Libraries

SF Main Library Bathroom: 'Glory Hole' No More'

SF Librarians Bust Johns Hopkins for Removing ‘Abortion’ from Health Database

For Those of You Who Still Read Words on Paper: Hundreds of Thousands of These 'Books' On Sale This Month -- Cheap!

Ma'am? Would you be interested in purchasing said tome for a mere five dollars?Late last month, we wrote about a Friends of the San Francisco Public Library book sale featuring all the tomes you could carry away for a buck apiece. It turns out that the library's nonprofit arm will be at it again thi ... More >>

SF Gov InAction: Dirk Dirksen alley is back, non-profits pay surprisingly well, and hey - who wants to build a library?

Ma'am? Would you be interested in purchasing said tome for a mere five dollars?Late last month, we wrote about a Friends of the San Francisco Public Library book sale featuring all the tomes you could carry away for a buck apiece. It turns out that the library's nonprofit arm will be at it again thi ... More >>

Runaway InfoExpress

Should the San Francisco Library be pay-per-view?

Letters

Should the San Francisco Library be pay-per-view?

Dog Bites

Should the San Francisco Library be pay-per-view?

In the Cards

The New Main Library retains something of the old

SF Gov InAction: What Kind of MONSTER Wouldn't Get a Candle Permit? Plus: Save the Budget Analyst!

Monday, April 6 11 a.m. - Public Safety Committee Who watches the watchers? Why, the Public Safety Committee does. Every other week. Its recent agendas haven't actually involved DOING much -- there's not much legislation coming out of these meetings -- but they've been crammed with hearings ... More >>

Slap Shots

Monday, April 6 11 a.m. - Public Safety Committee Who watches the watchers? Why, the Public Safety Committee does. Every other week. Its recent agendas haven't actually involved DOING much -- there's not much legislation coming out of these meetings -- but they've been crammed with hearings ... More >>

Whose Library Is It?

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Dog Bites

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Dog Bites

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Oh, and Read the Book!

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Don't Book 'Em

A new library program tries to gently ease the homeless problem out the door

Shelve This!

A new library program tries to gently ease the homeless problem out the door

In the Stacks

Making a case for libraries

The Smoking Gun

A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF

The Unexpected Sublime

A marvelously odd inquiry into the existence of God

Masque of the Pink Book Slasher

The S.F. public library transforms destruction into creation

Virtual Gutenberg

An Oakland company is quietly preserving our intellectual history -- with technology

Rolling in His Grave

At least one San Francisco lawyer had a sense of humor

Rewriting History

A fired gay librarian battles for vindication

Snatching Saroyan

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Second Time Around

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Unspun

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Letters

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Unspun

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

The Grid

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Slap Shots

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Letters

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Letters

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Card-Carrying Fetishist

Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

Letters

Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

Letters

Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

Dog Bites

Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

Goof-up allows misuse of S.F. Library's premium online resources

Some bibliophiles hail Nicholson Baker as defender of a library under siege. His critics call him an antediluvian nutbag.

When We Say 'Public Library' and 'Internet' What Do You Think Of? Study Aims to Find Out.

Habitual users of the Internet in San Francisco's Public Library -- here's your chance to be heard! (other than the persistent muttering and shouting some people seem to engage in). Patrons of our library system are invited to participate in a nationwide survey of public library Internet users to de ... More >>

S.F. Library Amnesty Period Reclaims More Than 29,000 Overdue Items, Including Book Due Back During Johnson Administration

Returning library books on time can be tough, and everybody has their reasons. In fact, as part of the San Francisco Public Library's most recent amnesty campaign, those who returned items were asked to give their best excuses. It turns out, a second grader named Vaness ... More >>

San Francisco Library's Usage, Circulation Skyrocketing -- But This Is Not a Good Thing

stuffunemployedpeoplelike.comYeah, we thought it was Zach Galifianakis too. It's Joaquin Phoenix -- and be quiet or he'll eat you.​You've got to salute someone who finds a way to succeed in down times. The man who invented and marketed the bindle -- he must have cleaned up during the Great Depress ... More >>

Does the San Francisco Public Library Ban Books? It Did Once -- The Author Was Worried the U.S. Government Would Invade His Thoughts.

Sadly, you won't find this title at the San Francisco Public Library. But you will find the album Mind Control by Stephen Marley.​The San Francisco Public Library's planned celebration of "Banned Books Week" -- and online links to the sorts of literature that librarians elsewhere have been com ... More >>

Record Numbers: You Can Still Check Out LPs at S.F. Library -- But Not Many Do

A Peanuts comic strip from the 1950s features Charlie Brown pushing a vinyl record with a T-shaped stick like a hoop -- listening to records and pushing hoops are both things kids used to do -- before bitterly complaining about library records' poor sound quality. You can still get LPs at the Main L ... More >>

Want evidence of the decline of print media? Go to the library.

A Peanuts comic strip from the 1950s features Charlie Brown pushing a vinyl record with a T-shaped stick like a hoop -- listening to records and pushing hoops are both things kids used to do -- before bitterly complaining about library records' poor sound quality. You can still get LPs at the Main L ... More >>

Ex-Librarian Sues City College, Claims They Wouldn't Accommodate His ADHD

But can we get that in writing?​A former City College librarian recently sued his onetime place of business claiming his colleagues callously refused to accommodate his disability -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a counter-intuitive malady for a librarian. Also, he claims higher ups co ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

But can we get that in writing?​A former City College librarian recently sued his onetime place of business claiming his colleagues callously refused to accommodate his disability -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a counter-intuitive malady for a librarian. Also, he claims higher ups co ... More >>

What Are People Viewing on S.F. Library Computers (Aside From Porn)?

'Social inclusion'?​You've seen it. We've all seen it. There's always one guy at the public library -- perhaps he's the guy with the bag full of other bags, perhaps not -- engrossed with adult materials on the public computers. And not just any adult materials. We're talking about stuff that makes ... More >>

Hunt for Fun, Hunt for Pun

'Social inclusion'?​You've seen it. We've all seen it. There's always one guy at the public library -- perhaps he's the guy with the bag full of other bags, perhaps not -- engrossed with adult materials on the public computers. And not just any adult materials. We're talking about stuff that makes ... More >>

List: How S.F. Residents Want to Fix the City Budget

'Social inclusion'?​You've seen it. We've all seen it. There's always one guy at the public library -- perhaps he's the guy with the bag full of other bags, perhaps not -- engrossed with adult materials on the public computers. And not just any adult materials. We're talking about stuff that makes ... More >>

Fresh Eats: How to Read a $625 Cookbook, for Free

'Social inclusion'?​You've seen it. We've all seen it. There's always one guy at the public library -- perhaps he's the guy with the bag full of other bags, perhaps not -- engrossed with adult materials on the public computers. And not just any adult materials. We're talking about stuff that makes ... More >>

Ethics Commission Must Beg Mayor to Enforce Sunshine Ordinance

When it comes to getting the Sunshine Ordinance enforced, you might as well be walking on the sun...​Last night, after 18 prior rejections, the Ethics Commission finally deigned to hold a hearing of a case referred its way by the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. For those scoring at home, the task f ... More >>