“The primary goal of our book sales is to raise money for the Santa Clara City Library,” says executive director JoAnn Davis, “but we ultimately want to get the donated books into the hands of children, families, and the people who want them.” A study published in Social Science Research in January 2019 found a …
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Keep up with what’s happening at the Foundation & Friends as we re-start our book sales! Find out what’s happening with the bookstore, when we’re having patio sales, and when we might be selling books at Westfield Valley Fair again (sooner than you might think!). Our email list is the easiest way to get what’s …
The Santa Clara Fire Department has put up Free Little Libraries at three of its stations: Stations 1, 5, and 7. We helped seed them with books! We gave them some children’s books, fiction, and history books to start. Free little libraries are a great way to get more books circulating through the community. You …
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Being a Friends member is a wonderful, inexpensive way to support your library that also benefits you. You get 10% off in our bookstore – great if you’re a serial reader – and it gets you into our monthly book sales 1 hour before the general public, so you get access to the best selection. …
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This is a wonderful article from the National Endowment for the Humanities about all of the things that the modern public library does for its community, and how varied both the communities and the libraries are. We would encourage everyone to read it.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to learn how you can support your library and community! You’ll be kept up to date on our book sale dates, learn about library programs and activities, and find out about other ways you can help the Santa Clara City Libraries. Sign up today!
Being a Friends member is a wonderful, inexpensive way to support your library that also benefits you. You get 10% off in our bookstore – great if you’re a serial reader – and it gets you into our monthly book sales 1 hour before the general public, so you get access to the best selection. …