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The library’s programming includes storytimes for children, book discussions, author talks and take-home craft kits.
“The San Diego Public Library is proud to celebrate Black History Month and to provide yet another way to connect with our residents who may be isolated at home due to the pandemic,” said Misty Jones, library director. “We hope the library programs will encourage patrons to learn more about the achievements of Black Americans and the contributions they have made throughout our country’s history.”
As part of the celebration, the San Diego Public Library will release a Black History Month library card. The special edition card was designed by 15-year-old Scripps Ranch High School student Sahithi Lingampalli and was chosen from dozens submitted by local students. It features the likenesses of congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, Vice President Kamala Harris and tennis great Serena Williams.
San Diego Public Library hosts Black History Month events, new library card
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Public Library released a full month-long schedule of events Monday celebrating the rich and diverse history of Black Americans in honor of Black History Month.
More than 60 people tuned in Tuesday evening to fold origami paper cranes for San Diego’s public libraries, to bring happiness, luck and maybe even a wish come true in the New Year.
In a virtual event hosted by the San Diego Public Library Foundation, members of the public learned how to fold the paper cranes and help the nonprofit foundation meet its goal to collect 1,000 of them for the San Diego Central Library’s Cranes for Peace display.
There also was a discussion of the library’s plans for 2021 and a call for donations to the Library Foundation.
“The Library’s Cranes for Peace program developed from a desire to set positive and hopeful intentions for the new year,” said Natalie Ganz, chief strategy and engagement officer at the San Diego Public Library Foundation. “It’s a fun environment for the community of library lovers to learn something new, interact with Library and Foundation leadership, and look forward to the future.”
Groups are using social media to request hearings, policy changes, a new documents librarian
Head librarian Misty Jones estimated this week that somewhere between 5 percent and 10 percent of the roughly 1 million government documents the library owns are San Diego-specific.
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After the entire collection has been thoroughly culled during the next few years, those documents will be available on the third floor of the downtown central library. But the rest of the floor will be freed up for other services.
Freeing up space and staff time was the goal of relinquishing the library’s status as a federal depository for government documents, but Jones said officials have decided it makes more sense to retain “partial selective” status in the program.