The Board of Library Trustees is searching for a new Director of Library Services. Your input is imperative! Have you taken the survey? Paper versions of the survey are also available in all Library locations.
For thousands of years sound has been used as a meditative tool. Come to the Library to experience a session! Past participants have said that they experienced renewed creativity and relief from strain and stress.
Gale Ebooks is known as a "one-stop-shop for credible online reference anytime, anywhere." Collections include the Arts, Biography, Education, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Religion, Science and so much more.
Library staff are particularly proud that the American Library Association (ALA) also featured the Tool Lending Library on their ilovelibraries.org website.
Reminder: the Culinary Collection at the Tool Lending Library will debut later this Spring.
Also, staff are busy planning all sorts of engaging culinary-minded programming to accompany opening day that celebrates the diversity of food culture here in Berkeley.
Mary Lou’s Apartment is an all-woman jazz ensemble featuring the compositions & arrangements of the African American musical geniuses Mary Lou Williams & Melba Liston.
Honorary Chair author Michael Lewis was among the literary stars celebrated that evening. The gala featured a lively meet-the-authors reception, an epicurean meal with an honored author at each table, and a program introducing all 24 authors. Check out the photo gallery.
Proceeds from the event support Library innovations, building improvements, and literacy projects.