The New York Public Library installed a 26-ft tall by 40-ft wide display to promote the Read Across America program, spelling  out the word “Read” with 25,000 Dr. Seuss books.  So cool! More pics here.

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By Katie Sue Ambellan After 15 months of renovations, one of the most historic libraries in the San Francisco Public Library system, the Presidio Branch Library, celebrates it’s grand re-opening. The Carnegie is a beauty-a true gem if you will-with a grandiose reading room, beautifully restored arched windows that let in plenty of light, a [...]

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Is there really anything you can’t find at the library?  Hat tip to our very own Mary Abler, who was the fabulous host!  Read more about the event here!

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By Michelle Jeffers This week, San Francisco Public Library hosted its first ever literary speed dating events. Two nights were set aside so singles of different sexual orientations could meet, chat and maybe make a love connection. The literary twist was that the “daters” had to be prepared to talk about a book they loved [...]

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By Katie Sue Ambellan San Franciscans, get your SF Public Library cards out and visit the Contemporary Jewish Museum! Today is FREE. Show your library card at the door and you and a guest can check out all the exhibits and program the museum has to offer, such as drop-in art making from 1-3 PM [...]

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By Katie Sue Ambellan Yesterday was quite the day  in San Francisco for long-sought victories! Not only did the Giants win the World Series for the first time in 56 years (love you Timmy and Brian Wilson!), but the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee unanimously rejected designating the North Beach library [...]

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Yesterday was an exciting day for San Francisco literary arts, as WritersCorps, a project of the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Public Library, was recognized with a prestigious national award by First Lady Michelle Obama! WritersCorps was chosen from a pool of more than 400 nominations and 50 finalists as one of [...]

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By Marcia Schneider Last week, Library Journal and School Library Journal presented a virtual summit entitled e-Books: Libraries at the Tipping Point, which was attended by over 2,500 participants, including close to 800 public libraries from around the country. A day earlier, Publishers Weekly presented a panel for authors and publishers at Random House in [...]

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By Katie Sue Ambellan If you are going to the West side of San Francisco, check out the Ingleside Branch Library.  The new branch not only boasts a great collection in over four languages, a really cool blog, and an outdoor courtyard and garden, but the building itself makes it an awesome destination for San [...]

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By Michelle Jeffers Nope we’re not banning books. But San Francisco Public Library is joining in Banned Books Week to call attention to the hundreds of challenges that public and school libraries receive every year for what some deem as objectionable material. As the American Library Association points out, there were 460 recorded attempts to [...]

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