Silicon Valley Reads 2012: “Muslim and American: Two Perspectives” Wrap-Up
Silicon Valley Reads presented over 100 free events throughout Santa Clara County between January and April 2012. This year, The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends hosted four events, Adult Services and Youth Services each hosted two programs, which were co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. March 18 – film [...]
Library honors volunteers
Volunteers of the Santa Clara Library Foundation & Friends at the annual volunteer recognition event. On Saturday, April 28th, the Santa Clara Library held a ceremony to honor all of the volunteers who work in the library, providing valuable services from the children’s department through adult literacy. Among those honored were many of the volunteers [...]
Foundation & Friends grants over $25,000 to library programs
At our March, 2012 Chocolate Party, over $25,000 earned from book sales in the store in the lobby of Central library and from the monthly Saturday book sales was granted out for Library projects. Patrons will benefit from an expanded Large Print and Non-Fiction collections, portable scanners at the Tech Center and Heritage Pavilion, the [...]
State Cuts All Public Library Funding for Literacy Programs
As of January, 2012, the state has completely eliminated all state-sponsored funding for public libraries, including funds for literacy programs. Unless the California State Legislature acts to change this, literacy programs throughout the state will be in serious jeopardy, including our own Read Santa Clara. Imagine if you couldn’t read and write. How would you [...]
What if public libraries weren’t free and accessible for ALL?
As of January, 2012, the state has completely eliminated all state-sponsored funding for public libraries. Unless the California State Legislature acts to change this, funding will evaporate for the long-standing cooperation agreement among public libraries that allows residents of one community to freely use a library in another community. For example, Santa Clara County Libraries [...]
Silicon Valley Reads Closing Event: Sumbul Ali-Karamali & Willow Wilson with Sal Pizarro
Date: 4/29/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Library is holding the closing event for the Silicon Valley Reads 2012 program: “Muslim and American: Two Perspectives.” For the third time, Sumbul and Willow will continue the conversation about their respective books, The Muslim Next Door [...]
Silicon Valley Reads Film: Allah Made Me Funny – Live in Concert
Date: 3/18/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Silicon Valley Reads program is offering the award-winning film, Allah Made Me Funny – Live in Concert, produced by Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing understanding between people of different faiths and cultures. “This [...]
Margaret Edwards Foundation Grant helps teen parents at the Young Parents Center
The Read Santa Clara Family Literacy staff are very excited about the programs being planned for the teen parents at the Young Parents Center using the funding from the Margaret Edwards Foundation grant that the Library Foundation procured for us. There are several foci for our programs under the umbrella of reading for pleasure: In [...]
Project Best at Work
by Susan Baier I have to say – I’ve always thought Project BEST was a great idea but I have a new appreciation for it after seeing it in action. It was kind of thrilling to watch people actually complete the food handler’s test and get the certification. You could tell they were relieved and [...]
Black History Month Book Talk: Ralph Richard Banks: Is Marriage for White People?
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 In celebration of Black History Month, Adult Services has invited Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, Is Marriage for White People? How [...]
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