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August 10 & 11: Two Library Underground open workshops to fight domination of oppressed peoples

July 22, 2017 Megan Posts

Music Research Strategies presents Indexical Moment/um: LIBRARY UNDERGROUND on August 10 & 11, 2017 from 4p to 9pm at the Prelinger Library. LIBRARY UNDERGROUND is

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Library Thursdays Start in July and Other Changes

July 6, 2017 Megan Posts

We are thrilled to announce the development of Library Thursdays, a new series of open hours hosted by the Elsewhere Philatelic Society. Library Saturdays are

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Special Music Event Weds May 17th, 6 – 9 p.m.

May 11, 2017 Megan Posts

Indexical Moment/um is a series of musical performances by electronic musician and scholar Jeramy Decristo and percussionist Marshall R. Trammell. The two will perform duos

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Ten Open Days in May!

May 11, 2017 Megan Posts

What bounty! Thanks to our Guest Host community, the Library has all hands on deck for the month of May: The Library is open all

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Midwinter Collage Workshop Full as of 12/24

December 24, 2016 Megan Posts

Thanks, everyone, for your interest in the collage workshop that will take place on 12/29. As of early afternoon on the 24th of December, organizer

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Midwinter Collage Workshop December 29 in the Library

December 8, 2016 Megan Posts

Visiting artist Danielle Cole (Toronto) has generously offered to host and teach a free collage workshop in the Library for 12 people, Thursday, December 29,

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Petition to Commute Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

December 8, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library has a taproot that reaches deep into information freedom activism. In the course of this work we’ve encountered some extremely important activist figures

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11th Annual Lost Landscapes of SF Screening to benefit the Library

November 21, 2016 Megan Posts

Two shows of Rick P.’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco will be at the Castro Theater on Tuesday, December 6 and Wednesday, December 7, each

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November in the Library: nine open days, one closure, and the last 2016 Place Talks event

October 24, 2016 Megan Posts

The title of this post gives it away. We are delighted to offer a total of nine public open days in November, including the last

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Not just on Wednesdays! Lots of additional open days!

September 6, 2016 Megan Posts

We’re delighted to observe the one-year anniversary of our expanded open hours, made possible by our Guest Host librarians who volunteer two Fridays and two

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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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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.
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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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