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Register to vote in Calif. by today – Oct 20 – check registration online – updated

10/21/08 update: The deadline for voter registration in California has passed. See below for info on registering in other states. Voter registration forms are available at the library for San Francisco County. Forms for other counties are availabile here — fill one out, print, and take it to your county elections office. San Francisco and … Continue reading Register to vote in Calif. by today – Oct 20 – check registration online – updated

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Featured database: Environment Complete

Interested in current research on issues such as global warming, the environment, or renewable energy? Try Environment Complete—it’s a new database that covers all these subjects, plus related ones such as agriculture, environmental law, and urban planning. It provides access to the full text of articles from more than 600 journals such as Environment, Ecologist, … Continue reading Featured database: Environment Complete

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Voter registration forms & info at the library – updated

Mail-in voter registration forms are available at Gleeson Library for voting in San Francisco County. (update: thanks to David Silver’s media studies classes’ fabulous installation in the library we have registration forms for any county in California – mail or take to your county elections office.) College students may legally register either at their college … Continue reading Voter registration forms & info at the library – updated

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What do you get when you put together 6 artists, some big linoleum blocks, and a 3-ton steamroller?

It’s Roadworks: Steamroller Prints, San Francisco Center for the Book’s fifth annual art-in-the-street-festival at Potrero Hill on Saturday, September 20. Here’s the link where you can see what it looked like last year. In addition to steamroller printmaking, there’s music, free bookmaking and printmaking fun for kids, and dozens of the Bay Area’s finest book … Continue reading What do you get when you put together 6 artists, some big linoleum blocks, and a 3-ton steamroller?

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Constitution Day

Have you hugged your Constitution today? September 17th is Constitution Day, a day to commemorate the September 17, 1787 signing of the Constitution. I like to think of it as a day to reflect upon and celebrate the rights we have thanks to the U.S. Constitution. Take a minute to look at our Constitution Day online guide, and maybe … Continue reading Constitution Day

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USF Book Club: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Oh Hai! The USF Book Club’s next selection is The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Personally I love Alexie’s poetry and spoken word performances, but I am excited about next month’s meeting because I haven’t read any of his prose. Also, the movie Smoke Signals was based off this novel. … Continue reading USF Book Club: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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Facilities work and noise in the Library

Good people, There is work occurring in several locations around the library.  The workmen make every attempt to minimize the disruption to Gleeson Library patrons and staff. Unfortunately sometimes the noise and disruption is unavoidable.  Today’s (9-9-08) noise was related to work on the third floor near the “R” stacks.  Facilities is apologetic for the … Continue reading Facilities work and noise in the Library