential
Adult Databases with access in Library only:
  • Metroscan (Central Library)
  • Rand California
  • ValueLine
  • Morningstar
Children’s Databases at all Libraries & via Remote Access:
  • Ancient History & Culture
  • Curriculum Resource Center (Grade 6-12)
  • Curriculum Resource Center (Grade K-5)
  • World Atlas Online
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • NoveList Youth
  • Live Homework Help
Branch Support
  • New Mariners Branch
  • “Mariners Migration” (Mariners School Library content integrated into the NBPL electronic catalog)
  • Collection additions for Library Branches
  • Binding of nautical magazines at Balboa
High Tech Services
  • Wireless Laptop Computers (9)
  • Wireless Fidelity (WIFI)
  • Bandwidth Increase
  • iPod Shuffle audiobooks
  • Self-Checkout Machines
  • Projector for Friends Room
  • E-commerce
  • New Sound System in Friends Room
Marketing & Display
  • Furniture for programs in Central Library & Branches
  • Computer training tables (5)
  • Poster stanchions for program visibility
  • New displays for DVDs
  • Children’s computer table at Corona del Mar
  • Signage (end panels) for shelves
  • Other capital improvements Teen Center & Youth Programs
  • YAAC programs (Young Adult Advisory Council)
  • START (Seniors & Teens are Reading Together)
  • Authors Festival
  • Imagination Celebration
  • American Girls Tea Party
  • Mother/Daughter Book Club
  • Corona del Mar Christmas Walk
  • Annual Holiday Puppet Show & free books for participants
  • Custom furniture
  • Framing for original artwork
Children’s Library Renovations
  • Total makeover & new shelving
  • New books & materials
Staff Training

Landscaping

  • New palms at Central Library
Library Programs
  • Pacific Symphony Orchestra – Sunday Musicales
  • Manuscripts Literary Events & Book Discussion Groups
  • Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
  • Estate Planning Workshops
  • Literacy Program