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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarding a message seen on Gay-libn that might be of interest. Ted Goodman Avery Library ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:27:07 -0400 (EDT) From: CHERYL RENEE MC BRIDE <[log in to unmask]> To: The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Librarians Network <[log in to unmask]> Subject: BPL's Warner Research Collection for Sale <fwd> FYI. Renee McBride <[log in to unmask]> On Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:19:05 -0700 bpl238Helen Wang <[log in to unmask]> wrote >The Warner Research Collection, located at the Burbank Public Library, >is a preproduction research library for the motion picture and >television industry. The collection was formerly the Warner Bros. >Studio Research Library, housed on the Warner lot and operated by >Warner Bros. In 1975, Warner Bros. donated the collection to the City >of Burbank and the City has operated it as a fee-based library since >that time. > >The following are some facts about the Warner Research Collection to >provide the scope of its size and value: > >* 15,000-20,000 hardcover books, trade paper books, and pamphlets >* 15,000-20,000 magazines, periodicals, journals, and similar >materials >* Approximately 300 trade and "home" catalogs >* Approximately 200 Quarto, folio, and elephant folio-sized atlases, >art, costume, and related topics >* Several hundred composite photo research volumes plus several >thousand set/scene photographs from Warner Bros. motion pictures >* Several hundred drawings, set designs, posters, scripts, and other >paper items >* Approximately 4,000,000 clippings and files housed in mtal filing >cabinets > >We're looking to sell the Warner Research Collection to raise funds >about 5 million dollars to rebuild our Buena Vista Branch Library. > >If you or you know someone who would be interested in obtaining more >information, please send inquiries via email to [log in to unmask] or >call Ms. Sandra Christopher, Library Director, at 818-238-5551.