access to all who visit. The library does accept donations, however, the materials must be by or about LGBTQ+ subjects. Non-LGBTQ+ materials will not be accepted. For any donations they receive that are already in the collection, those duplicate materials are typically sold for $1 or placed with another LGBTQ+ library or community center. All are welcome to search SNMA's library catalogue here. Circulating collection topics include: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Biography; Foreign Languages; Fine Art; Pulp Fiction; Youth and Young Adult; and, DVDS, Audio Books and CDs. Available by request to members are subjects in the Special and Restricted collections. These are: Special Collections: items that are unique in nature or content. Out-of-date AIDS Books: these books go as far back as the early 1980s and are about the cause, prevention, and care of HIV and AIDS related illnesses. Due to no longer being factually correct, these items are kept off of public shelves. They are, however, preserved as a record of the impact AIDS had on the gay male community. Erotica: Only available to those over 18 years of age with SNMA membership. As SNMA is a public library these items are not on public shelves. Signed and/or High-value Books: Due to the uniqueness and difficulty in replacing these books, they are kept off of public shelves. Restricted Collection: these are non-circulating books due to their rare nature, which include first editions, antique volumes signed by the author, and other special attributes. There are usually later versions of the same book in this collection on the public shelves that are available for circulation. Items in collections As of 2022, there are 28,000 volumes in the library, including nearly 1,000 rare books. The library is organized under the Library of Congress system and the entire catalog can be viewed on SNMA's website. About 5,000 people visit the library each year including casual readers and academic researchers. Additionally, there are 2,700 linear feet of archival materials, totaling more than 6 million pieces of paper, mostly from 1950 to the present day. The collection contains serials from around the nation, as well as private and organizational papers. However, its principle focus is the American Southeast (west of Houston, TX and south of Washington, DC). In some cases, the copies of serials in Stonewall's possession are the only known paper copy. In 2020, SNMA received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which