When Stephanie Johnson-Toliver found out about the Library bringing its African-American Ephemera Collection online, she said it made “the hair on the back of my neck stand up!” In a good way. As president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State (BHS), she loves any effort that helps document, preserve, and promote local African-American … Continued
The Board and staff of The Seattle Public Library Foundation wish to thank outgoing Chief Librarian and Executive Director, Marcellus Turner, for his nearly 10 years of admirable leadership at The Seattle Public Library. Turner, known to most at the Library and Foundation as “MT,” will leave his post March 31 to become CEO and … Continued
Customers of The Station coffee shop on Beacon Hill can now grab a free story to read with their cup of joe. The Seattle Public Library’s first short-story dispenser, produced by French publishing company Short Édition and supported by donors to the Foundation, was installed at the café near the Beacon Hill light rail station … Continued
Growing up in Tracyton, Wash. on the Kitsap Peninsula, going to the library was a way of life for Jody Crow. “In our community, everyone I knew went to the library,” she says. “It was kind of life, I guess.” Back then, the library was in an out building at a local Methodist church, then … Continued
Now is the time that people step up to support their neighbors – about 12 percent of annual giving occurs in the last three days of the year! To maximize that giving spirit, two generous Board members of The Seattle Public Library Foundation will MATCH each gift up to $15,000 from now until the clock … Continued
Take advantage of a special charitable giving tax deduction thanks to the CARES Act, expiring at the end of this year. As part of the COVID relief package Congress passed in March, taxpayers can take a deduction of up to $300 for cash donations made to qualifying organizations during 2020. Previously, taxpayers could only take … Continued
Sara Miller’s home library—the NewHolly Branch—may be closed for now, but she and her family are using the Library as much as ever. She and her 7-year-old daughter, Hazel, check out e-books using the Libby app and have used the Curbside Services at the Rainier Beach Branch. “It’s amazing,” says Sara, a social worker at … Continued
Cleo Brooks is such a fixture at the Library that even Camille Jassny’s guide dog knows where to find her office at Central Library. Brooks has headed LEAP—the Library Equal Access Program—for 30 years. Next year, she will retire from her decades of service as the Library’s ambassador for patrons with disabilities. “She’s just so … Continued
How will you remember the covid-19 era? Betsy Kluck-Keil posted a joke of the day in the front yard of her Crown Hill home to entertain her neighbors. Ruth Quinet, inspired by a pre-covid Library rental of “American Gigolo,” watched nearly every Richard Gere film—and reviewed them each. These memories and more will be kept … Continued
Seattle’s oldest and longest-running newspaper is now available to the public on the Library’s website at spl.org. The Library used Foundation support to secure the archives of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which can now be explored via the Library’s website. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which started as “The Seattle Gazette” in 1863, printed weekly – and then … Continued
