A parking lot of books

With each box carried into the parking structure across the street

from the Glendale Central Library, the library's collection of

Armenian- language books grew. And grew. And grew some more.

Movers delivered about 12,500 Armenian-language books to the

library on Wednesday, a collection so large that the books are being

stored in the parking structure instead of the library. The

collection, donated by the now-defunct American Armenian Interna-

tional College, quadruples the library's current collection of

Armenian- language materials.

The large collection will take some time to sort through. Library

officials expect some books to enter circulation within six months.

City officials value the collection at about $500,000.