San Francisco's chief librarian (yes, that's a thing) Luis Herrera received a special nomination from President Barack Obama to serve on the National Museum and Library Services Board. Herrera, who once thought he'd be arrested for losing a library book, oversaw the San Francisco Public Library's largest capital campaign, which helped build or renovate 22 branch libraries around the city. more ›

The rain didn't stop dozens of families from swarming the library on Sunday afternoon for the fabulous 2nd Annual Tricycle Music Fest West grand finale show. The show, which was originally scheduled to take place in Civic Center Plaza in conjunction with Sunday Streets, was relocated to the library's Koret Auditorium due to the inclement weather. more ›

As part of the annual Banned Books Week, San Francisco Public Library will celebrate the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird on Tuesday night. The classic Harper Lee novel is on the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom’s most frequently banned classic books list. more ›

All books for $5 or less -- what a deal! The 45th Annual Big Book Sale, put on by Friends of the SF Public Library, is going on all weekend at Fort Mason Center's Festival Pavilion. The sale, which is the largest book sale on the West Coast, features over 300,000 books in 50 different categories, as well as DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl, and other forms of media. For the big bargain-hunters out there, if you wait out the sale until Sunday, all books will be only $1! more ›