KQED * Sept. 23 · Why Teens Love to Hang Out at the Library
KTVU * Sept. 12 · Dolly Parton's library program expands to San Francisco: free books if you're under 5
San Francisco Examiner * Sept. 3 · SF Library becoming a cultural and educational hub in Civic Center
San Francisco Chronicle * Aug. 30 · 76 years overdue: What happens when you return an S.F. library book from the 1940s?
Axios * Aug, 18 · Bay Area book clubs are going silent
San Francisco Chronicle * Aug. 16 · Young San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
KQED * Aug. 15 · Fix a Zipper and Save the Planet at San Francisco’s Free Clothing Repair Clinics
San Francisco Examiner * July 2 · SF libraries shift attention to climate change while summer heats up
ABC7 * June 23 · San Francisco Public Library highlights LGBTQ+ stories for Pride Month
New York Times * May 30 · Summer Reading Challenges Aren’t Just for Kids
New York Times * May 30 · A San Francisco Plaza Was Down and Out. Then Skaters Moved In.
CBS * May 5 · San Jose artist uses tattoos to celebrate his Japanese culture
Axios * April 2 · San Francisco's Night of Ideas returns
San Francisco Examiner * March 28 · SF Library seeks to give Civic Center a weekend boost
Axios * March 24 · SFPL event to highlight formerly incarcerated authors and artists
CBS * Feb. 21 · San Francisco artist gets retrospective exhibit at Main Library
KQED * Feb. 21 · ‘Skateboarding San Francisco’ Celebrates a Concrete Playground
Axios * Feb. 11 · "More Than a Month" with SFPL
KTVU * Jan. 17 · San Francisco Public Library explores Black horror and its healing powers
Axios * Jan. 15 · San Francisco Public Library launches LGBTQ focused TV show
The San Francisco Standard * Jan. 15 · Don your hazmat suit, Lolita skirt, or lion costume for SF’s 18 best events of the week
Axios * Jan. 10 · 3 book trends to watch in 2025
San Francisco Chronicle * Jan. 3 · Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Bay Area events
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2024
- These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024 NPR
- How a little-known group is helping close The City’s digital divide San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco Public Library celebrates Maya Angelou with literary event KALW-FM
- Queerest Library Ever San Francisco Bay Times
- The phenomenal triumph of Lava Thomas 48 Hills
- Community Celebration & Unveiling of Monument Honoring Dr. Maya Angelou San Francisco Bay Times
- Black art finds champions in San Francisco The San Francisco Standard
- Activists ‘fight against censorship’ in the largest US book bans: prisons MSN
- Fall for art in SF this season: Your guide to the best shows The San Francisco Examiner
- Genny Lim Appointed as San Francisco's First Chinese American Poet Laureate Hoodline
2020
- San Francisco librarian makes a living serving her community San Francisco Examiner
- SF Librarian wins national award NBC Bay Area
2019
- How a publisher is punishing library users with eBooks limit San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco public library celebrating Latino Heritage Month ABC News
- San Francisco Public Library eliminates overdue fines for fresh start KTVU
- San Francisco Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fines NBC Bay Area
- San Francisco Library Eliminates Overdue Fines KPIX
- San Francisco Public Library Eliminates All Overdue Fines KQED
- What one woman learned working at every library in San Francisco SFGate
- What one woman learned working at every library in San Francisco World Journal (Chinese)
- New chapter for the homeless as City Library hires social worker The Age
- ‘Middle Ground’ library installation challenges social behavior sfbay.ca
- Mayor, Exploratorium officials gather to celebrate opening of "Middle Ground" installation San Francisco Examiner
- 舊金山圖書館穿越分界展看見漢字之美 World Journal (Chinese)
- 巨人隊借書卡發放 Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
- 三藩市圖書館 Middle Ground 展覽 KTSF 26 (Chinese)
- A Conversation With San Francisco City Librarian Michael Lambert San Francisco Magazine
- New Exploratorium exhibit in Civic Center invites visitors to 'pull up a chair' and chat hoodline
- S.F. Eliminates Overdue Library Fees SF Weekly
- Harvey Milk Terminal opens at San Francisco International Airport NBC News
- Statue of Maya Angelou comes into sharp relief as SF diversifies public art San Francisco Chronicle
- Sculpture honoring Maya Angelou coming to SF Curbed SF
- The Importance of Recreation in Jarrel Phillips’ ‘How We Play’ Exhibition KHSU
- Your Local Library May Have A New Offering In Stock: A Resident Social Worker NPR
- Drag queens bring a 'slice of fabulous' to libraries KALW
- San Francisco Public Library welcomes three Taiwanese interns World Journal (Chinese)
- Three landmark constructions in San Francisco receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification China Press (Chinese)
- How San Francisco’s public libraries are embracing their changing role shareable.net
- More libraries hiring social workers to address homelessness, employment challenges NBC News
- Revisiting 2018 Top Innovators: FOG Readers Urban Libraries Council
- Drag Queen Story Hour, Begun In SF, Stirs Controversy As It Spreads Across Country SFist
- Are library late fees on the verge of extinction? Mercury News
- Library Social Work: Separating Fact From SmartBrief
- Book dedicated to Ed Lee’s accomplishments published World Journal (Chinese)
- San Francisco Public Library will provide book of Ed Lee’s accomplishments Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
- The City publishes book dedicated to Ed Lee’s accomplishments; The book is available at San Francisco Main Library KTSF (Cantonese)
- City officials unveil book dedicated to the late Mayor Edwin M. Lee Sky Link TV (Cantonese)
- Book dedicated to Ed Lee’s accomplishments published US China Press (Chinese)
- The highest -- and lowest -- rated San Francisco city services SFGate
- Tackling digital inequality in the tech capital of the world San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco makes old home photos available ABC7 News
- SF opens its trove of historic property photos to the public San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. Releases 94,000 Historic Property Photos SF Weekly
- 90,000 Historic SF Property Photos Now Accessible to the Public Bay Times
- S.F. Architecture Map: A changing city San Francisco Chronicle
- Turn-of-the-century actor who changed the way people saw Jews J.The Jewish News
- Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros offers free family fun on Sunday Mission Local
- How to move through Bay Area Dance Week San Francisco Chronicle
- SF's annual celebration of children and books turns 20 this weekend hoodline
- WPA Models at Local Libraries Offer a Glimpse of San Francisco Last Seen in 1942 KQED
- The Fabulous Sylvester challenged the gender binary before it had a name San Francisco Chronicle
- 'Lest We Forget' shines light on Holocaust survivors San Francisco Examiner
- At Anchorage library, pilot program connects patrons to social services Alaska Public Media
- The Potrero Branch Library Offers More Than Books The Potrero View
- Visit San Francisco circa 1938 at your local public library KALW
- Overdue praise for SF’s many-splendored library San Francisco Chronicle
- Without Google, people behind bars pen their questions to librarians c|net
- New SF City Librarian Ready to Take on New Role KCBS Radio
- San Francisco Is An Outlier When It Comes To Challenged Books KCBS Radio
- In It Together Library Journal
- San Francisco Public Library Celebrates #NationalPoetryMonth poets.org
- These Are the Most Beautiful Libraries in the West Sunset
- Libraries lean on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to reel you in c|net
- In a world of Google and Amazon, libraries rethink their role c|net
- Spreading 'Bookjoy' american libraries
- Michael Lambert elevated to lead SF Public Library system sfbay.ca
- Asian American resumes positon as Chief Librarian for the first time Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
- Michael Lambert, First Asian-American, appointed as San Francisco Chief Librarian World Journal (Chinese)
- SF has a new city librarian, while Chiu seeks treatment for inmate addicts San Francisco Chronicle
- Library set to write off more than $1.5 million in overdue fines San Francisco Chronicle
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 100: San Francisco's poets pay tribute KALW
- Library Laureates fundraiser lauds writers and women at San Francisco Main Library San Francisco Chronicle
- The Public Film Street Sheet
- Link to Composit Photo of a 3-D Model of SF in the 1940s Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon
- Movers & Shakers: Leader of Readers Library Journal
- SF libraries as sanctuaries for the homeless — Hollywood movie captures realities San Francisco Chronicle
- Pioneering San Francisco poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 this month hoodline
- Why California libraries are ditching fines on overdue materials CALmatters
- What To Do This Weekend: March 1st - March 3rd Bay City Beacon
- What’s in the works for SF’s Civic Center San Francisco Chronicle
- Two-year Mission library closing raises questions of where patrons will go San Francisco Examiner
- A visit within the Mission Library’s sacred space Mission Local
- Night of Ideas SF: How to Make Our Future Cities More Like Black Rock City Burning Man Journal
- Observed: A banner month for art, dance and ideas San Francisco Chronicle
- From St. Louis to San Francisco, what cities are doing to bridge the digital divide The Renewal Project
- SF Library & Consulat General Of France Present ‘Night Of Ideas’ KPIX CBS5
- Birthday party of the century: City Lights to celebrate Ferlinghetti’s 100 years San Francisco Chronicle
- Night Of Ideas 2019: San Francisco Explores Art, Identity, Love, and Politics Bay City Beacon
- Black History Month a great learning opportunity for families San Francisco Examiner
- Travel San Francisco with Kids: 5 Must Sees Kid World Citizen
- City Visions: Check out the San Francisco Public Library KALW Radio
- Plan to shutter Mission Library during renovations met with concern by neighbors, nanny brigade Mission Local
- Gauging the future, savoring doughnuts San Francisco Chronicle
- At Night of Ideas, poets lament the past Mission Local
- Avengers Penelope Houston considers her punk legacy San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco bubbles with excitement for this week's free Night of Ideas 7x7
- A marathon for the mind: San Francisco to host Night of Ideas San Francisco Chronicle
- The Organic Role of Libraries as Centers of Inclusiveness and Support Nonprofit Quarterly
- 13 Fun Things: The Night of Ideas, SF Beer Week, Indie Fest 7x7
- Nuit de la Philosophie et des Idées San Francisco: le programme French Morning (French)
- Mission Library branch could expand and will almost surely close for renovations in 2020 Mission Local
- Why You Should Go to San Francisco This Winter-Attend San Francisco’s first Night of Ideas AFAR Magazine
- E-books Flying Off The Shelves At San Francisco Public Library KCBS Radio: On-Demand KCBS Radio
- Library Systems Embracing Their New Roles As Social Service Hubs Next City
- Model Shows What San Francisco Looked Like Decades Ago NBC Bay Area
- San Francisco Libraries Latest To Consider Eliminating Overdue Fines CBS SF Bay Area
- Library May Eliminate Overdue Fees to Live up to ‘Free and Equal Access’ SFWeekly
- SF could eliminate fines for overdue library books San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco city officials considering eliminating fines for late library books San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco scale model finally home after 77-year absence San Francisco Chronicle
- Providing Social Service Resources in a Library Setting Public Libraries Online
- SF Main Library hours extended for first time in 22 years hoodline
- San Francisco Main Library, Branches To Extend Hours CBS SF Bay Area
2018
- Photos of the week: December 17, 2018 - December 23, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle
- Reformed prisoners give back, save lives by monitoring SF’s public restrooms San Francisco Chronicle
- Residents rally to save Civic Center trees from removal San Francisco Examiner
- Five New Tax Law Changes You Need to Know Jewish Link
- (Hi)stories of Our Neighborhoods Glen Park Association
- Late-Night Philosophy Festival Expands to Five U.S. Cities New York Times
- All Are Welcome: How the San Francisco Library Became a Wildfire Refuge ProQuest
- Tonight's Geminids Meteor Shower Will Totally Rock - December 13, 2018 SF Weekly
- California Libraries Reopen, Respond to Wildfires Library Journal
- The most beautiful Bay Area libraries, mapped Curbed San Francisco
- SFMOMA and SF Public Library hold event dedicated to printed word San Francisco Chronicle
- Member Highlights Showcase — Jaena Rae Cabrera Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
- S.F. Public Library extends hours for those seeking refuge from wildfire smoke San Francisco Chronicle
- Bay Area Residents Search for Indoor Activities to Escape From Bad Air Quality NBCBayArea.com
- The Homeless Can’t Escape San Francisco’s Smoke-Ridden Air TheAtlantic.com
- Main Branch Of Public Library Open For Respite From Smoky Air SFGate
- TDOR events announced around Bay Bay Area Reporter
- SF Public Library’s First Person The Kitchen Sisters
- Stringing together stories in a tribute to native traditions San Francisco Chronicle
- When shortage was threatened, Gump’s filled an unusual order San Francisco Chronicle
- Petition aims to halt tree removals around Civic Center's Main Library hoodline
- SF jail inmates free their minds, find peace thanks to new library program San Francisco Chronicle
- FOSF - Guest Michael Lambert -Acting Director of SF Library Focus on San Francisco (YouTube)
- San Francisco Public Library kicks off 10th annual Tricycle Music Festival KRON4.com
- The Parks Where Kids (and Their Parents) Walk and Read at the Same Time City Lab
- SFMOMA hosts book-buying bonanza San Francisco Chronicle
- Garden party to benefit scholarship fund Bay Area Reporter
- SF Library Celebrates SWANA: Southwest Asia & North African Culture (video) CBS SF Bay Area
- Palaces for the people: why libraries are more than just books The Guardian
- Wuhan in spotlight at US exhibition China Daily
- Word Weaver: Kim Shuck fights back, one poem, one statue at a time San Francisco Examiner
- Success story of "China's Chicago" told to American audience at San Francisco photo exhibition xinhuanews
- Warriors Launch 2018 "Back To School In The Bay" Initiative NBA.com
- Library Services and Programming: Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Announces 2018 Top Innovators and Honorable Mentions Library Journal
- A sweeping display of keyboard virtuosity and boldness from composer Frederic Rzewski San Francisco Chronicle
- 34 kids take part in citizenship ceremony at San Francisco’s Crissy Field San Francisco Chronicle
- “Immigration Is Beautiful”: 32 Kids Celebrated as U.S. Citizens, Future National Parks Visitors AFAR
- ALA in Pictures: Library of the Year Reception Library Journal
- Looking for Housing or Affordable Healthcare? Your Local Librarian Is Here to Help NationSwell
- San Francisco Public Library Responds After Forbes Op-Ed Suggests Amazon Should Replace Public Libraries NBC Bay Area
- Article saying libraries should be replaced by Amazon meets with resounding opposition LA Times
- 'They cannot be replaced by freaking Amazon.' Why people are defending public libraries Kansas City Star
- Professor slammed for saying bookstores should replace libraries INQUIRER.net
- 'Twaddle': librarians respond to suggestion Amazon should replace libraries The Guardian US
- Sunset Branch Library Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Big Bash Richmond ReView/Sunset Beacon
- Hormel Center fellow brings in younger patrons Bay Area Reporter
- Women At Work / Season II / Ep. 9 / Penelope Houston - Punk Archivist YouTube
- Nostalgic stroll through Dogpatch, onetime ‘no-man’s land’ in SF San Francisco Chronicle
- Disability Advocacy: Making Connections american libraries
- San Francisco may be the first city in the nation to open safe injection sites KALW
- San Francisco Public Library Named Library Of The Year KCBS Radio
- San Francisco's Iconic LGBTQ Newspaper Marks 40 Years During SF Pride CBS SF Bay Area
- Libraries as Affordable Housing Partners? Nonprofit Quarterly
- SF’s Queer librarian on activism, identity and young adult lit for queer teens jweekly.com
- Laundry site’s historic plaque is reminder of injustice San Francisco Chronicle
- Golden State Warriors themed library cards available abc7News
- 舊金山圖書館 榮獲全美「年度圖書館」 (San Francisco Public Library awarded the Library of the Year) WorldJournal.com (Chinese)
- How Library Systems Can Help Address Affordable Housing Crises nextcity.org
- SF Supervisor wants to build housing on top of public libraries abc7News
- The San Francisco Public Library wins "Library of the Year" timeout.com
- S.F. Public Library wins Library of the Year award San Francisco Chronicle
- 2018 Gale/LJ Library of the Year: San Francisco Public Library Library Journal
- Big Win San Francisco Chronicle
- SF Mission’s historic library will get an update MissionLocal.org
- San Francisco and Oakland release Golden State Warriors library cards SFGate
- City announces plans to renovate Mission Branch Library SFGate
- City announces plans to renovate Mission Branch Library hoodline
- Resist: Queers never die - Degenderettes and the art of resistance Bay Area Reporter
- City announces plans to renovate Mission Branch Library abc7News
- The mysterious case of an SF library book returned 47 years late SFGate
- Hormel Center manager settles in Bay Area Reporter
- City announces plans to renovate Mission Branch Library hoodline
- San Francisco Public Library Presents Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration NBC Bay Area
- Poets’ faces, handwriting on the wall for Poetry Month SFGate
- "Christopher Felver: The Imagination of American Poets" a photography and poetry exhibition SF Examiner
- A Social Worker Walks into a Library american libraries
- Exhibition on clothing culture of China's 56 ethnic groups opens in U.S. Xinhuanet
- 中國少數民族服飾 金山總圖書館展出 Sing Tao Daily (Chinese)
- Castro Library Closes Parking Lot For Construction Until May hoodline
- 金山圖書館長感謝華人熱愛閱讀 World Journal (Chinese)
- Report finds strong demand for more hours at SF libraries SF Examiner
- City librarian Luis Herrera retires, has paid for overdue books SFGate
- Bay Area People: Chinese in the Sunset KTVU.com
- Pitch Black: SFPL Looks at African-Americans in Baseball SF Weekly
- San Francisco Prepares to Mark the 200th Birthday of Emperor Norton NBC Bay Area
- All aboard: Dave Eggers launches book tour with library bookmobile SFGate
- ‘Game of Color’ spotlights black baseball greats SF Examiner
- SF library may spend $3.6M to replace barcodes with microchips SF Examiner
- Black artists fighting for truth, justice and a role in superhero comics SFGate
- Libraries Provide IEP Information and Assistance Programs School Library Journal
- Joyce Carol Oates, Art Spiegelman among 50 who address Trump’s America - in SF Chronicle
- 新書揭川普內幕 金山預借破紀錄 World Journal (Chinese)
- 'Fire and Fury' breaks wait list record at the SF Public Library SFGate
- People Are Checking Out 'Fire and Fury' From Libraries as Fast as Harry Potter Time
- The most popular book at the SF Public Library in 2017 will surprise you SFGate
2017
- San Francisco librarians trained to treat drug overdoses abc7KGO.com
- San Francisco: City Librarian Luis Herrera Announces Retirement LibraryJournal
- Keeping an Old Tradition Ringing KDFC.com
- San Francisco Punk History on Film KQED.org
- Veterans Film Festival at the Library explores mental health issues KQED.org
- SF Public Library to crack down on 13,000 scofflaw bookworms SFGate
- SF librarian, blinded by nanny, inspired registry for child care workers San Francisco Chronicle
- SF public library hires bill collector to track down patrons with large overdue fines SF Examiner
- Libraries of San Francisco with Nicole Termini Germain BFF.fm
- Yes, Civic Center trees are dressed in knitted octopuses SFGate
- Haight Ashbury Seniors Host Storytelling Night hoodline
- SF Public Library card holders can now access free film streaming service KTVU.com
- SF library now offers 30,000 videos available for streaming SF Examiner
- San Francisco Public Library partners with Kanopy, a free streaming platform with 30,000 films SFGate
- SF Public Library To Offer Free Streaming Service With 30K Films hoodline
- SF Public Library Users Now Have Access to 30,000 Films via ‘Kanopy’ Streaming Video Platform SFStation
- You Can Now Stream Over 30,000 Movies For Free With Your SF Public Library Card SFist
- Library’s Digital Inclusion Week Wins 2017 ULC Honorable Mention Urban Libraries Council
- Wax in the Stacks SF Gate
- Streetwise: My Love Affair with SFPL OutsideLands.org
- Calendar Oct. 3-4: Calligraphies in Conversation SF Examiner
- San Francisco Reads: ‘Black Against Empire’ KQED.org
- San Francisco Public Library displaying works by Iranian calligraphers TehranTimes
- SF public libraries to help immigrants apply for US citizenship INQUIRER.NET
- Summer of Love poster child is found San Francisco Chronicle
- Best Ways To Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month In San Francisco CBS SF BayArea
- What’s this library book doing in my National Park? KALW
- Portola Has the Coolest Librarian in San Francisco SF Weekly
- Poets at weekly gathering well versed in SF’s literary heritage San Francisco Chronicle
- 攝影展表彰移民 處處可見華人 World Journal 世界日報 (Chinese)
- Digital Inclusion Week at SFPL LibraryJournal
- Photographer Danny Nicoletta Captures History In 'LGBT San Francisco' hoodline
- 'Phonographic Memory' Vinyl Park Jam In Bernal Heights Tomorrow hoodline
- Taiwanese students learn on the job at SF library SFBay.ca
- 金山公共圖書館 一周開放七天World Journal 世界日報 (Chinese)
- 三藩市公立圖書館 所有分館天天開門 Sing Tao Daily 星島日報(Chinese)
- San Francisco libraries return to seven-day service SFBay.ca
- San Francisco's public libraries to open 7 days per week abc7News
- 旧金山9图书馆增加开放服务 China Press 僑報 (Chinese)
- All SF Public Libraries Will Be Open 7 Days A Week hoodline
- All San Francisco libraries now open seven days KTVU2
- SF libraries now open every day SFBay.ca
- 'Are you a boy or a girl?' How Drag Queen Story Hour is opening children's minds Guardian News
- Right-Wing Media Flips Its Wig Over 'Drag Queen Story Hour' SFist
- Checking out tech: Library will lend out laptops, mobile hotspots SF Gate
- Spotted: Children's Book Illustrations Pop Up In Lands End hoodline
- SF library celebrates Pride Bay Area Reporter
- Photo archive project documents history of the Filipino community in SF Balitang America
- You Live in S.F. and Your Home Was Built in 1906: True or False? Bay Curious: KQED News
- Rethinking Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace at SFPL SF Weekly
- Library Receives Top Grades in City’s Biennial Survey SF Gate
- California Today: GoPros, Audiobooks and Other Perks of the Library New York Times
- SF’s branch libraries to expand hours, all to remain open 7 days a week SF Examiner
- KPFA Interview: Talking to Kids About Race (podcast) KPFA.org
- GGNRA Tops List Of Most Visited National Park Sites CBS SF Bay Area
- Harvard Business Alumni Offer SFPL Pro Bono Consulting Library Journal
- SF Public Library Celebrates First 3 Graduates Of New High School Diploma Program hoodline
- Nearly 700,000 books returned to SF Public Library during ‘fine amnesty’ month SF Examiner
- Almost 700,000 Items Were Returned To The Library During Fine Forgiveness Period SFist
- S.F. Libraries Offer Amnesty for Overdue Fines SF Weekly
- The Library Forgives You, 55K Patrons With Overdue Fines, During Amnesty Period Next Month SFist
- Library fine amnesty lets laggards turn over a new leaf SFGate
- Century-Old Books, Overdue Inheritances, And More Tales From The SF Library's Fine Forgiveness Drive Hoodline
- SF library begins campaign to support unauthorized immigrants SFGate
- Drag Queen Story Hour Brings ‘Glamorous, Positive’ Voices to Libraries, Bookstores NBCNEWS.COM
- How SF compares with other big cities SFGate
- 101 reasons to love San Francisco #34 Curbed San Francisco
- Historical detective on the case at SF Library San Francisco Chronicle
- Arts: a safe haven that must be fought for San Francisco Chronicle
- Library Book a Century Overdue Returned in San Francisco ABC News
- The name of this library book returned 100 years late couldn't get any better Los Angeles Times
- Library Book Finally Returned 100 Years Later In San Francisco Huffington Post
- San Francisco Library Receives 100-Year Overdue Book Ironically Entitled 'Forty Minutes Late' People
- Overdue Book Returned To San Francisco Library, 100 Years Later ABC & National News
- SF library book returned, 100 years overdue SF Gate
- Overdue San Francisco Library Book Returned After 100 Years 7x7
- SF Library Waives All Late Fees Fun Cheap SF
- Library amnesty for overdue books in effect San Francisco Examiner
- SF Public Library To Forgive All Fines Through Valentine's Day Hoodline
- San Francisco Library Offering Amnesty for Patrons with Book Fines ABC News - Channel 7
- Mention in local wrap-up San Francisco Chronicle
- SF Library Won’t Throw Book at Patrons Who Owe Fines San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco Public Library Offers 6 Weeks Of Amnesty San Francisco News
- SF Public Library’s quest to put diversity on shelves San Francisco Chronicle
- Lion dancers bring taste of Chinese culture to SF libraries SFGate
- Exhibit Offers Intimate Look at What Home Means for Formerly Homeless Hoodline
- Writers Resist: Hundreds to attend pre-inauguration protests San Francisco Chronicle
2016
- San Francisco Public Library to offer fine-forgiveness program to patrons Bay News Now
- S.F. Libraries Offer Amnesty for Overdue Fines SF Weekly
- The Library Forgives You, 55K Patrons With Overdue Fines, During Amnesty Period Next Month SFist
- SF Library owed $4.5M in overdue fines; amnesty period proposed San Francisco Examiner
- Local Librarian Receives National Honor KQED.org
- Amnesty approved for SF Library’s overdue books sfexaminer.com
- Services for the Homeless at Libraries ProQuest Share This
- Christy Estrovitz: Promoting Literacy and Biking San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
- 20 Libraries That Will Make You Forget About Netflix blt the blog for lifestyle & travel
- Best Libraries in San Francisco Culture Trip
- A.C.T. Director's Memoir Chosen For Library's Annual One City, One Book Honor hoodline
- Free trips get kids away from screens and into the parklands San Francisco Chronicle
- Nation’s first gay public library center turns 20 San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco Public Library hosts drag queen story hour for children SFGate
- 3-D printers in public places create prostheses, change lives San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. library rolls out Biblio Bistro for lessons on cooking SFGate
2015
- Report Details ROI on 14 Years of Citywide Library Improvement LibraryJournal
- Bay Area libraries team up to break record for shared reading San Francisco Chronicle
- Spoke & Word bike takes S.F. library to the streets SFGate
- Equal Rights Collection at San Francisco Public Library Society of California Archivists
- Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library LibraryJournal
- Main Library exhibits calligrapher’s elegant envelopes to himself San Francisco Chronicle
- In a digital age, libraries are more needed than ever San Francisco Chronicle
- 25,000 librarians in S.F. to debate future of their business sfchronicle.com
- Bay Area Spotlight 2015: Bay Area Libraries Look Forward Publishers Weekly
- Bayview Library Celebrates New Branch Name KRON4.com
- Library social worker helps homeless seeking quiet refuge PBS NewsHour
- From nurses to social workers, see how public libraries are serving the homeless PBS NewsHour
2014
- San Francisco Public Library is Leading the Charge on Digital Good E-Reader
- Secret sights of San Francisco: six things only locals know about Lonely Planet
- Library Helps Latinos and Others Digitize History MissionLocal.org
- The secret stars of the San Francisco Public Library sfgate.com
- Library artifacts invite Candlestick memories sfexaminer.com
- Why the Public Library Beats Amazon Wall Street Journal
- Photos preserved at Bayview Library to archive neighborhood life over the decades sfexaminer.com
- North Beach library's opening marks end of $200 million program sfgate.com
- How new North Beach library rewrites architectural rule book sfgate.com
- ‘Pretty in Ink’ showcases female cartoonists sfexaminer.com
- Just in Time for National Library Week, Now you can Access Library Materials Online sfgate.com
- “Forbidden City” Chinatown Nightclubs Exhibit Opens in SF Center for Asian American Media
- Library users to get new access to songs, audio-books and movies sfgate.com
- East Meets West, Over Cocktails NY Times.com
- Nation's First Library Social Worker Helps Give Hope to the Homeless CaliforniaReport.org
2013
- Project Read celebrates 30 years of adult literacy sfgate.com
- Reading, writing and rhythm: Libraries hosting kid musicfest Daily Journal
- Library’s Magazines and Newspapers Center adds digital option sfgate.com
- Pop culture poetry display from youth at Main Library sfgate.com
- Library DVD fines may plummet sfgate.com
- Visually impaired enjoy yoga in library sfgate.com
- Best Archive Full of Tricks - 2013 SF Weekly