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Category: Posts

January open hours calendar is complete!

December 28, 2015 Megan Posts

Thanks to the generosity of our collaborating guest hosts, we have a set calendar for the library’s January open days. Charlie Macquarie of the Library

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New in 2016: Quiet Study Days

December 28, 2015 Megan Posts

On Quiet Study Days, the door will be open to visitors who arrive without need for orientation or much research assistance. The emphasis on these

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December hours (updated Dec. 7): The hours are odd but the odds are good

December 1, 2015 Megan Posts

UPDATED DECEMBER 7: The library will be open three Wednesdays, two Fridays, and two Saturdays in December. Eight open days! The catch is, as always:

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Place Talks series to continue in 2016

December 1, 2015 Megan Posts

We could not be more proud of our longtime friend and researcher and now artist-in-residence Nicole Lavelle. If you missed any of her Place Talks

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November hours: lots of them, but a bit irregular

October 21, 2015 Megan Posts

Library open hours in November: Every Wednesday, plus 2 Fridays: Nov. 6 and 20, 2 Saturdays: Nov. 7 and 14, and Sunday the 29th. These

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Update on Hours and Events in October

September 18, 2015 Megan Posts

In October our expanded hours calendar is being refined to facilitate consecutive open days (!) (We have never before been open on consecutive days, so

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New in September: Library Fridays!

September 2, 2015 Megan Posts

The library is thrilled to announce an emerging partnership with the Elsewhere Philatelic Society, which starts September 4th hosting two Fridays per month of regular

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September and beyond: Place Talks

September 2, 2015 Megan Posts

Place Talks is a new artist-in-residence performance series that will unfold in the library throughout the fall. Nicole Lavelle has created the series, and the

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Coming up in August

July 25, 2015 Megan Posts

A special feature in August is an Open Friday, on the 7th, hosted by the Philatelic Society, a mail art collective. Society member Carolee Wheeler

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Coming up: June and July in the library

May 29, 2015 Megan Posts

June this year is a regular six-day month in the library, with founder-hosted Wednesdays as always, plus 2nd and 4th Saturdays (13th & 27th) hosted

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Library News

  • Sounds in the Library Bandcamp page, new!
  • Resonant Margin performances (nearly every) Third Sunday
  • Collections update: Computing & Ecology (box)
  • Join us at Herbst Theater December 9 & 10
  • Join us at the Savoy Tivoli September 18

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Visit Us!

Drop-in Hours Three Days a Week. No appointment needed. Please visit! Chilled sparkling water offered to every visitor!

Sunday afternoons: 1:30 – 4 p.m. host, Thom Blum’s live sound art performance “The Instrullation” accompanies these unique research hours.
Tuesdays: 11 – 5 p.m. Host is a zine artist
Wednesdays: 12:30 – 7 p.m.
Hosting trio

TO FIND US : Use the intercom near the street entrance at 301 8th Street in San Francisco to find a button marked “Prelinger Library.” Press the button to be buzzed in, and take the elevator to the second floor.

Visitors with a specific inquiry in mind are encouraged to send a message to info@prelingerlibrary.org ahead of time, to allow us to pull materials (or advise on the extent to which the Library’s holdings may or may not address that inquiry). Thanks!

You’re welcome to download a visitor guide before visiting: http://www.prelinger.com/2020-Library-FindingAid.pdf

Indigenous representation, resource holdings Finding Aid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xZp6VKNCyJIP8zYBTLtLtcQdDAvCn-uOCMwsnp6lMGA/edit?gid=1916604178#gid=1916604178

Artists Books collection, Finding Aid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/156nb5Dg5DIcD_IBBZPaCITnw31nLg6_z/edit?gid=1482885575#gid=1482885575

 

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