For Immediate Release: October 27, 2006
Contact: Sherri Eng (415) 557-4282
seng@sfpl.org
Library Opens Temporary Location for
Western Addition Branch Collection
In an effort to provide ongoing services while library branches are closed for renovation, the San Francisco Public Library will open the new Western Addition Reading Center on Nov. 7. The collection will be located on the second floor of the African American Art and Culture Complex at 762 Fulton St. (near Webster).
The temporary collection will consist of materials from the recently closed Western Addition Branch. Materials include adult popular fiction and non-fiction, children’s books, DVDs, CDs and periodicals. Borrower services including reserves, hold pickup, return drop-off and library card issuance will also be available.
A selection of the Western Addition Branch’s Japanese language materials were temporarily relocated to the new International Languages Collection housed at the Presidio Branch Library at 3150 Sacramento St.
The Western Addition Reading Center’s hours of operation are:
Tuesday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wednesday, 1–6 p.m.
Thursday, 1–6 p.m.
Friday, 1–6 p.m.
Saturday, 1–6 p.m.
For more information, please call (415) 440-0206.
The Western Addition Reading Center is easily accessible by Muni bus lines 5, 21 and 22.
The creation of the Western Addition Reading Center is part of the temporary services provided during branch renovations taking place throughout the city. Funded by a $106 million bond measure passed in November 2000, the Branch Library Improvement Program (BLIP) will provide the public with seismically safe, accessible,
and technologically updated City-owned branch libraries in every neighborhood. The program includes renovation of 19 branch libraries, and construction of five new libraries—four of which will replace rented facilities—and a new branch library in Mission Bay (opened on July 8, 2006).
We voted to renovate and build new branch libraries across the City. It's happening!
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