SFPL & SF City Guides Lunchtime InstaMeet

I am looking forward to SFPL’s first, of what I hope to many, InstaMeets! This one will be in connection with SF City Guides tour of the San Francisco’s Main Public Library with a focus on the buildings history and architecture. Tuesday March 4th, at Noon. Meet other library and InstaGram lovers.

Patron Portraits: my most photographed

I have been going through my thousands of photos, and realize just how many shots I have of this SF library patron. He is my favorite, I call him Mediation Man.

Biographical Resources

There are so many potential biographical resources that it is very difficult to narrow it down to five. There are general biographical resources, resources for people currently living, resources for the recently dead, the long dead, sources for people of particular countries, ethnicities, genders, people who were scientists or artists or sports figures – you…

Two Libraries: A Critical Analysis of Public Service

Anissa Malady Steve Tash LIBR 200 March 07, 2009 Abstract In this critical analysis I have chosen to examine two very different extremes of public libraries. The first is the San Francisco Public Library and the second is the Holt Labor Library both located in San Francisco. Both of these libraries mission is to serve…