Photo Gallery

Gold Country Library owner Dale Irata takes you on a brief photo tour of the GCL.

First, a bird’s-eye view, flying above Cybrary Square.  The GCL is the building immediately beneath Dale.  An outdoor auditorium is visible next door, along with neighboring library/museums and the Stonhenge-inspired central plaza.

Back at ground level, Dale shows us the front view of the GCL.

Entering the large space, we see a comfortable lounge area, complete with a campfire!  A small discussion area with chairs is visible at the left.  Most important in this view are the panels on the walls; these, along with large boxes like the one at the far left, are what carry the information and links to materials stored at various Gold Country region public libraries.

Walking to the back, Dale shows us three of the panels:  Clicking any panel takes the visitor to an appropriate page on the Nevada County Library Website. (Those links are repeated in the items below.)

• The left one is a photo of Josiah Royce, a 19th Century author and philospher.  (Royce Hall at UCLA is named for him.) Mr. Royce was born and grew up in Grass Valley, and the Nevada County Public Library branch in Grass Valley is built on land that Mr. Royce once owned. Clicking the panel opens access to the Josiah and Sarah Royce main page.
   
• The center panel shows the Grass Valley Library-Royce Branch, recently named for Mr. Royce. Clicking it opens the page for the Royce Branch library, with hours, location and services.
   
• The right panel shows  the Madelyn Helling Library, the main library in the Nevada County system. Clicking it opens the page for the Helling Library.

On the wall to the right is a panel honoring “Okie Poet” Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, an emigrant from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl years of the 1930’s. Clicking the panel opens the main McDaniel page on the Website.   But clicking the old radio downloads an audio file of Ms. McDaniel reading one of her own poems.  The Library believes it has the largest known collection of her works anywhere, and most are available on the Website linked from the GCL.

Lots more to come, as we contact other libraries and explore their treasures!