The Traveling librarian went to the Architects and Engineers Association Library in Costa Rica

I was lucky enough to visit Costa Rica one more time (it's so pretty there that once you go there you want to keep going back!). This time I visited the Architects and Engineers Association Library located in San José. This library is very new; it was formally inaugurated a year ago, but it has been serving patrons since the 1990s. It has a collection of 500 electronic documents and 3000 documents in hardcopy. It mainly compiles laws, technical articles, thesis, and papers.

This library serves approximately 12,000 members and adds 1,000 new members every year. All documents are related to the areas of engineering and architecture. This library is located in a small room in the building with a beautiful view of the North Mountains. The library is run by a single laborious librarian who was the initiator of a digital library for the library's associates which has been very popular and welcome. It's amazing what one person can do!

So if you are planning to buy or build a house in Costa Rica, this is a good place to get information about development laws, and even architectural venues in the country.