Miller Library Frequently Asked Questions and Their Answers
See Location and Parking
The general public can check out materials from the
Lending Collection. All other
materials are for library use only, except by Center for Urban
Horticulture faculty, staff or students.
No. See Mission
The Miller Library is currently open Monday evenings until
8:00 p.m. (See Hours). It is hoped that
additional open hours on other evenings and weekends will be possible in the
future, but this is dependent upon receiving funding.
The Miller Library gratefully accepts donations of
books and magazines. All donated material is reviewed
according to the same selection criteria applied to purchased
material. If your donation is not needed for the library collection, it
will be sold in a used book sale with the proceeds going to the
library's book acquisition fund.
Yes. All gift books will be processed with a
memorial bookplate, if desired.
September 13-14, 1996.
No. Separate Author, Subject, and Title catalogs
are available in print at the library. Please ask at the Reference
Desk.
"Hortus West", located in the
Periodicals
collection, is the main locator and directory of growers.
We have several lists in the Vertical Files collection.
Yes, several located in the Garden Construction
section of the general books.
We have several plans in the Vertical Files collection.
See Links to Other Web
Sites. We have listings of additional contacts at the
Reference Desk.
No. We suggest you contact the Puget Sound Mycological Society.
No, but specimens may be left for identification by
the Center for Urban Horticulture hortorium staff.
No. We recommend you contact the Master Gardener's
Clinic, also located at the Center for Urban Horticulture.
We have instructions in the Vertical Files collection.
No, but we can refer you to the appropriate
professional organization for the service you need.
We have several good national and regional
plant locators. Please ask at the Reference Desk.
Yes, nearly 700 of them in the Catalogs collection.
We have several articles discussing this in the Vertical Files collection.
Dates and ticket availability are shown in the
Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden,
located in the Periodicals collection.
April 20, 1996. We have dates of all major, local
plant sales at the Reference Desk.
November 18th and March 23rd.
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