The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends (SCCLFF) is thrilled to announce JoAnn T. Davis as its new executive director. The Santa Clara City Library holds a special place in JoAnn’s heart. She lived in Santa Clara for many years and has special memories of taking her children to the Central Park Library. JoAnn has held …
The job description for our executive director is now posted both on our website and LinkedIn, along with other job sites. If you are interested in applying or have questions or feedback please reach out to sclibraryinfo@gmail.com. Thanks!
Today we are sorry to announce that later this year, after over eight years with the organization, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends (SCCLFF) will say farewell to Tracy Wingrove and will begin the transition and search process for our next executive director. She wishes to pursue new challenges and we know she …
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Did you know that we recommend books on Instagram? Or that we advertise our book sales on Facebook? Or that we interact with the Santa Clara community on Twitter? It’s true! Find us on your favorite social media network – we’ll keep you up to date with what’s happening at SCCLFF!
The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends spent a fair bit of time last year revisiting our mission and what our organizational priorities should be. It was time for that periodic check-in: who are we? what do we do? why are we doing it? We have a full organizational plan with goals and priorities …
We’ve recently updated our volunteer listings! If you have a couple of hours during the week and can safely lift some books, we’d love to have you help us out. Right now, we could really use a couple of people on Tuesday mornings to help us sort books – if you know books, this is …
We have decided not to hold the Holiday Craft Fair. It was not an easy decision to make, and we appreciate your understanding.
Have you ever wondered what we do with the money we make at our book sales? We take it, and twice a year, we grant out part of it to the librarians for some amazing programs and projects. Below is what the librarians asked for this spring. None of these would be funded without …
Last week, we posted about getting a new mission statement. As part of that process, we explicitly stated what the Foundation & Friends’ values are. These should come through in what we do – and we thought it was worth sharing with you, our supporters. They are (in no particular order): Promote Learning Impactful Sustainable …