Take San Mateo County Libraries on the go! Our new mobile app turns your smartphone or tablet into a library at your fingertips. You can instantly tap into library resources...anytime, anywhere! The modern design features a more intuitive and easy-to-read layout. Enhanced services allow you to checkout and download digital items from within the app…
Ditch Your Device Week 2018!
Do you think you could go a day without using your phone? How about a week? From April 30th to May 6th, 2018, San Mateo County Libraries challenge community members to limit their screen time and device usage through our celebration of Ditch Your Device Week! I’m sure many of us would find it difficult…
May Day Concert: Folk Songs of the American Labor Movement
Celebrate May Day With 21st Century Troubadour Adam Miller The American Labor Movement of the 19th and 20th century was a singing movement. This program features sing-along folk songs about the people who built America and their struggle to improve the conditions of their labor. Folk Songs of the American Labor Movement Tuesday, May 1…
What Do You Want in a Makerspace?
Are you curious about the whole "maker movement?" Making in the community has been around forever. Whether in classrooms, homes, community centers, libraries, or local tech shops, the "do it yourself" approach has brought makers of all kinds together. You might have been making for years at home and never really thought of yourself as…
The Best Penguins in the World
World Penguin Day is celebrated on April 25th. What a wonderful time to think about all the penguins in the world, and fond penguin memories. Most Penguins Are Southerners Penguins live all over the world--but mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia, South America, Antarctica, South Africa, and New Zealand are homes to penguins. In Australia…
How Are Your 2018 Goals Going?
Now is the perfect time to check in on the progress of your goals for 2018. Reviewing your goals and what you’ve done so far to accomplish them is often helpful. It can be a great opportunity to reconsider what is working and what needs to change. It’s important that your goals inspire and motivate…
Review: Gilded Cage by Vic James
Teen Guest Blogger: Nikita Gilded Cage by Vic James is a fantasy book set in an alternate version of modern England. The community is divided into two main groups based on “Skill.” Those who have the "Skill" (ability to perform magic) are treated as royalty and are called “Equals.” The rest are “Commoners,” who serve…
Bookmobile at Earth Day Celebration
Earth Day hails back to 1970. That's probably the reason many of us associate the celebration with a sort of hippy ethos. Fast forward to the serious climate challenges of 2018, and the environmental spotlight cast by the day couldn't be more timely or relevant. According to Al Gore, as quoted in the World Economic…
East Palo Alto Library Now Open on Sundays
The East Palo Alto Library moved to its current location (the Municipal Services Building at 2415 University Avenue) in 1975. For the first time in 43 years, we can proudly say that we are now open 7 days a week! Our library is a communal space that serves a variety of purposes to our wonderful…
Potty Training Picture Books
It seemed to take forever to potty train my daughter. Every time I would get together with a relative I would always get asked, "How's the potty training?" Sometimes I had a funny story to tell them, like the time she pooped on my library school homework, and other times I would recount all the…
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