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 Herrera Leads Public Library into the Future
By Nicole Cuadra, Apr 14, 2007
Known for his easy manner, strong communication skills, and commitment to public service, City Librarian Luis Herrera is presiding over a library renaissance in San Francisco. Last year, the San Francisco Public Library opened its first new branch in 40 years, and is currently in the midst of an ambitious capital improvement program to replace four branches and restore and renovate 19 others. Excelsior, Mission Bay and West Portal were the first branches completed under this plan, with the Sunset, Marina, Glen Park and Noe Valley neighborhood libraries to follow this year. The Main Library is also undergoing a significant renovation to the first floor that will improve access to more books, media and computer technology.
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 Mission Library Numero Uno
By Nicole Cuadra, Mar 10, 2007
The Mission District holds the honor of being San Francisco's first neighborhood, so is it any wonder that the Mission Library is also The City's first branch library? Researcher Franz Kunst provides the details.
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 Mission Possible
Teen services at the Mission Branch Library
By Nicole Cuadra, Feb 15, 2007
The library is for everyone, and everyone includes teens! While teens in the library may arouse a range of feelings on the part of adults, the truth is that they are an underserved demographic with specific needs and interests: not all schools have libraries these days, yet teens have a strong need for information resources.
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 Prosas Profanas
Mission Library celebrates Rubén Darío’s 140th Anniversary
By Nicole Cuadra, Jan 16, 2007
This January marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. Born in 1867 into humble circumstances in the town of Metapa, now renamed Ciudad Darío, Nicaragua's precocious Niño Poeta went on to lead a revolution in the then dreary world of Spanish letters. According to Yale professor Roberto González Echevarría, “In Spanish, there is poetry before and after Rubén Darío… (He) was the first major poet in the language since the seventeenth century.”
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 Tell Me a Story
By Nicole Cuadra, Dec 14, 2006
Picture this: eighty children and their caregivers are sitting quietly, and no one is talking or squirming. All eyes are at the front of the room where their attention is held by children's librarian Rachel MacNeilly. Rachel is the new children’s services manager for the Mission Branch Library, and she is reading a story.
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