By Lance Jacobs, Foundation and Friends Volunteer June of 2010 saw the appointment of Julie Passalacqua as the new Santa Clara City Librarian. While this post is something new for Julie, there is little she has not experienced in her 35-year tenure with the Santa Clara City Library. Previously the Assistant City Librarian, Julie has …
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Is your to-read shelf a gazillion miles long but wholly unenticing? Does that pile next to your bed consist of books that only held your interest for a few pages? Is your usual tried-and-true genre letting you down? Sounds like you’re in a reading rut—but all hope is not lost! It’s simply time to branch …
Thanks to grant funds from the Santa Clara Historic Home Tour and generous donations from the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, a project with Backstage Library Works is now underway to microfilm and digitize eighteen Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce Scrapbooks covering the years 1937– 1961. Brittle and unimpressive in appearance, these scrapbooks …