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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

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New Computers

We’ve gotten rid of our 4-year-old computers in the Reference and Periodicals Rooms, replacing 17 Dells and 12 Apples all with new iMacs like the ones pictured above. These computers have been specially configured to run Windows XP in addition to Mac OS X. At startup, you can choose which operating system you would like … Continue reading New Computers