California libraries - where the action is Nov 8, 2009
The job of ferreting out information is, if anything, more challenging in this post-print era as librarians help patrons navigate through what Baur describes as "the millions of places information can hide in the digital age." It takes skilled and knowledgeable librarians to guide patrons through the more than 90 databases the San Francisco Public Library subscribes to ... Under the guidance of an adult writing coach, teens at the San Francisco Public Library make "collage" journals using found... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Great cities need libraries now, more than ever Nov 8, 2009
Access to technology is also impressive: 16 million hits to the San Francisco Public Library Web sites in English, Chinese and Spanish and almost a million public computer sessions in 2008 ... Through a strong community partnership that includes the Friends of the Library, the San Francisco Public Library is re-engaging neighborhood residents and retooling to become the model urban public library. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Whitman on GOP voter rolls in S.F. in mid-'80s Oct 22, 2009
Margaret Cushing Whitman registered to vote in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 1982, and was on the city voter rolls as of 1985, the date of the elections roll microfiche stored in the San Francisco Public Library. The records from the city's Department of Elections, obtained Tuesday by The Chronicle through the city's sunshine law, do not indicate whether Whitman voted when she lived in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Documentary on '89 World Series premieres Oct 10, 2009
To find a screening place, Leonoudakis contacted the San Francisco Public Library, where a sympathetic fan in the curatorial department arranged for use of Koret Auditorium, which seats 200 ... Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St. Free. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Litquake shakes up literary world in Bay Area Oct 7, 2009
Jennifer Collins, the director of teen programs for the San Francisco Public Library, stopped in to thank the group and update them on Teenquake. "We're anticipating up to 400 teenagers will attend," said Collins of the Oct. 16 evening event at the Main Library. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gay penguins book tops most-banned list in US Oct 2, 2009
Among those at the San Francisco Public Library event will be authors and musicians Ben Fong-Torres, Richie Unterberger and Roy Zimmerman. They plan to stage a number of performances and defend controversial books. (BBC News -- Americas)
Giving voice to insane perfection Sep 12, 2009
The San Francisco Public Library owns 90 copies, I am told, and 237 readers are waiting for one of them. -- Are we bouncing back from recession. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Punk Passage: 1977-1981' Sep 11, 2009
Incongruous though it may have seemed to the denizens of the Fab Mab, the Savoy Tivoli and the Temple Beautiful, San Francisco's seminal punk scene is now enshrined in an exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library. Photographer Ruby Ray started following the culture in 1977, and 45 of her shots of the Avengers, the Dead Kennedys, the Dils, Crime, Sleepers, the Mutants, et al. are on view, along with posters, flyers, zines and other ephemera. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
CITY INSIDER D.A.'s fundraiser draws protesters Sep 1, 2009
To donate, contact Friends of the San Francisco Public Library at. - Meredith May. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Mom, daughter take on anorexia in book 'Hungry' Aug 11, 2009
Sheila, who left the Mercury News a few years ago after 26 years there, continues to write about food and is curating an exhibit of menus from the 1830s through the 1980s to be shown at the San Francisco Public Library. Her family's ordeal, she says, has given her more appreciation for food and its value in a healthy culture. (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco International Poetry Festival Jul 25, 2009
Co-hosted by Jack Hirschman, current poet-in-residence for the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, as well as California poet laureate Carol Muske-Dukes and San Francisco poet laureate Diane di Prima, the festival features the work of artists from far-flung places like Sudan, Greece, Haiti, Israel, Bangladesh, Iran, Nicaragua and Wales. Hirschman had the idea for an international poetry festival in 2006, when Mayor Gavin Newsom named him San Francisco poet laureate. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
China vows to promote ethnic cultural development Jul 24, 2009
Held at the main library of the San Francisco Public Library, the symposium was attended by Gongbao Daji, deputy chief editor of the Chinese Tibetology Press, Zhaxia, vice president of the Chinese Tibetology Press and other Tibetologists. Editor: Mu Xuequan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Black Women's Film Festival set to return Jul 11, 2009
Saturday's screenings from noon to 3 p.m. at the San Francisco Public Library are free. For advance tickets and schedule of events, go to. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jul 9, 2009
The San Francisco Public Library will host the second biennial San Francisco International Poetry Festival, July 23-26, at the Palace of Fine Arts, branch libraries and other city venues. The hosts for the event will be San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus Jack Hirschman, California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes and San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima. (San Francisco Chronicle)
SF library fee waiver lures lax back to the stacks Jun 19, 2009
The (optional) written excuses and video promos by local celebrities including Sullenberger were to raise awareness of the program and add some fun to the process, said Michelle Jeffers, spokeswoman for the San Francisco Public Library. But the return of late books and other materials had a serious mission. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Library book amnesty hones writers' skills Jun 16, 2009
Leave it to the San Francisco Public Library to turn its overdue book amnesty program into a creative writing contest ... Library book amnesty hones writers' skills Articles Leave it to the San Francisco Public Library to turn its overdue book amnesty program into a creative writing contest. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
City Insider: Even heroes need amnesty sometime May 2, 2009
The San Francisco Public Library has come up with a creative way to publicize its two-week fine amnesty period that begins Sunday: celebrity announcements, including one featuring Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ... CITY INSIDER / Even heroes need amnesty sometime Articles The San Francisco Public Library has come up with a creative way to publicize its two-week fine amnesty period that begins Sunday: celebrity announcements, including one featuring Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
ODC/Dance picked for DanceMotion USA Apr 30, 2009
To celebrate, visual artists Oscar Melara and Kate Connell, musician John Calloway and filmmaker Gustavo Vazquez have collaborated with the San Francisco Public Library to produce a four-part project on the longtime working-class neighborhood that. until recently was filled with small farms, nurseries. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Lost library card creates overdue nightmare Apr 9, 2009
In December, someone used a lost San Francisco Public Library card to check out -- and ultimately steal -- a single library book. The library card once belonged to an El Granada resident who misplaced the card weeks earlier and didn t give it another moment s thought. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Change is months away for Muni change machines Apr 1, 2009
Ever since the 1950s, the San Francisco Public Library has put together a humor exhibition on April Fool's Day, using the library's Schmulowitz Collection of Wit , begun in 1947 by San Francisco attorney Nat Schmulowitz. This year's theme is fashion, and a trip to the sixth floor of the main library will give you a chance to see two of Phyllis Diller's wigs and an item that special collections librarian Andrea Grimes identified as "a pop-up bra - sorry, I mean a pop-up book about bras.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
De Young curator's collection of area favorites Mar 30, 2009
Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch, San Francisco Public Library, 451 Jersey St. "When the Noe Valley branch reopened last year just two days after my birthday, I thought, 'This is the best birthday present ever.' I love research and take full advantage of the interlibrary loan system that delivers books from across the state just blocks from my home, not to mention being plugged into the plethora of online resources.". Fish, 350 Harbor Drive, Sausalito. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lamar Ariel built a book around his letters Mar 28, 2009
San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Reading Room, 100 Larkin St., S.F. (415) 557-4590. - Daniel N. Alvarez. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Guide to the 24th Jewish Music Festival Mar 22, 2009
San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird: Mixing klezmer and politics with elements of punk and folk on its new album, "Partisans and Parasites," this Berlin cabaret group will be joined by beatboxer Yuri Lane. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
CITY INSIDER More study needed for green building Mar 22, 2009
Now the antics of these highly effective and colorful provocateurs are enshrined in a new exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library. The show will trace 30 years of these men in nun's habits. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
March in the Castro on eve of Prop. 8 hearing Mar 6, 2009
It will be shown on a JumboTron for those who don't have access to viewing rooms set up in the San Francisco Public Library. Along with arguments over the constitutionality of Prop. (San Francisco Chronicle)
