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# Local library on the move
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/local-library-on-the-move/
- Published: 2002-10-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:48:16.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Main St, #archive-import

*By SARA VAN DYCK Special to the Daily Press*

Starting in November, our Main Library will quite literally be moving. The Sixth Street building will close in December, preparatory to being demolished, with library services reopening January 2003 in temporary quarters at 1324 Fifth St., less than two blocks away. Since the temporary library building is only about one-third the size of the current one, some materials will be placed at the branches and others stored, while the children’s collection will be relocated largely to the Ocean Park Branch on Main Street.

During the month of the relocation, service will be available at the branch libraries, via interactive 24/7 and e-mail reference service, plus the online catalog and a host of databases available from home, work or school. Library patrons will find details on locations of materials and programs in next month’s column, at the branches, and on the library Web site, www. smpl.org.

Meanwhile, the library continues to offer as many services as possible. The children’s department will celebrate Children's Book Week, November 18-24, with a display of children’s books and posters. This year’s theme is “Book Time.”

In addition, the library has added even more subscriptions to its amazing array of magazines, which will be available at the temporary library. A sampling of recent acquisitions includes: History and current affairs: The American Historical Review; The Village Voice.

Homes and gardens: House & Garden; This Old House.

Children: Complete Sourcebook on Children's Software; Exceptional Parent; Babybug.

And to show what Santa Monicans are truly dedicated to, patrons interested in physical and psychological health can now choose from: Cooking Light; John Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50; University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter; Joe Weider’s Muscle & Fitness; Shape; Spirituality and Health; and Yoga Journal.

Head reference librarian Nancy O’Neill also calls attention to a new book, “The World From Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles.” It is the catalog of the exhibition of the same name shown at the UCLA Hammer Museum, and Santa Monica Public Library ranks as one of the “great libraries.” According to O’Neill, “The exhibition was quite well-received and reviewed so anyone who saw it might want to revisit it in book form and anyone who did not see it might want to take advantage of this second chance.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 21, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102102.pdf?ref=smdp.com)