{"id":15,"date":"2012-10-09T06:22:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T06:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prelingerlibrary.org\/home\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-09-13T01:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T01:58:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prelingerlibrary.org\/home\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a Prelinger Library historical timeline for 2004 through 2014, divided into categories of News, Events and Exhibitions. Starting in 2015 the Library’s timeline highlights were printed in book form (through 2020), and in pamphlet form since 2021. Copies of these publications are available for browsing in the Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nNEWS<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nEVENTS<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nEXHIBITIONS<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFebruary 22:<\/strong> Lost Landscapes of Oakland<\/a> at OMCA
\nFebruary 19:<\/strong>\u00a0The Itinerant Poetry Librarian<\/a>\u00a0at the Prelinger Library\"Itinerant<\/a><\/td>\n		January -March:<\/strong>\u00a0Amy Balkin\u2019s A People\u2019s Archive of Sinking and Melting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nNovember:<\/strong>\u00a0Acquired flat file from Holy Names University Library\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/strong>September: <\/strong>Featured by\u00a0Station to Station Original Films<\/a><\/td>\n		December 17:<\/strong> Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 8
\n<\/a>April:<\/strong> Observatory Library<\/a> exhibit opens within new Exploratorium
\nMarch 10:<\/strong>\u00a0No More Road Trips?<\/a><\/td>\n		November 9, 2013\u2013June 29, 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0Bay Motion: Capturing San Francisco Bay on Film<\/a> at the\u00a0Oakland Museum of California
\nSeptember:<\/strong> Loaned materials to California Historical Society exhibit\u00a0Unbuilt\u00a0San Francisco: The View From Futures Past<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nJanuary:<\/strong>\u00a0Donation of Epicenter Zone zine library
\n<\/strong>February:<\/strong>\u00a0Donation of George Griffin library on animation, illustration, and handmade film
\n<\/strong>March – April:<\/strong> Art section organized
\nDecember:<\/strong> Publication of Powers of Ten<\/a> book by FutureFarmers<\/td>\n		December 11:<\/strong>\u00a0Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 7<\/a><\/td>\nNovember:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cEx Libris\u201d group show<\/a>, curated by Microclimate Collective, at Root Division<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nJuly:<\/strong> Ephemera collection fully organized<\/td>\nApril 9:<\/strong> Featured in\u00a0Atlas Obscura<\/a> Day
\nSeptember 4:<\/strong> One-day on-site exhibit of library-based work by Artist in Residence Pierre Leguillon
\n\"2011_PierreLeguillon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

December:<\/strong>\u00a0Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 6<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n

November:<\/strong> (Toronto) Exhibition of Artist in Residence Felicity Tayler’s library-based work
\n\"2011_FelicityTayler\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nMarch:<\/strong> Publication of Another Science Fiction<\/a><\/td>\nOctober:<\/strong> Library co-sponsors THATCamp<\/a> Bay Area event
\nNovember:<\/strong> Book release party, benefit for Nature in the City<\/a>; \u201cMariposa Road\u201d by Robert Michael Pyle
\nOct\u2013Dec:<\/strong> \u201cThe Document as Coordinate and Contract\u201d course offered via SFMOMA’s <\/a>Pickpocket Almanac project<\/a>
\nDecember:<\/strong> Artist in Residence Montgomery Cantsin<\/a> presents library-supported work \u201cArt Strike Time Capsule\u201d with guests Re\/Search’s V. Vale and Charles Gatewood<\/td>\n		November:<\/strong> \u201cI Live Here SF\u201d group exhibit at SOMArts<\/a>, curated by Julie Michelle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nJune:<\/strong> Beginning of collaboration with Nonchalance, holding the archives of the Jejeune Institute<\/a> for three years
\n<\/strong>July:<\/strong> Fifth anniversary celebration\"2009_5thPartycrowd01SMALL_byAmyBalkin\"<\/a><\/td>\n		April:<\/strong> Library is the guest of Todd Lappin at the first Pop-Up Magazine<\/a> event
\nMay:<\/strong> Library featured in Matt Keegan’s solo exhibit \u201cPostcards & Calendars\u201d at Altman Siegel Gallery
\nOct\u2013Dec:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFrom Repository to Workshop: Reinventing the Library and Archives\u201d<\/a> course offered via SFMOMA’s Pickpocket Almanac project<\/td>\n		January:<\/strong>\u00a0Shorelines and Timelines<\/a>, Outdoor Exploratorium exhibit, installed at Fort Mason, Building D
\nMay:\u00a0<\/strong>Maker Faire<\/a>, \u201cHow-To Library,\u201d 2-day installation
\nJune:<\/strong> Installation of Greening the City Library at Studio for Urban Projects<\/a> (through summer 2011)<\/p>\n

September:<\/strong> Library featured in exhibition and artists book by Carla Herrera-Prats, Localization, Location, Ubicaci\u00f3n<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2008<\/td>\nJune<\/strong>: Installation of ephemera annex shelves in the back of the room
\nJuly:<\/strong> Begin box-level organization and installation of ephemera collection<\/p>\n

Fall<\/strong>: Public access to ephemera collection<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nMarch<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cStrange Weather\u201d<\/a>\u00a0exhibit at Eyebeam Gallery, New York, exhibit developed in collaboration with Studio for Urban ProjectsMarch \u2013 Collaboration with\u00a0Third Coast International Audio Festival<\/a>, Chicago
\nApril<\/strong>: Earth Day Library, installed at\u00a0Nature in the City’s<\/a>\u00a0McLaren park Earth Day celebration
\nApril<\/strong>: \u201cLibrary History in Correspondence\u201d exhibit in \u201cSelf Storage,\u201d group show,\u00a0CCA MFA program in Curatorial Practice<\/a>, curators<\/p>\n

May<\/strong>:\u00a0Maker Faire<\/a>, \u201cHow-To Library,\u201d 2-day installation\"2008_RPMakerFaire\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2007<\/td>\nNovember:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkeley Center for Appropriate Transit donates bicycle literature library<\/td>\n\u00a0October<\/strong> 3:<\/strong> Illuminated Corridor<\/a>\u00a0at the library<\/td>\nApril<\/strong>:\u00a0Community Library at Garden for the Environment
\n<\/a>April<\/strong>: Earth Day Library, installed at\u00a0Nature in the City’s<\/a>\u00a0McLaren park Earth Day celebration
\nApril<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cThe California Files\u201d<\/a>\u00a0group show at CCA \/ Wattis Gallery, curated by Ariane Beyn<\/p>\n

October<\/strong>: \u201cIn Popular Terms\u201d exhibit at Eyebeam Gallery, New York; exhibit developed in collaboration with the\u00a0Studio for Urban Projects
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

November:<\/strong>\u00a0Browsing library installed at Other Cinema<\/p>\n

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2006<\/td>\nMarch:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPatriot Act\u201d artwork installed by artist Vanessa Renwick, consisting of four words in neon: Free \/ Speech \/ Fear \/ Free\"2006_FreeSpeechNeonInstalled\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>June:<\/strong>\u00a0Library 2nd anniversary party<\/span>
\n<\/strong>July:<\/strong>\u00a0publication of\u00a0The Field Guide to Sponsored Film
\n<\/em><\/a>October:<\/strong>\u00a0Book scanning partnership with\u00a0Internet Archive<\/a>\u00a0commences<\/td>\n		January:<\/strong>\u00a0Library talk<\/a>\u00a0at Independent School of Art
\nSeptember<\/strong>: Library talk at Proteus Gowanus in Brooklyn, in association with\u00a0Reanimation Library\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n		Earth Day Library (on-site cabinet installation)\"2006_Earth_Day_CabinetSMALL\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nFebruary:<\/strong>\u00a0Acquisitions road trip to State Library of Nevada in Carson City; acquired Foresta Institute library of western ecology
\nJuly:<\/strong>\u00a0presentation at Society of California Archivists<\/td>\n		February:<\/strong>\u00a0Artists Television Access \u201cFree Culture\u201d evening library talk
\nDecember 11:<\/strong>\u00a0Ephemera sorting party<\/td>\n		July:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cDocumenting the Atomic Era, Promise and Response,\u201d exhibit in\u00a0\u201cSimnuke\u201d<\/a>\u00a0group show at Rx Gallery commemorating the anniversary of the Trinity test, curated by Camron Assadi and Sasha Harris-Cronin\"2005_SimNuke_atomicbox02\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>
\nSeptember:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAtomic Cabinet\u201d exhibit at Other Cinema
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nMay:<\/strong>\u00a0Shelves installed
\nJune:<\/strong>\u00a0Books shelved<\/p>\n

September:<\/strong>\u00a0First university class field trip to the library. Brought by Anne Walsh of UC Berkeley. Since this time, around eight classes per year have visited the library on field trips.\"2004_yellowwallwithwindows\"<\/a>
\n\"IF\"<\/td>\n

June 6 \u2013 13:<\/strong> Shelving Week! 65 volunteers helped us install the library
\nNovember:<\/strong> Ephemera sorting party\"2004_EphemeraSortingParty-1\"<\/a> \"2004_EphemeraSortingParty-2\"<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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