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San Francisco, CA

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Thursday Open Hours return to the Library Calendar!

September 29, 2018 Megan Posts

We are delighted to announce the return of two Thursdays per month to the Library’s Calendar, creating semi-monthly strings of four open days in a

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Added Value event at SFMOMA September 22 (& 23)

September 6, 2018 Megan Posts

All weekend, pairs and clusters of books will be sold at low prices, with the pairings and groupings of titles yielding artistic effect and functioning

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Place Talks Season 5 starts September 27th!

August 23, 2018 Megan Posts

Join us for the return of the break-away hit program, Place Talks, curated by Nicole Lavelle and Charlie Macquarie, starting up again on the 27th

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September 2018 chock with activities and programs

August 23, 2018 Megan Posts

Please join the Library in the month of September for a number of supplemental activities and programs: The weekend of September 21, 22 & 23

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Download the 2017 Yearbook here!

May 26, 2018 Megan Posts

Please enjoy a free PDF of our 2017 Library Yearbook! The Yearbook describes highlights and credits supporters. Thanks! It’s a 2.1 MB download. 2017-Library-YearbookFINAL-SMALL

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Sunday hours added for the 20th of May!

May 5, 2018 Megan Posts

This is a filmmakers’ special, though not in any way restricted to filmmakers. These are the quarterly hosting hours offered by Adrianne Finelli and Bryan

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Friday 4 p.m. event: author Phil Cohen in conversation with Megan P.

May 1, 2018 Megan Posts

We are delighted to host an event with Phil Cohen, author of Archive that, Comrade! Left Legacies and the Counter Culture of Remembrance . The

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Thursday Hours & Friday Hours on Hiatus

May 1, 2018 Megan Posts

Our Thursday and Friday hosts are not available for their regular shifts in May. We expect Friday hours to return in June, and hopefully Thursday

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Changes coming in March to Library SATURDAYS

March 5, 2018 Megan Posts

Hi everybody, We are on our way to EXPANDING our Library Saturdays! Starting March 17, the Library hosting community will offer between two and four

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Four more years…of the Library!

February 1, 2018 Megan Posts

We are delighted to announce that we have signed a lease extension that will keep us secure on 8th street in San Francisco through the

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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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