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The library was also renamed the Sidney Lanier Branch, in keeping with the then tradition of naming Los Angeles branch libraries after literary figures. [5] [6] In 1927, the library moved to a larger location on Bakman Street, and it moved to its current location on July 29, 1929. [4]
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The library was originally the Reading Room, which opened in 1908. It grew from 50 books to 500 within a year. In 1914, the collection, which had been managed by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and had grown to over 1100 books, was passed over to the city to form the Sunnyvale Public Library. It became part of the county library system ...
The city has 23 neighborhood branches including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana which specializes in Spanish language materials. [4] The East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library , a Carnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library and is listed in the National Register of ...
Redwood City Public Library [11] Downtown: 1044 Middlefield Road: Redwood City: 94063 (650)780‑7018 Redwood Shores: 399 Marine Parkway: Redwood City: 94065 (650)780‑5740: Schaberg: 2140 Euclid Avenue: Redwood City: 94061 (650)780‑7010 San Bruno Public Library [12] San Bruno: 701 Angus Avenue West: San Bruno: 94066 (650)616‑7078: San ...
The following year, California State tax law changed reducing library funding by 40%, resulting in layoffs and reduced open hours. In 1994 voters approved an annual parcel assessment to fund the nine libraries that make up the Santa Clara County Library District by over a two-thirds majority vote. This ten-year assessment expired in June 2005.
Alameda's Carnegie library was built from 1902 to 1903 and was the first designated building for the city's library, which had been housed in various other buildings since 1877. The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1982. [ 1 ]