BayNet currently has several positions available on the Board of Directors for the upcoming year. If you would like to help guide this organization to success, we would love to have you on the board. You can find a list of positions and their attendant duties here: https://bit.ly/2v1ydb9 To apply, please complete the form here: https://goo.gl/forms/ASIKkWTdRa0Iye2C2 Please … Continue reading [Announcement] Positions Available on BayNet Board of Directors
[EVENT] An evening with Joyce Carol Oates at the Lafayette Library
Where: Lafayette Library 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549 When: Wednesday April 11 at 7pm The Simpson Family Literary Project Committee invites you to an evening with Joyce Carol Oates on Wednesday, April 11, at 7pm at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Community Hall. The esteemed author will do a reading from her … Continue reading [EVENT] An evening with Joyce Carol Oates at the Lafayette Library
[EDIT]Highlight, Promote, Communicate: Graphic Design for Librarians Book Talk by Dr. Diana K. Wakimoto
Highlight, Promote, Communicate: Graphic Design for Librarians Book Talk by Dr. Diana K. Wakimoto March 16, 2018 2:30-3:30 pm California State University, East Bay University Libraries Biella Room (LI 2126) Do you create flyers, bookmarks, handouts, or newsletters for your library? Ever wonder how you could design these for better visual communication? In … Continue reading [EDIT]Highlight, Promote, Communicate: Graphic Design for Librarians Book Talk by Dr. Diana K. Wakimoto
[EVENT] An Evening with Librarian Historian Wayne Wiegand
Tuesday, March 13th, 6:00p.m. Author Talk: Wayne A. Wiegand, Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library SSF Main Library, 840 West Orange Ave., SSF, CA 94080 What do you love about the library? Discover the history of America’s public libraries in this author talk with library historian and academic, Wayne … Continue reading [EVENT] An Evening with Librarian Historian Wayne Wiegand
[Announcement] Library Innovation Lab Grants Available
Applications Open: March 1 - 31 2018 Library Innovation Lab 2018: Exploring New Ways of Engaging Immigrant Communities through Public Humanities Programming Library Innovation Lab (LIL) aims to build the capacity of California public libraries to provide responsive and relevant public humanities programming through a practice-based professional development experience. Ten programming librarians from all parts … Continue reading [Announcement] Library Innovation Lab Grants Available
[EVENT] ANNUAL MEETING EVENT – Applying User Experience Design to Your Library
Join your BayNet colleagues Friday, May 11th for our Annual Event and Meeting! This year we're bringing out Aaron Schmidt to discuss the principles of Library UX - User Experience - and discuss ways that you can apply these principles at your library. Aaron is the co-author of the ALA Book Useful, Usable, Desirable that … Continue reading [EVENT] ANNUAL MEETING EVENT – Applying User Experience Design to Your Library
[EVENT] BayNet Happy Hour – March 2 in Oakland
Come join us at the Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170 in Oakland on March 2 from 5:00 to 6:30pm Get to know the board members, meet other librarians and have a good time!
[Event] Free Books in San Francisco March 10
Come select free books for your library, classroom or program! Town School is hosting a FREE children's book fair for librarians, teachers, and other literacy educators on Saturday, March 10 at 2750 Jackson Street, San Francisco. Parking nearby is easy and volunteers will be available to help you get your selected books into your car. … Continue reading [Event] Free Books in San Francisco March 10
Call for Submissions: BayNet Newsletter Fall 2017
Share your work and stories with the members of BayNet BayNet is a multidisciplinary library association that is dedicated to bringing together librarians, archivists, and information professionals from all over the Bay Area together so they can share and learn from each other. And the BayNet Newsletter wants you to share what’s going on in your … Continue reading Call for Submissions: BayNet Newsletter Fall 2017
[Event] SLA Event in San Francisco Wednesday, August 30
Wednesday, August 30, 2017. 5:30-7:30 PM Patriot House Pub 2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invite you to our Fall Happy Hour. Are you a student or new to the Bay Area? Are you a librarian and want to meet new librarians in the area? … Continue reading [Event] SLA Event in San Francisco Wednesday, August 30
South San Francisco Public Library Presents: Prohibition in San Mateo County
Thursday, May 11, 6:00 p.m. Prohibition in San Mateo County presented by Carmen Blair, Deputy Director, San Mateo Historical Society (Held offsite at Armstrong Brewing CO.) In the 1930s, mobster Sam Termini called San Mateo County the most corrupt county in the state. With rumrunners landing Canadian whiskey on isolated beaches, moonshiners operating in … Continue reading South San Francisco Public Library Presents: Prohibition in San Mateo County
BART, The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System presented by Michael C. Healy, BART Historian.
Sunday, May 21, 3:00 p.m. Presentation and Discussion: BART, The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System The discussion will be led by Mr. Bart himself the Official Historian, Michael C. Healy, author of the book, BART: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System. This fascinating book undertakes the massive … Continue reading BART, The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System presented by Michael C. Healy, BART Historian.