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/></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data label">Public</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1878</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">Architect(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pei_Cobb_Freed_%26_Partners" title="Pei Cobb Freed & Partners">Pei Cobb Freed & Partners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Simon" title="Cathy Simon">Cathy Simon</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901530?uselang=en#P84" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branches</th><td class="infobox-data">27</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">3,946,841</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Circulation</th><td class="infobox-data">10,971,974</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population served</th><td class="infobox-data">870,887</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$126 million (FY 2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">Michael Lambert, City Librarian</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfpl.org">www.sfpl.org</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:1px solid #aaaaaa; text-align:left">References: <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>San Francisco Public Library</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> system of the city and county of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Main_Library_(San_Francisco)" title="Main Library (San Francisco)">Main Library</a> is located at <a href="/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco" title="Civic Center, San Francisco">Civic Center</a>, at 100 Larkin Street. The library system has won several awards, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Library_Journal" title="Library Journal">Library Journal</a></i>'s Library of the Year award in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The library is well-funded due to the city's dedicated Library Preservation Fund that was established by a 1994 <a href="/wiki/Ballot_measure" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot measure">ballot measure</a>. The Preservation Fund was renewed twice, by ballot measures in 2007 and 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 1877 a residents' meeting was called by state senator George H. Rogers and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Smith_Hallidie" title="Andrew Smith Hallidie">Andrew Smith Hallidie</a> who advocated the creation of a free public library for San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-DAC-770804_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAC-770804-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A board of trustees for the Library was created in 1878 through the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Free_Library_Act" title="Rogers Free Library Act">Free Library Act</a>, signed by <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Irwin_(California_politician)" title="William Irwin (California politician)">William Irwin</a> on March 18, which also created a <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a> to fund the Library project.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The San Francisco Public Library (then known as the San Francisco Free Library) opened on June 7, 1879, at <a href="/wiki/California_Theatre_(San_Francisco)" title="California Theatre (San Francisco)">Pacific Hall</a> on Bush Street at Kearny Street<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hired Albert Hart as the first <a href="/wiki/Librarian" title="Librarian">librarian</a>. In 1888 the Library moved to the Larkin Street wing of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">City Hall</a> at Civic Center. The first three branches opened from 1888 to 1889, in the <a href="/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission District, San Francisco, California">Mission</a>, in <a href="/wiki/North_Beach,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="North Beach, San Francisco, California">North Beach</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Potrero_Hill,_San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California">Potrero Hill</a>. In 1889 the Library became a <a href="/wiki/Federal_depository_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal depository library">Federal depository</a> by nomination of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Hearst" title="George Hearst">George Hearst</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asian_Art_Musium,_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A picture of the exterior of the building for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, which was originally completed in 1916 for the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Asian_Art_Musium%2C_San_Francisco_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The 1916 main library building now houses the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Art_Museum_(San_Francisco)" title="Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)">Asian Art Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1905, architect <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Burnham" title="Daniel Burnham">Daniel Burnham</a> presented his plans for a new Civic Center for San Francisco, including a new library building.<sup id="cite_ref-Burnham05_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnham05-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These plans were put on hold after the <a href="/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake" title="1906 San Francisco earthquake">1906 San Francisco earthquake</a>, which destroyed about 140,000 volumes, nearly 80% of its holdings. The library moved to temporary quarters while a new building was designed and built. In 1917, the new main library building, designed by <a href="/wiki/George_W._Kelham" title="George W. Kelham">George W. Kelham</a>, opened in the Civic Center.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten major murals by California Tonalist <a href="/wiki/Gottardo_Piazzoni" title="Gottardo Piazzoni">Gottardo Piazzoni</a> were installed in 1931–1932; four more were completed in 1945, but left uninstalled until the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Main_Library">New Main Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New Main Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Main_Library_(San_Francisco)" title="Main Library (San Francisco)">Main Library (San Francisco)</a></div><p>In 1986, a task force was set up to complete the design of the Civic Center, including the use of Marshall Square, next to the main library at the time, for a new main library.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was completed in 1995 and opened a year later on April 18, 1996. The old main library, which was damaged in the <a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a>, was rebuilt as the new <a href="/wiki/Asian_Art_Museum_of_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Art Museum of San Francisco">Asian Art Museum</a>. The Piazzoni murals moved to the <a href="/wiki/De_Young_Museum" title="De Young Museum">de Young Museum</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_from_1990s_to_present">History from 1990s to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History from 1990s to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018 <i><a href="/wiki/Library_Journal" title="Library Journal">Library Journal</a></i> awarded it the Library of the Year award.<sup id="cite_ref-SF_Chronicle_2018_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SF_Chronicle_2018-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, the San Francisco Public Library Commission voted to remove standing library fines and completely wipe out future fines because the fines serve as an impediment to access for community patrons who would otherwise use and visit one of San Francisco's twenty-seven public libraries. The vote needed to be approved by a Board of Supervisors and the mayor of San Francisco, Mayor <a href="/wiki/London_Breed" title="London Breed">London Breed</a> was supportive of this action.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was approved and September 15, 2019, was the first day all fines were cleared.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the "Browse and Bounce” program, the public library began reopening its doors to visitors on May 3, 2021, for the first time since its shutdown in March 2020 due to the <a href="/wiki/Stay-at-home_order" title="Stay-at-home order">stay-at-home order</a> issued during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic in the United States</a>. The first floor of the Main Branch was the first to open with adjusted guidelines, such as an hour time limit and <a href="/wiki/Plexiglass" class="mw-redirect" title="Plexiglass">plexiglass</a> between computers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branch_libraries">Branch libraries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Branch libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the <a href="/wiki/Main_Library_(San_Francisco)" title="Main Library (San Francisco)">Main Library</a>, the San Francisco Public Library has 27 branch libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 23%;"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Anza">Anza</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Bayview">Bayview</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Bernal_Heights">Bernal Heights</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Chinatown">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Eureka_Valley/Harvey_Milk_Memorial">Eureka Valley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Excelsior">Excelsior</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Glen_Park">Glen Park</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Golden_Gate_Valley">Golden Gate Valley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Ingleside">Ingleside</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 23%;"> <ul><li>Marina</li> <li>Merced</li> <li>Mission</li> <li>Mission Bay</li> <li>Noe Valley</li> <li>North Beach</li> <li>Ocean View</li> <li>Ortega</li> <li>Park</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 23%;"> <ul><li>Parkside</li> <li>Portola</li> <li>Potrero</li> <li>Presidio</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li>Sunset</li> <li>Visitacion Valley</li> <li>West Portal</li> <li>Western Addition</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anza">Anza</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Anza"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anza_Branch_(27993089316).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Anza Branch Library, showing a brick-and-concrete staircase entrance." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg/220px-Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg/330px-Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg/440px-Anza_Branch_%2827993089316%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Anza Branch (2016)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1930, San Francisco voters approved a charter amendment to increase taxes to fund the construction of the Anza Branch Library. Using the site of the old Lafayette School, architect <a href="/wiki/John_W._Reid_Jr." title="John W. Reid Jr.">John W. Reid Jr.</a> designed and landscaped the new branch building. The new branch was dedicated on April 10, 1932, with 11,823 new books on the shelves. Total cost for the building and its furnishings was $57,117.29. Anza Branch Library was the 17th branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. The branch closed temporarily for renovation in May 2009. The Anza Branch reopened on Saturday June 18, 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bayview">Bayview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bayview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new Bayview Library opened February 23, 2013. The original Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library was opened as a storefront facility in 1927. It was the 13th branch in the San Francisco Public Library system, replacing a "library station" that had been established in 1921. In 1969, a red brick building was built on the corner of the 3rd Street and Revere Avenue in the Bayview/Hunters Point district with a bequest from Anna E. Waden, a clerical employee of the City of San Francisco. Miss Waden's gift of $185,700 paid for the development of this cooperative community project. The building was completed in February 1969, and the formal dedication took place on July 12, 1969. The architect was <a href="/wiki/John_Savage_Bolles" title="John Savage Bolles">John S. Bolles</a> & Associates and the contractor was Nibbi Brothers. The façade included a sculpture by Jacques Overhoff. </p><p>In 2014, the library was renamed in honor of Linda Brooks Burton who served as the branch’s manager for over 20 years and a champion for the community even after being promoted to district manager. During the library’s remodel in 2012, she fought for the opportunity of constructing the site be given to a locally led crew/company from the Bayview Community. Upon her passing, the community came together and campaigned for the name change. Many patrons who had essentially grown up in the library spoke at the many community meetings, fighting for the change and attributed their continued education or love of reading and learning to the involvement, presence, care and compassion of Mrs. Burton and felt the honor befitting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bernal_Heights">Bernal Heights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bernal Heights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernal_mural_(4487192303).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A colorful mural painted on the sign of the Bernal Heights Branch Library" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg/220px-Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg/330px-Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg/440px-Bernal_mural_%284487192303%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Bernal Heights Branch (2010)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bernal Heights Renovation was completed on January 30, 2010. A “library deposit station” was established in 1920 at 303 Cortland Avenue. As the neighborhood and library grew, it was moved, in 1936, to 324 Cortland. When that proved inadequate the neighbors lobbied for a new building. The one floor branch library at 500 Cortland, was the 21st in the system and built on the site of the original Bernal School at a cost of $94,600. It was designed by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_H._Meyer_(architect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick H. Meyer (architect)">Frederick H. Meyer</a>, one of the most prolific and versatile architects in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, funded by the <a href="/wiki/Work_Projects_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Work Projects Administration">Work Projects Administration</a> and dedicated on October 21, 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinatown">Chinatown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chinatown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_(36826034965).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Chinatown Branch Library, showing the dual staircase entrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg/220px-San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg/330px-San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg/440px-San_Francisco_Public_Library_Chinatown_%2836826034965%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4813" data-file-height="3209" /></a><figcaption>Chinatown Branch (2017)</figcaption></figure> <p>Chinatown Branch Library, built in 1921 by architect <a href="/wiki/G._Albert_Lansburgh" title="G. Albert Lansburgh">G. Albert Lansburgh</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie library</a> originally named the North Beach Branch. It is the third branch in the system. Located in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown</a> on <a href="/wiki/Powell_Street_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Powell Street (San Francisco)">Powell Street</a> between Washington and Jackson, the name was changed in 1958 to more accurately reflect the community served. In 1972, the Chinese language, and the Chinese American Interest collections were started in response to the needs and interests of the Chinatown community. In 1991, public and private funds were obtained for a major renovation and expansion of the Chinatown Branch Library. The branch was seismically retrofitted and expanded to twice its original size with a community meeting room and story-room available to use for programs and special events. The Grand Reopening of the Chinatown Branch Library was held on June 15, 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eureka_Valley/Harvey_Milk_Memorial"><span id="Eureka_Valley.2FHarvey_Milk_Memorial"></span>Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eureka_Valley_sign_(4487188909).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The sign for the Eureka Valley Branch was updated to include Harvey Milk in 1981." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg/220px-Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg/330px-Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg/440px-Eureka_Valley_sign_%284487188909%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption>Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Branch (2010)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Eureka Valley Renovation was completed on October 24, 2009. The first branch building was the second branch in the system and opened on January 2, 1902. It was named the McCreery Branch in honor of Andrew McCreery who donated the land and paid for construction. It was damaged in the <a href="/wiki/1957_San_Francisco_earthquake" title="1957 San Francisco earthquake">Daly City earthquake of 1957</a> and demolished. The site was used to construct a new building designed by Appleton and Wolford at a cost of $192,335 and opened on December 20, 1961. It was named the Eureka Valley Branch. In 1981 the Library Commission officially changed the name of the branch to Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library to honor <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Milk" title="Harvey Milk">Harvey Milk</a>, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. Harvey Milk served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors until he was assassinated along with Mayor <a href="/wiki/George_Moscone" title="George Moscone">George Moscone</a> on November 27, 1978. In 2006 the City honored <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria" title="José Sarria">José Sarria</a>, the first openly gay man to run for Supervisor (in 1961) by renaming the section of 16th Street adjacent to the branch as José Sarria Court. José Sarria is best known for founding the Imperial Court System, one of the cornerstones of the GLBT community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Excelsior">Excelsior</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Excelsior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Excelsior_Branch_(27662867221).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Excelsior Branch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg/220px-Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg/330px-Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg/440px-Excelsior_Branch_%2827662867221%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Excelsior Branch (2016)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Excelsior Branch Library was the 10th branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. Initially a "library station", the first branch library was installed in rental quarters at 7 Bauer Street. In 1925 the branch was located on Ocean Avenue and later at 4465 Mission Street. The current building at 4400 Mission Street was opened to the public October 1, 1967. The branch was designed by architects Appleton and Wolfard and built for $248,000. The Excelsior Branch was the first to be renovated under the Branch Library Improvement Program and reopened on July 8, 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Glen_Park">Glen Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Glen Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glen_Park_Branch_Library_(27459485380).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Glen Park Branch Library" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg/170px-Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg/255px-Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg/340px-Glen_Park_Branch_Library_%2827459485380%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption>Glen Park Branch (2016)</figcaption></figure> <p>Glen Park Branch Library first opened in January 1927, at 700 Bosworth Street. The branch was located at that site for almost 38 years, until the building that housed it was demolished during construction of Interstate 280. Glen Park Branch was then housed in several different locations over the course of 42 years until a multiuse building was constructed in the neighborhood at 2825 Diamond Street. Part of the new building was designated just for the library. The branch opened on October 13, 2007, and became the sixth branch to be renovated through the Branch Library Improvement Program. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_Gate_Valley">Golden Gate Valley</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Golden Gate Valley"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_(27589851925).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Golden Gate Valley Branch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg/220px-Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg/330px-Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg/440px-Golden_Gate_Valley_Branch_%2827589851925%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5161" data-file-height="3097" /></a><figcaption>Golden Gate Valley Branch (2016)</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1917, to serve residents of the growing Golden Gate Valley, Cow Hollow, and Marina neighborhoods, construction of the Golden Gate Valley Branch Library was begun at a site on the southwest corner of Green and Octavia Streets that had been purchased by the city for $7,500. The resulting brick and terra cotta Beaux-Arts structure was designed in the shape of a basilica by local architect <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Coxhead" title="Ernest Coxhead">Ernest Coxhead</a>. Though Carnegie grant funds paid for the building, City funds were used for the furnishings. The total cost of the building and furnishings came to $43,000, and on May 5, 1918, the branch was opened to the public. Golden Gate Valley Branch was the ninth branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ingleside">Ingleside</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ingleside"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ingleside_Branch_library_(27636867042).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Modern Ingleside Branch exterior in 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg/220px-Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg/330px-Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg/440px-Ingleside_Branch_library_%2827636867042%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Ingleside Branch (current building, 2016)</figcaption></figure> <p>The new Ingleside Branch opened on September 12, 2009. Ingleside Branch, the 11th in the system, opened in 1925. The neighborhood was served by "library station" at several locations, including 422 Holloway Avenue, 1612 Ocean Avenue and 387 Ashton Avenue. On May 30, 2001, the library moved to a leased facility—the former Bank of America building, at 1649 Ocean (at Faxon). The eagerly anticipated new branch building at 1298 Ocean Avenue (at Plymouth) opened in 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Richmond">Richmond</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Richmond"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Richmond_Branch_(4498292138).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of the Richmond Branch Library. Entrance stairway is flanked by two large palm trees." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg/220px-The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg/330px-The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg/440px-The_Richmond_Branch_%284498292138%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2860" data-file-height="1919" /></a><figcaption>Richmond Branch (2010)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Richmond Renovation was completed on May 16, 2009. Richmond/Senator <a href="/wiki/Milton_Marks" title="Milton Marks">Milton Marks</a> Branch was the fourth branch established within the San Francisco Public Library system. The first location of the branch, in 1892, was at 809 Point Lobos Avenue (now Geary Boulevard) and Parker Avenue. In 1914 a new Richmond Branch opened at the current location, the first library building in San Francisco constructed with Andrew Carnegie grant funds. In December 2000, the San Francisco Landmarks Board nominated Richmond Branch Library for designation as a city landmark. Funded by both a City bond measure and $6 million in Proposition 14 State bond funds, a newly renovated, seismically safe, accessible and technologically updated building opened in 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Public_Library&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The San Francisco Public Library offers a "homeless and poverty outreach library team" with the help of the Department of Public Health that helps find housing and other services for homeless patrons who set up camp among the stacks.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, in the San Francisco Public Library's Main Library, Leah Esguerra became the first 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USD</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Comp. high schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balboa_High_School_(California)" title="Balboa High School (California)">Balboa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_%26_Sala_Burton_High_School" title="Phillip & Sala Burton High School">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_Academy_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Galileo Academy of Science and Technology">Galileo Academy of Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_High_School_(San_Francisco,_California)" title="Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco, California)">Abraham Lincoln</a></li> <li>Marshall Academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_High_School_(San_Francisco)" title="Mission High School (San Francisco)">Mission</a></li> <li><a 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Cortines">Ramón C. Cortines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rojas" title="Bill Rojas">Bill Rojas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Carranza" title="Richard A. Carranza">Richard Carranza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Independent schools</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Secular private schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Scuola_International_School_(San_Francisco)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Scuola International School (San Francisco) (page does not exist)">La Scuola Int'l</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bay_School_of_San_Francisco" title="The Bay School of San Francisco">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Delmar_Burke_School" title="Katherine Delmar Burke School">Katherine Delmar Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_American_International_School" title="Chinese American International School">Chinese American Int'l</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_American_International_School_(San_Francisco)" class="mw-redirect" title="French American International School (San Francisco)">French American Int'l</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_International_School_of_Silicon_Valley" title="German International School of Silicon Valley">German Int'l of Silicon Valley</a> <small>(S.F. campus)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_High_School_of_San_Francisco" title="International High School of San Francisco">Int'l H.S. of S.F.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_de_San_Francisco" title="Lycée Français de San Francisco">Lycée Français</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Pacific_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Francisco Pacific Academy (page does not exist)">San Francisco Pacific Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_School_for_Boys" title="Town School for Boys">Town School for Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_University_High_School" title="San Francisco University High School">San Francisco University High School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;;width:1%">Religious private schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Riordan_High_School" title="Archbishop Riordan High School">Archbishop Riordan J.S.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_School_for_Boys" title="Cathedral School for Boys">Cathedral School for Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convent_of_the_Sacred_Heart_High_School_(California)" title="Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California)">Convent of the Sacred Heart H.S.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_Academy_(California)" title="Immaculate Conception Academy (California)">Immaculate Conception Acad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Community_High_School_of_the_Bay" title="Jewish Community High School of the Bay">Jewish Community High School of the Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan_Armenian_School" title="Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School">Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral_Preparatory" title="Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory">Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Waldorf_School" title="San Francisco Waldorf School">S.F. 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title="Los Angeles Public Library">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Public_Library" title="Oakland Public Library">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Public_Library" title="Oxnard Public Library">Oxnard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasanton_Public_Library" title="Pleasanton Public Library">Pleasanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_Public_Library" title="Riverside Public Library">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Public_Library" title="Sacramento Public Library">Sacramento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Public_Library" title="San Diego Public Library">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Public_Library" title="San Jose Public Library">San José</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_Library" title="Santa Barbara Library">Santa Barbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_City_Library" title="Santa Clara City Library">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Public_Library" title="Santa Monica Public 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