Money Week programs at the library, April 21-27
The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends partially funded a number of free events in the library for “Money Week”, including 4/21 “Personal Records Retention” at 1pm 4/21 “Elder Fraud and Scams” at 3pm 4/22 “Financial Literacy for Kids (K-2nd), 4pm-5pm”” 4/22 “Financial Literary for Kids (Grades 3rd-6th), 6:30pm-7:30pm” 4/23 “Financial Literary for Adults”, [...]
Kaiser Permanente Supports Health and Wellness Collection!
Kaiser Permanente is donating $15,000 to the library’s Health and Wellness Collection. This investment in the community’s well being will be used to purchase books, DVDs, and audio books. In addition, these funds will support the library’s FREE Health and Wellness programming. These combined efforts will help people eat healthier, get active, lower their stress, and [...]
Wider press coverage of our Foundation’s funded “Find a Job in February” series
“Looking for a job? You can find help at the Santa Clara City Library’s free “Find a Job in February” series, featuring workshops with local experts. The series is sponsored by a grant from the Foundation and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library. On Feb 12, 40 eager jobseekers heard from LinkedIn Enterprise Account [...]
Santa Clara Northside Library Beam Signing Event
On Thursday, 10/25, over 500 people came by to see and sign one of the final steel beams that will be installed in the Northside library building. Notable people to add their names to the beam included Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews, several current council candidates, members of the Santa Clara Library Foundation and Friends, [...]
Santa Clara Northside Branch Library Groundbreaking
On Monday, July 9th at 5:30pm the Santa Clara Library Foundation and Friends and the City of Santa Clara will jointly celebrate the groundbreaking on this project at 695 Morland Way, at Rivermark in Santa Clara. RSVPs are not required, and if you want more information contact 408 615-3000. If you would like to make [...]
Volunteers Needed
Our organization raises money for the library through book sales. We rely on a dedicated group of volunteers to collect and sort books, staff the bookstore, ship books ordered through our Amazon store, and set-up and staff our Saturday Sales. Right now, we are particularly looking for volunteers who can help us move [...]
Are you on Facebook? It’s easy to become a fan of the Library!
Do you do Facebook? Become a fan of the Santa Clara City Library and the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, and stay up to date on the latest library news and events! You’ll also have access to exclusive content like video book reviews from staff and patrons—delivered directly to your news feed. If [...]
Santana Row fashion Show to Benefit SCCLFF
Attend the 2011 Santana Row Runway Show and part of the proceeds from your ticket benefit SCCLFF. The show is Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 2 PM. Tickets are $40 or $60 VIP. Get your tickets nowand support your library! Thank you Federal Realty for your partnership. Proceeds will be used to support next year’s summer [...]
Meet Julie Passalacqua, Santa Clara’s New City Librarian
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 [...]
Santa Clara’s History to be Digitized
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 [...]