
Library services can help you connect with the information that you need.
Reference – Librarians can help find the answers, or refine the questions, about anything related to gemstones and jewelry.
- Contact us or call the reference desk at 1-760-603-4046, from 7:30 – 5:30, Monday through Friday
Reader’s advisory services – Not sure what you need? Ask us! We have great suggestions for what to read next.
Customized classroom presentations – We are happy to visit classrooms and connect students with library materials to support their coursework.
Circulation – Borrow books, periodicals, e-books, audiobooks, or videos; most items can be borrowed for a week and renewed three times.
Interlibrary Loan – If GIA staff want to borrow an item that our library doesn’t own, we can request it from another library for you. Contact us to request this service.e.
Curated lists - Librarians can create custom collections or bibliographies of suggested resources, by topic, by class, by format, or anything else.
Displays – We make beautiful and informative displays, featuring our unique library materials – for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, for the San Diego County Fair, and here on campus in Carlsbad.

Library services can help you connect with the information that you need.
Reference – Librarians can help find the answers, or refine the questions, about anything related to gemstones and jewelry.
- Contact us or call the reference desk at 1-760-603-4046, from 7:30 – 5:30, Monday through Friday
Reader’s advisory services – Not sure what you need? Ask us! We have great suggestions for what to read next.
Customized classroom presentations – We are happy to visit classrooms and connect students with library materials to support their coursework.
Circulation – Borrow books, periodicals, e-books, audiobooks, or videos; most items can be borrowed for a week and renewed three times.
Interlibrary Loan – If GIA staff want to borrow an item that our library doesn’t own, we can request it from another library for you. Contact us to request this service.e.
Curated lists - Librarians can create custom collections or bibliographies of suggested resources, by topic, by class, by format, or anything else.
Displays – We make beautiful and informative displays, featuring our unique library materials – for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, for the San Diego County Fair, and here on campus in Carlsbad.
