The University's Delmar T. Oviatt Library, featuring one of the nation'sonly robotic book retrieval and storage systems, contains more than 30,000books on mass communication, subscribes to more than 2,200 newspapers andperiodicals and is a major depository for government documents. The University is located in the northwestern section of the San FernandoValley in the Northridge area of Los Angeles. It is within comfortable drivingdistance of surf, snow and desert. Also in easy range are major film andtelevision studios, many of which are located in the Valley, a variety ofart and nature museums as well as other major cultural and educational institutionssuch as UCLA, USC and Cal Arts. Los Angeles, a major communications andmedia center comparable to New York City, is recognized as a showplace forlegitimate theater, music and dance as well.
Climate is moderate and rainfallis minimal.
Los Angeles is one of the major mass media markets of the worldand journalism students have opportunitites to interact, intern, study andwork with major news and communications organizations.