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Category: Advocacy
CPL is collecting new socks and unopened toiletries
As a part of Santa Clara City Library’s Pride Month celebrations, they are collecting donations of socks and unopened toiletries to benefit The LGBTQ Youth Space. The donation bin is next to the display of Pride books near the cafe and the Parkside entrance of the library. Thank you for supporting your community!
Finding out what’s going on at the Library
There are two great ways to find out what’s happening at the Santa Clara City Library! The first, that you are probably aware of, is the online events calendar. This is a great way to keep up with classes and events that are happening at the library. The second is the Library’s monthly newsletter. It’s …
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Libraries help civil society
I love reading articles talking about how the library makes a difference in people’s lives. This one, though, To Restart Civil Society, Start With the Library, is about how libraries affect whole societies. It’s quite heartwarming, honestly. It is a New York Times article, which, given that they have non-subscriber article limits may be hard …
Support the local schools by participating in the Firehouse Run!
The annual Firehouse Run is coming up on December 10. This is a fun 5k or 10k through Santa Clara, in the neighborhood around the university. The Library often has a large showing – many of the librarians are runners. It’s a fun community event – many families walk the route together – with lots …
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Checking out e-books
Sometimes, you want to read a book, but you can’t get to the library. (I once checked out the next book in a series via ebook from halfway around the world! Sometimes you just can’t wait.) Some of you prefer reading ebooks to paper books. Google has a new tool to help you find an …
Happy Pride Month!
The Library always puts such bright and shiny displays together for LGBTQ Pride month. They’re so much fun. Please head over to this display if you’re looking for any LGBTQ books or movies at the Library.
Support Federal Library Funding
If you have not yet written your congressional representative about supporting IMLS (the Institute of Museum and Library Services), please do. This funding directly impacts many libraries’ literacy and technology classes and initiatives. Read more from ALA (the American Library Association). Thanks!
Libraries Need You!
We are library lovers, and we know you are too. Please share your love of libraries with your representatives to ensure they are the best they can be. Nationally: Please call your senators and congressperson today!! The President’s proposed budget would eliminate all federal funding for libraries of all kinds. As this ALA press release …
A quiet place to study can change a life
One of the best parts of my job is learning how the library changes people’s lives. This is a story that’s a couple of years old, but shows how Santa Clara City Library makes a difference, just by existing. The quiet study room upstairs is changing people’s lives. I know an gal, Indian dentist, married …