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===Libraries=== [[File:Geisel Library3.jpg|thumb|left|[[Geisel Library]] at [[UC San Diego]]]] The city-run [[San Diego Public Library]] system is headquartered downtown and has 36 branches throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/branchlist|title=Branch Listing {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website|website=www.sandiego.gov|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903094446/https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/branchlist|archive-date=September 3, 2016}}</ref> The newest location is in Skyline Hills, which broke ground in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/10/07/construction-begins-on-skyline-hills-library/|title=Construction begins on Skyline Hills Library|date=October 8, 2015|website=fox5sandiego.com|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010235021/http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/10/07/construction-begins-on-skyline-hills-library/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The libraries have had reduced operating hours since 2003 due to the city's financial problems. In 2006 the city increased spending on libraries by $2.1 million.<ref name="SpareLibPark">{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Matthew T.|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060412/news_1m12preview.html|title=Budget spares libraries, parks|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=April 12, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> A new nine-story Central Library on Park Boulevard at J Street opened on September 30, 2013.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/16/new-main-library-creation-concrete/ "New main library is a creation in concrete"], ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', November 16, 2011</ref> In addition to the municipal public library system, there are nearly two dozen libraries open to the public run by other governmental agencies, and by schools, colleges, and universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego Area Libraries |url=http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/libdirectory/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103013223/http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/libdirectory/index.shtml |archive-date=November 3, 2005 |publisher=San Diego State University |access-date=April 24, 2012 }}</ref> Noteworthy are [[Malcolm A. Love Library]] at [[San Diego State University]], and [[Geisel Library]] at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
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