A big congratulations to Kathy Watanabe, a former board member, for being named to City Council last week! She’s been a library supporter for a long time, and been involved in the community for even longer. She’s going to do a great job.
The Santa Clara City Library is hosting a STEM Innovation Bowl on January 30! This event is going to have some awesome and fun things like: Virtual and Augmented Reality stations Telepresence Robots 3D Gaming Creating Mosaics Building with Blocks and Straws and more! The program is recommended for children in grades 6 and up, …
The Library’s Book Discussion group, run by librarian Morgan Pershing, has announced their books for 2016! You can find the full list below, or it’s on the library’s website. January 26 – Memory of Water (Part of Silicon Valley Reads) February 23 – Whistling Season March 22 – Everything I Never Told You April 26 – …
The library keeps pretty close track of how their facilities get used – they are a public institution, after all! Here are the latest statistics: 1,132,723 people visited the library 26,937 children enjoyed the library 16,039 children borrowed something from the library There were 137,625 sessions on public computers 373 programs were presented to children at …
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The Santa Clara Library has been nominated for a Helen Putnam Award for its Sustainable U initiative! What’s Sustainable U? It’s a set of programs to help Santa Clarans live a healthier lifestyle. It’s things like: The seed library, where you can pick up and drop off seeds Being a delivery point for both CSA (community supported …
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We are super-excited to let you know that Francisco Jimenez, author of The Circuit, is speaking at the library on Monday evening! He has a new book out, Taking Hold, and he’ll be talking about that book in the Redwood Room at 7pm in the Central Park Library. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet a …
Last night, at the Santa Clara City Council meeting, the Library Foundation and Friends presented awards to five of our corporate partners. Through their generosity, and the generosity of our volunteers, donors, and supporters, the Foundation has supported more than four million dollars worth of programs in our City libraries over the past thirteen years. …
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As the Santa Clara Weekly reports, the north side Santa Clara City Library branch opening up this August is among the largest expenses for this year. Everyone here is just excited to see this is still on track and happening, after so many years!
We are proud to share that the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends Board of Directors received an award from CPLA (California Public Library Advocates) for their work on the Northside Library. At the awards luncheon it was shared that: “Founded in 2001, the Foundation’s role since that time has focused primarily on fundraising …
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Many thanks to all of you for helping in the fight to save the Northside Library – your calls and emails have been attracting the attention of politicians, who are beginning to sound more willing to cooperate and open the library. Please continue the fight – we have a new online petition with over 400 …