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===Contact Information===
[[Image:Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch exterior at night.jpg|right|300px]] [[Image:Salt Lake City Public Library interior.jpg|right|240px]]
 
=== Contact Information ===
 
'''E-mail:'''Contact Us: Logan Library] <br>


'''E-Mail & Telephone:''' [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/ask_a_librarian/index.php Contact Us]. <br>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="ContactInfo">Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us - Branches - Main Library'' [Internet site] at {{SLCPLcon}} (accessed 5 November 2009).</ref>  


'''Address:'''
:210 East 400 South<br>
:Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br>


:255 North Main<br>Logan, Utah 84321 <br>
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> &nbsp;801-524-8200 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Fax:''' &nbsp;801-524-8272<br>  


'''Hours and holidays:'''  
'''Hours, and Holidays:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" />&nbsp;


:Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
*Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.
:Saturday        10 a.m.-2 p.m.
*For holidays&nbsp;[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=8&page_id=8 click here].<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Locations and Hours'' [Internet site] at {{SLCPLhou}} (accessed 5 November 2009).</ref>
:Closed Sunday<br>
:For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/about_us/information/location_and_hours.php Click here]  


{{Wikipedia|Logan Library}}
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>


===Collection Description===
*[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/index.jsp Library Internet site] renewals, events, collection, services, research.
*[http://catalog.slcpl.org/ Library catalog online] search by title, author, subject, or call number.
*[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&page_id=69 Databases] bios, newspapers, HeritageQuest, Sanborn maps, ''et. al.''<br>


The Logan Library is home to the Virginia Hanson Special Collections, including genealogical and historical materials related to the Logan, Utah area and wider. It is currently home to over 7,500 print, film, and manuscript items. 
'''Public transportation, and Parking:'''


The Logan Library is also an affiliate library with the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Many digital resources on FamilySearch.org not available at home can be accessed here.
*For TRAX light rail, and bus routes [http://www.rideuta.com/ click here].<ref>"Utah Transit Authority" at http://www.rideuta.com/ (accessed 6 August 2009).</ref>
*The library's underground parking facility can be accessed by turning mid-block from eastbound 400 South. Parking in this facility is free for the first half-hour, then $1.25 per half-hour after that. Any vehicle displaying a disability special group license plate or disability windshield placard may park in the parking garage at Library Square for two hours with no charge. Additional time beyond the two hours is $1.25 per half-hour.<ref name="ContactInfo" />


=== Collection Description  ===


The Salt Lake City Public Library&nbsp;has a good heraldry collection, and&nbsp;better than average Western Americana collection including books about Mormon and other ethnic pioneers. They&nbsp;participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Utah's online library), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1865-1970, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and the Biography Resource Center.<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Research Center'' [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;page_id=69 [accessed 5 November 2009].</ref>


'''Key Internet sites and databases:'''
=== Tip  ===


*[https://lopl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/Logan/search/results?qu=&te=ILS Online Logan Library Catalog] has keyword, title, author, subject, call number, and advanced searches.
*Street parking at meters is free after 6:00 p.m., and on weekends visitors are allowed two hours free parking.
*[https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/research___learn/local_history.php Logan History] Get a glimpse of what local history and genealogy materials the Logan Library has to offer online.
*[https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/research___learn/digital_projects.php Logan History Digital Projects]  collection of maps, newspapers, photographs, and other digital resources related to the history of Logan, Utah.
*[http://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/hqa HeritageQuest Online] has over 28,000 genealogy and local history ebooks, U.S. census records, Revolutionary War service records, and more.


===Tips===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===


The collection is available during all general library hours.  
If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''Salt Lake City Public Library''''', a similar&nbsp;source may be&nbsp;at one of the following.  


If you desire or need specialized reference help, please call or email in advance to make sure the librarian will be available to help you.  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''
 
*Salt Lake City Public Library [http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=16&page_id=84 branches] of the Main Library
*[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=16&page_id=84 Salt Lake County Library System] Ancestry, Newsbank, HeritageQuest Online, World Vital Records databases.
 
'''''Similar Collections'''''
 
*[http://www.co.davis.ut.us/library/ Davis County Library]&nbsp; with a library card you have access to HeritageQuest Online.
*[http://www.provo.lib.ut.us/info_12.html Provo&nbsp;City Library] genealogical books, reference tools, periodicals, databases like GENUKI&nbsp;&amp; HeritageQuest.
 
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''
 
*[http://www.archives.state.ut.us/ Utah State Archives] newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals
*[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society] family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.<ref>"Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref>
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
*[[Church History Library|Church History Library]] of the LDS Church 1830 to now with diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials.<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref>
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ University of Utah], historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana
*[[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library|Brigham Young University]], genealogy, local history, censuses, Family History Center, [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php digitized family histories]
*[http://www.utahcityguide.com/utbound/details.asp?ID=25801194317 Daughters of Utah Pioneers] the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref>
*[http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm Sons of Utah Pioneers] manuscripts, biographies, family and local histories, pioneer handcart companies, Mormon Battalion records, Revolutionary War military records, passenger lists, and historical periodicals.<ref>Sons of Utah Pioneers, ''SUP Library'' [Internet site] at http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm [accessed 6 November 2009].</ref>
*[http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court of Utah] federal court records.
*[http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3 Salt Lake County Court] local court records.
 
{{Wikipedia|Salt Lake City Public Library}}
 
=== Sources  ===
 
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Revision as of 13:48, 14 November 2011

Salt Lake City Public Library
Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch exterior at night.jpg
Salt Lake City Public Library interior.jpg

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:Contact Us: Logan Library]

Address:[1]

210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111

Telephone:[1]  801-524-8200    Fax:  801-524-8272

Hours, and Holidays:[1] 

  • Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.
  • For holidays click here.[2]

Internet sites and databases:

Public transportation, and Parking:

  • For TRAX light rail, and bus routes click here.[3]
  • The library's underground parking facility can be accessed by turning mid-block from eastbound 400 South. Parking in this facility is free for the first half-hour, then $1.25 per half-hour after that. Any vehicle displaying a disability special group license plate or disability windshield placard may park in the parking garage at Library Square for two hours with no charge. Additional time beyond the two hours is $1.25 per half-hour.[1]

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

The Salt Lake City Public Library has a good heraldry collection, and better than average Western Americana collection including books about Mormon and other ethnic pioneers. They participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Utah's online library), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1865-1970, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and the Biography Resource Center.[4]

Tip[edit | edit source]

  • Street parking at meters is free after 6:00 p.m., and on weekends visitors are allowed two hours free parking.

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the Salt Lake City Public Library, a similar source may be at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

  • Utah State Archives newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals
  • Utah State Historical Society family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.[5]
  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
  • Church History Library of the LDS Church 1830 to now with diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials.[6]
  • University of Utah, historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana
  • Brigham Young University, genealogy, local history, censuses, Family History Center, digitized family histories
  • Daughters of Utah Pioneers the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.[7]
  • Sons of Utah Pioneers manuscripts, biographies, family and local histories, pioneer handcart companies, Mormon Battalion records, Revolutionary War military records, passenger lists, and historical periodicals.[8]
  • United States District Court of Utah federal court records.
  • Salt Lake County Court local court records.
 Wikipedia has more about this subject: Salt Lake City Public Library

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Salt Lake City Public Library, Contact Us - Branches - Main Library [Internet site] at https://about.slcpl.org/locations (accessed 5 November 2009).
  2. ↑ Salt Lake City Public Library, Locations and Hours [Internet site] at https://about.slcpl.org/locations (accessed 5 November 2009).
  3. ↑ "Utah Transit Authority" at http://www.rideuta.com/ (accessed 6 August 2009).
  4. ↑ Salt Lake City Public Library, Research Center [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;page_id=69 [accessed 5 November 2009].
  5. ↑ "Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).
  6. ↑ "Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).
  7. ↑ "Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).
  8. ↑ Sons of Utah Pioneers, SUP Library [Internet site] at http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm [accessed 6 November 2009].
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