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Borrowing & Requesting Library Materials - California State Library
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Welcome! Start your research by:

Using the California State Library Genealogy Toolkit (helpful tips and useful links),
Consulting our catalog,
Using our Ask a Librarian feature, or
Visiting one of our reading rooms (listed below).

All California State Library reading rooms are free and open to the public.

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Bernard E. Witkin State Law Library

Within the Witkin Law Library collection, you will find:

Attorney / state bar directories
State and federal court cases
“West’s California Reporter”
State and federal court directories
Legislative directories
Legislative histories

Government Publications

Within the Government Publications room, you will find California state government and U.S. federal government publications, which include:

Agency, commission, committee, and task force annual and special reports, directories, newsletters, maps, and other publications
Congressional and California state legislative directories
Licensing board reports and rosters
Congressional and California legislative hearings and indexes
Selected military registers, directories, histories, and periodicals
Letters and indexes to letters sent and received by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. patent and trademark indexes and database search training

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Information Services, our General Collection Resources, contains:

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Within the California History Room, you will find specialized genealogy resources, including:

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Services for State Employees 
California state government officials and employees may access California State Library catalogs, online resources and services through their worksite computers or by visiting the State Library. To access these restricted resources from your personal computer or smartphone, as well as to request and borrow books and state workforce training videos and guides, apply for a State Library Card.
Who may apply for a State Library Card? California State employees, state legislative staff, appointed state officials and board members, officials and employees of the State Court, and faculty and staff of the University of California or California State University. Obtain a State Library Card by applying online or calling (916) 323-9843.

State Library Card
Gives you access from your personal smartphone or computer to the State Library’s online catalogs of historical photos, documents, and books as well as access to restricted online resources and databases. A State Library Card also allows you to request and borrow current books, journals, and magazines from the State Library or from most California public universities and libraries through our Interlibrary Loan Service.

Borrowing & Requesting Library Materials
Those with a State Library Card may borrow books and other materials directly from the State Library. The loan period for most books is five weeks and for most periodicals, three weeks. Some legal materials have one-week loan periods. Special extended loans are also available for many materials.

Online Resources
Get access to online resources and searchable databases of full-text articles of newspapers, magazines, and journals; e-books from industry-leading technical publishers; ordinances from California cities, counties, and the state; U.S. and state demographic and government statistical information and data tools; and many more resources that augment the collections of the California State Library.

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Category : California Supreme Court 
Category : California Supreme Court 
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/
 
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Photos: California Supreme Court Holds Oral Argument
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/photos-california-supreme-court-holds-oral-argument
 Photos: California Supreme Court Holds Oral ArgumentBalassone, Merrill
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 15:25

 
 News Release
 
 
 The California Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral argument in three cases from its San Francisco courtroom. Oral argument will continue Wednesday in six additional cases.

Photos are available below, taken during oral argument in Castellanos v. State of California.

 

 

Photos/Video: California Supreme Court Holds Oral Argument
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/photosvideo-california-supreme-court-holds-oral-argument
 Photos/Video: California Supreme Court Holds Oral ArgumentBalassone, Merrill
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:56

 
 News Release
 
 
 The California Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument in six cases from its San Francisco courtroom. Oral argument will continue Thursday.

Media pool photos are available below, taken during oral argument in Legislature of the State of California v. Weber (Hiltachk).

Video is also available courtesy of the California Supreme Court via YouTube.

 

Video/Photos: Make UC a Good Neighbor v. The Regents of the University of California
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/videophotos-make-uc-good-neighbor-v-regents-university-california
 Video/Photos: Make UC a Good Neighbor v. The Regents of the University of CaliforniaMartin.Novitski
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 11:23

 
 News Release
 
 
 Media pool photos available here.

The court is posting this unprocessed video today due to technical issues that affected access to the livestreamed oral argument in this matter earlier today. A processed version of the video will be posted, along with videos of the other cases argued as part of the April 3, 2024 oral argument calendar, on the court's webcast library on a future date.
The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch
providing such resources, what benefits are generated, and all funding
sources available to support such resources. This would provide a
comprehensive picture of how legal resources are currently being
provided. It would also provide information on where there may be gaps
in legal resources and where resources may need to be adjusted or
coordinated to prevent duplication.
Direct Working Group to Develop a Strategic Plan for
Legal Resource Funding. We recommend the Legislature also
require the working group to develop a strategic plan for legal resource
funding. Specifically, based on the information in the report
recommended above, the strategic plan would detail how to improve the
allocation of existing funding to maximize the number of people served
and achieve the greatest benefits, minimize the effect of any funding
reductions, and identify priorities for where additional funding—should
it be available—could be allocated to increase service levels in a
cost-effective manner. This strategic plan—as well as the work leading
up to it—will help the Legislature weigh funding for legal resources
against its other policy and funding priorities and determine how to
ensure whatever funding is available for legal resources is used to
maximum effect. The working group’s strategic plan for funding should be
submitted to the Legislature by January 1, 2027 to provide the
Legislature with sufficient time to consider this information to inform
its 2027‑28 budget decisions.
Consider Providing Proposed $19 Million in Self-Help
Funding for Three-Years. Given the state is currently
facing a budget problem, the Legislature will need to weigh the
$19 million proposed for continued funding for self-help centers against
its other spending priorities. This is because the Legislature will
likely need to offset the requested funding for this proposal with
spending reductions elsewhere in the budget. If the state’s budget
problem worsens, as our recent update to the state budget deficit
recently indicated, the Legislature may need to make even more
reductions to existing programs and services. This can result in
heightened trade-offs to fund this proposal and would therefore require
heightened legislative scrutiny on whether this proposal should be
approved. However, when evaluating this proposal on its individual
Category : California Supreme Court 
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 11:23

 
 News Release
 
 
 Media pool photos available here.

The court is posting this unprocessed video today due to technical issues that affected access to the livestreamed oral argument in this matter earlier today. A processed version of the video will be posted, along with videos of the other cases argued as part of the April 3, 2024 oral argument calendar, on the court's webcast library on a future date.

View the recording below or on YouTube. | View the captions here. | View the full oral argument webcast here.

Make UC a Good Neighbor et al. v. The Regents of the University of California et al. (Resources for Community Development et al., Real Parties in Interest), S279242

#23-93  Make UC A Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California, S279242. (A165451; 88 Cal.App.5th 656, mod. 88 Cal.App.5th 1293a; Alameda County Superior Court; RG21110142.)  

Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed the judgment in a civil action. This case presents the following issues: (1) Does the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA) require public agencies to consider as an environmental impact the increased social noise generated by student parties that a student housing project might bring to a community? (2) Under CEQA, when a lead agency has identified potential sites for future development and redevelopment in a programmatic planning document, is the agency required to revisit alternative locations for a proposed site-specific project within the program? 

 

California Supreme Court Hosts Students at Oral Argument 
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/california-supreme-court-hosts-students-oral-argument
 California Supreme Court Hosts Students at Oral Argument Balassone, Merrill
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 10:58

 
 News Release
 
 
 Class was in session Tuesday at the California Supreme Court.

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero began the oral argument session by welcoming the dozens of students seated in the San Francisco courtroom.
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Oral Argument - California Appellate Courts
The court will send all parties at least 20 days advance notice including the date, time, and location of oral argument.
Cost of Presenting an Oral Argument
There is no additional court cost to make an oral argument. 
Deciding Whether to Make an Oral Argument
In most cases oral argument is optional, and it is a small part of an appeal.
In some cases oral argument can be helpful, but it is less important in the court’s decision than the briefs or the record on appeal.
An appellant or respondent can choose to make an oral argument or choose to waive (give up) oral argument.
Reasons to make an oral argument

to explain something in a brief
to talk about an argument in any party’s brief
to highlight the most important issues in the appeal
to give the justices a chance to ask questions
to talk about new legal authorities that support an argument in a brief

Reasons not to make an oral argument

there is nothing new or different to say about what’s already in a brief
the arguments and issues are fully explained in a brief
a party does not want to take questions from the justices
a party wants to talk about a new legal issue or new evidence (this is not permitted in oral argument)

Here are some important things to know when making a decision about whether or not to request oral argument:

If a party chooses not to make an oral argument, it does not impact what the court thinks about that party or their argument in the appeal.

Not all parties have to do the same thing. So if only one party wants to make an oral argument, the court will have oral argument for the case but it will not make the other parties participate.

If a party has a lawyer, then the lawyer will present the oral argument. A party is not required to go to court for oral argument if he or she is represented by a lawyer.

Many appeals do not have oral argument because all parties waive (give up) oral argument. When there is no oral argument, the Court of Appeal justices decide an appeal based on the briefs and the record on appeal.

Oral argument does not slow down or speed up the appeal process.
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Stan Statham
Author and former state legislator Stan Statham visits the State Library for a conversation about his career, his new book Reclaim California (2017) and the history of attempts to create new states within the existing boundaries of California. Statham served in the State Assembly from 1976 to 1994 and later became the President and CEO of the California Broadcasters Association, serving as the moderator for California’s gubernatorial debates in the 1990s and 2000s.

Download the Stan Statham episode

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Mike Marlin, Director of the State Library’s Braille and Talking Book Library, talks about an exciting new development in providing materials to visually impaired and print disabled people around the world. The Senate recently passed the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, also known as the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act. This treaty was sponsored by the World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It will provide a copyright exception so that participating countries around the world can share their materials across borders for use by blind, visually impaired and print disabled individuals.

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This first podcast by the American Haiku Archives (AHA), presents an overview of the archive—the largest public collection of haiku-related materials outside Japan.
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To Public
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Information on grants, interlibrary lending and more.
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State government employee access to online resources, library materials and reference services.
Statistics
An annual compilation of statistical data from California public libraries.
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A digitization center dedicated to preserving and sharing collections hidden throughout California state government.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
California children can receive free books monthly until their 5th birthday.

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Braille and Talking Books
Learn about services for eligible readers and what can be borrowed.
Online Catalogs
Find new and historical books, documents and more in the California State Library’s online catalogs.
Online Collections
Remotely access our collections of 3D images, photographs, drawings, exhibits and more.
Genealogy
Access third-party genealogy databases as well as our genealogy research guides.
Sutro Library
Our San Francisco branch holds the original collection of philanthropist Adoph Sutro.
California History
Find the state’s premier collection of documents from and about California’s rich history.
Government Publications