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San Francisco, CA

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August open days and collection management projects

August 11, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library is delighted to offer nine open days in August, following the pattern of every Wednesday, plus 2nd and 4th Fridays and Saturdays. For

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July calendar is up – open all Wednesdays plus 22nd/23rd

June 30, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library is open every Wednesday in July, and also Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd. That makes six open days… so please visit!

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Library is grateful for community support

June 30, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library launched a fundraising drive in the month of May, and we are grateful to everyone who has contributed so far. One hundred and

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the June calendar is up!

May 31, 2016 Megan Posts

June is packed with open days, featuring five Wednesdays and two pairs of Friday-Saturday adjacent open days. No quiet Thursdays are scheduled currently, but please

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2016 Annual Appeal now open

May 18, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library’s 2016 Annual Appeal is now open! This is the feel-good campaign of the year. Your support will enable the Library to continue to

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2015 Yearbook now a free PDF download

May 18, 2016 Megan Posts

The 2015 Library Yearbook is now a free PDF download: http://www.prelinger.com/Prelinger_Library_2015_Yearbook_Pages.pdf Donors to our annual appeal get a free bound hard copy in the mail:

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The May Calendar is up!

May 3, 2016 Megan Posts

In MAY: We are open twelve days of the month: four Wednesdays, three Thursdays, including two Place Talks events, and two Fridays, two Saturdays, and

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April hours are up!

April 4, 2016 Megan Posts

… actually the April hours went live on the calendar page (the “Events” tab) as long ago as the middle of March, but we postponed

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March calendar is up!

March 1, 2016 Megan Posts

The Library is open for ten public days in March, continuing the wonderful expansion of open hours made possible by the guest host program. Thank

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February full calendar posted

January 27, 2016 Megan Posts

Thanks to the generous efforts of our collaborating guest hosts, the library is open ten different days in February! Library Wednesdays continue to be regular,

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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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