New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence Announce Town Hall at Southside Library, Feb. 1st

The City of Santa Fe and a coalition of service providers and advocates will host a town hall meeting on February 1st, 2016. The meeting serves as an opportunity for the community to come together and discuss gun violence and prevention in Santa Fe.

A panel of community leaders leading the discussion will include Mayor Javier M. Gonzales, Miranda Viscoli (New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence), the Santa Fe Police Department, District Attorney Jennifer Padgett, Erin Doerwald (Sky Center Santa Fe), Sheila Lewis (Santa Fe Safe), State Senator Nancy Rodriguez, and SFPS Student Anthony Rivera.

The event will be held at the Santa Fe Public Library's Southside Branch at 6:00 PM, on Monday, February 1st.

 

 

Science After School at the Santa Fe Public Library, Spring 2016

Check out La Farge's new displays!

Our first display is in honor of Shakespeare. We wanted to showcase Shakespeare’s work in celebration of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s exhibition of the First Folio!

We also have a Romance display in honor of Valentine’s Day.

 

Post and photos by MV

Friday Afternoon Art: Come Play With Clay, January 29 at the Main Library

beWellnm, New Mexico's Health Insurance Exchange, Tuesday, January 26 at the Main Library

Healthy Lifestyles and Diabetes Prevention Discussion, Tuesday, February 2 at Main

Preschool Story Time Spring 2016 Schedule

Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library Annual Meeting, Sunday, January 24

The Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library will hold their annual business meeting on January 24, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Main Library, beginning with a briefing of Friends business matters and followed by special guest speaker Lois Palken Rudnick.  Refreshments will be served.

Lois Palken Rudnick has been researching and writing about northern New Mexico for almost all of her adult life. A retired professor, she chaired the American Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston for 26 years, before retiring in 2009 and moving to Santa Fe. She has taught, published, and lectured widely throughout the U.S.A. and internationally on modern American culture, history, and literature, most especially on the writer and artist communities of Santa Fe and Taos. She is best known for her numerous books on Mabel Dodge Luhan, the doyenne of the Taos art colony in the early 20th century. Among her many books are Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds; Edge of Taos Desert: An Escape to Reality; Utopian Vistas: The Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture; and The Suppressed Memoirs of Mabel Dodge Luhan: Sex, Syphilis, and Psychoanalysis in the Making of Modern American Culture.

Friends of the Library’s Annual Meeting
January 24, 2016, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Main Library, 145 Washington Avenue

Brainpower & Brownbags Free Lecture Series at the New Mexico History Museum starts Jan. 13

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Family Movie Matinee at Southside, January 9

SFPL Director Pat Hodapp's 2016 Resolutions from the SF Reporter

Pat Hodapp
Director, Santa Fe Public Libraries

“Well, my hopes and dreams are always the same. I hope that Santa Fe has the best libraries that they deserve. Great cities deserve great libraries, and that is still my hope. I dream that this is going to happen, or continue to happen, in the next year, that way every child in Santa Fe has access to books and information.”

Read more at the SF Reporter's site: http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-11387-resolutions.html

Healthy Lifestyle and Diabetes Prevention Discussion, Tuesday, January 5 at La Farge

Holiday Closing, December 24-25

All locations of the Santa Fe Public Library will be closing for the Christmas holiday, Thursday, December 24 at 1:00 p.m. and all day Friday, December 25. We will resume normal hours on Saturday, December 26.

(Photo by AA)

WRAP: Winter Reading Appreciation Program 2015

Are you ready for WRAP?

WRAP: Winter Reading Appreciation Program
December 19th – December 31st

Kids, read books over the winter break for prizes!

Children through age 12 may participate in the Winter Reading Program at the Santa Fe Public Library over the winter break. Turn in your log each week and receive a prize. It’s easy, it’s fun, and you may read as many books as you want!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public
Library.

La Farge Branch Library
1730 Llano Street
955-4863
Southside Branch Library
6599 Jaguar Drive
955-2828
Main Library
145 Washington Ave.
955-6783

Tonight at the Main Library: Mayor, Councilors Host Community Listening Session on Budget

As part of an ongoing city effort to engage and include the public in the City’s budget-making this year, Mayor Javier M. Gonzales and City Councilors have convened two public listening sessions and conversations to answer questions, discuss proposed solutions, and ensure public participation as the administration continues to tackle long-term structural budget challenges.

The second of those meetings (and final meeting for this year) will take place on Tuesday, December 15, at the Main Library, beginning at 6:00pm.

Public and members of the press are welcome.

Announcing the meetings, Mayor Gonzales said, “In any budget process, public engagement is important, but especially as we face the challenges we face, and with the commitment we have made to put the City back on sound financial footing, we need the whole community to know what’s happening, have input, and participate in the solution.”

Friday Afternoon Art: "Gingerbread" Houses, Dec. 18

Parks Crew Decorates the Main Library

We are eternally grateful to our fantastic Parks and Rec guys who decorate our Main Library with evergreen swags so beautifully. Thanks a million! 

We're now officially ready for the season.

 

(Post and photos by AA)

Main Library will be closed January 1-18, 2016

The Main Library, 145 Washington Avenue, will be closing for data rewiring from January 1 through January 18, 2016.  During this time the Main Library will not be accessible to the public.  The Main Library Book-drops will be open and patrons may return materials during that time. Reference and Circulation service desk phones will not be available during the closure, January 2-January 18.

If you are a Library patron and have holds or Inter-Library Loan books ready for pickup at Main during the closure, library staff will contact you and give you the option of picking up your materials at the La Farge or Southside Libraries.

Children's programs have been rescheduled or moved to other branches for the two week closure. Please check the Library Website for changes.

The data line rewiring will provide improved connectivity for the Main Library to wired and wireless networks.  This will also allow the Library to increase the number of public workstations in the future.   The Main Library will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 at 10:00 am.

Please visit the La Farge Branch at 1730 Llano Street (955-4862), or the Southside Branch at 6599 Jaguar Drive (955-2810). Both will be open regular hours.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are looking forward to providing improved computer access for our patrons.  If you have questions, please contact the Main Reference desk at 505-955-6781 or check the Library Web site at www.santafelibrary.org.  

Star Wars Display and Getting ready for winter holidays at La Farge

(Photo by JG)

Alternative Gift Market, Dec. 11-13 at De Vargas Mall