Get ready to unlock even more information with your San Mateo County Libraries card! To better serve our community’s research and reference needs, San Mateo County Libraries along with the Peninsula Libraries, are switching from Gale reference databases to EBSCO databases on July 1, 2019. Gale reference databases, such as General OneFile, Academic OneFile, the…
Who Was Bayard Rustin?
The Most Famous Civil Rights Hero You Never Heard Of Best known as the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington (you see him standing behind Martin Luther King Jr. at the podium in old footage), Bayard Rustin was that and more. Beginning in the 1930s, to his death in 1987, Rustin was a labor…
Service Disruptions at Some Libraries
Service Disruption Due to the installation of a new automated book drop and changes to the manual book drop, Foster City Library will have some service disruptions from Sunday, June 30 - Thursday, July 18. The library will be impacted by intermittent construction noise during this time, and materials may take longer to return to…
Clap Your Hands If You Believe in Fairies
Did you know that June 24th is International Fairy Day? Celebrate all things tiny and magical with the library! While some might associate fairies and magic with children's books, there are books for all ages to help you get your sparkle on. Diminutive things possessing magical powers have been sprinkled throughout legends dating back to…
A Giraffe Obsession
World Giraffe Day is celebrated on the longest day of the year: Friday, June 21, 2019. Giraffe Love Sometimes I'll arrive at the library and there's a little present on my desk from coworkers. A giraffe t-shirt, a giraffe notepad, the newest giraffe book, a mini giraffe Lego kit... Once there was even a large…
And Now Our Watch Has Ended? The Future of Game of Thrones
The Wire...But With Dragons A lot can happen in eight years; one day you're off to join the Night's Watch and seventy-three episodes later you're....well, let's try to avoid spoilers. When the first season of Game of Thrones (GoT) premiered I had never heard of the A Song of Ice and Fire series of books…
Learning Where Pride Comes From
It is often said that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. This month, in particular, it is vital to take a step back and remember and celebrate the history of those individuals who stood up to make a difference that is still felt today. This June marks the 50th anniversary…
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