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The Tattoo Tradition exhibition at the SF main library is ending soon.
We just happened to catch it at wiki’s birthday and it was amazing. It was inspiring especially as I learn more about Ryukyu Tattoo culture.
A few folks in the photos had tattoos of the Hidari gomon symbol which is connected with the Ryukyu kingdom and Okinawan karate
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The Tattoo Tradition exhibition at the SF main library is ending soon.
We just happened to catch it at wiki’s birthday and it was amazing. It was inspiring especially as I learn more about Ryukyu Tattoo culture.
A few folks in the photos had tattoos of the Hidari gomon symbol which is connected with the Ryukyu kingdom and Okinawan karate
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The Tattoo Tradition exhibition at the SF main library is ending soon.
We just happened to catch it at wiki’s birthday and it was amazing. It was inspiring especially as I learn more about Ryukyu Tattoo culture.
A few folks in the photos had tattoos of the Hidari gomon symbol which is connected with the Ryukyu kingdom and Okinawan karate
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We went into the city today to get this amazing library card!!!
#SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#DefendInstitutions
#StarfleetAcademy
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We went into the city today to get this amazing library card!!!
#SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#DefendInstitutions
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek -
We went into the city today to get this amazing library card!!!
#SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#DefendInstitutions
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek -
We went into the city today to get this amazing library card!!!
#SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#DefendInstitutions
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek -
We went into the city today to get this amazing library card!!!
#SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#DefendInstitutions
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek -
S.F. Public Library’s main ebook provider to shut down – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Public Library’s main ebook service is suddenly shutting down
By Aidin Vaziri, Staff WriterUpdated Nov 17, 2025 5:50 p.m.
A San Francisco library worker helps a patron navigate digital offerings on November 17, 2021. San Francisco Public Library’s Boundless ebook service will end next month, with titles moving to a different platform. Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle.Editor’s note: There is an audio file in the online article, I cannot include here. –DrWeb
San Francisco’s library patrons are about to lose access to one of their most-used ebook platforms — the latest ripple effect of a crisis shaking the library supply industry nationwide.
The San Francisco Public Library announced that Boundless, its largest ebook supplier, will go offline Dec. 8 after its parent company, Baker & Taylor, said it will cease operations at the end of 2025.
San Francisco Public Library’s Boundless ebook service will end next month, with titles moving to a different platform. Lea Suzuki / S.F. ChronicleThe closure of the nearly 200-year-old distributor has sent libraries across the country scrambling to find new vendors and digital access points for readers.
“Due to the company’s sudden closure, the Boundless platform will end,” the library said in a statement.
Boundless users will be unable to place new holds after Monday, Nov. 17, and must check out any remaining titles by Nov. 24.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: S.F. Public Library’s main ebook provider to shut down
#200YearOldCompany #bakerTaylor #boundless #ebooks #libraryPatrons #newVendor #platform #providerShutdown #sanFrancisco #sanFranciscoPublicLibrary #uSLibraries
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S.F. Public Library’s main ebook provider to shut down – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Public Library’s main ebook service is suddenly shutting down
By Aidin Vaziri, Staff WriterUpdated Nov 17, 2025 5:50 p.m.
A San Francisco library worker helps a patron navigate digital offerings on November 17, 2021. San Francisco Public Library’s Boundless ebook service will end next month, with titles moving to a different platform. Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle.Editor’s note: There is an audio file in the online article, I cannot include here. –DrWeb
San Francisco’s library patrons are about to lose access to one of their most-used ebook platforms — the latest ripple effect of a crisis shaking the library supply industry nationwide.
The San Francisco Public Library announced that Boundless, its largest ebook supplier, will go offline Dec. 8 after its parent company, Baker & Taylor, said it will cease operations at the end of 2025.
San Francisco Public Library’s Boundless ebook service will end next month, with titles moving to a different platform. Lea Suzuki / S.F. ChronicleThe closure of the nearly 200-year-old distributor has sent libraries across the country scrambling to find new vendors and digital access points for readers.
“Due to the company’s sudden closure, the Boundless platform will end,” the library said in a statement.
Boundless users will be unable to place new holds after Monday, Nov. 17, and must check out any remaining titles by Nov. 24.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: S.F. Public Library’s main ebook provider to shut down
#200YearOldCompany #bakerTaylor #boundless #ebooks #libraryPatrons #newVendor #platform #providerShutdown #sanFrancisco #sanFranciscoPublicLibrary #uSLibraries
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Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Opinion // Emily HoevenYoung San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist, Aug 16, 2025San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
It’s no secret that young people in San Francisco don’t frequent bars and nightclubs the way they once did.
This has left many perplexed. If the city’s dwindling population of 20-somethings isn’t drinking and dancing, what are they doing?
This 20-something has spent much of her time this summer at the San Francisco Public Library. And based on my observations, plenty of other young adults have, too.
No, we aren’t geeks. The library is cool.
To start, it’s a free third space — a perk that cannot be overstated in this ridiculously expensive city.
I recently visited the Chinatown library shortly before it closed at 8 p.m. There was barely an empty seat in the house. And it was impossible not to notice the sizable number of young adults.
Is it any surprise we’d forgo a moody bar when a glass of wine can set you back $20 these days?
Meanwhile, the library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Their smart gamification strategy is working.
The library offers a tote bag as a prize for completing its Summer Stride program — which challenges residents to complete 20 hours of reading from June through August.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Original article: View source
#20YearOlds #2025 #America #Bars #Books #California #Drinking #Education #HangingOut #History #Libraries #Library #Opinion #Reading #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoChronicle #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #UnitedStates
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Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle Opinion // Emily HoevenYoung San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist, Aug 16, 2025San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
It’s no secret that young people in San Francisco don’t frequent bars and nightclubs the way they once did.
This has left many perplexed. If the city’s dwindling population of 20-somethings isn’t drinking and dancing, what are they doing?
This 20-something has spent much of her time this summer at the San Francisco Public Library. And based on my observations, plenty of other young adults have, too.
No, we aren’t geeks. The library is cool.
To start, it’s a free third space — a perk that cannot be overstated in this ridiculously expensive city.
I recently visited the Chinatown library shortly before it closed at 8 p.m. There was barely an empty seat in the house. And it was impossible not to notice the sizable number of young adults.
Is it any surprise we’d forgo a moody bar when a glass of wine can set you back $20 these days?
Meanwhile, the library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Their smart gamification strategy is working.
The library offers a tote bag as a prize for completing its Summer Stride program — which challenges residents to complete 20 hours of reading from June through August.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
#20YearOlds #2025 #America #Bars #Books #California #Drinking #Education #HangingOut #History #Libraries #Library #Opinion #Reading #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoChronicle #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #UnitedStates
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Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Opinion // Emily HoevenYoung San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist, Aug 16, 2025San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
It’s no secret that young people in San Francisco don’t frequent bars and nightclubs the way they once did.
This has left many perplexed. If the city’s dwindling population of 20-somethings isn’t drinking and dancing, what are they doing?
This 20-something has spent much of her time this summer at the San Francisco Public Library. And based on my observations, plenty of other young adults have, too.
No, we aren’t geeks. The library is cool.
To start, it’s a free third space — a perk that cannot be overstated in this ridiculously expensive city.
I recently visited the Chinatown library shortly before it closed at 8 p.m. There was barely an empty seat in the house. And it was impossible not to notice the sizable number of young adults.
Is it any surprise we’d forgo a moody bar when a glass of wine can set you back $20 these days?
Meanwhile, the library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Their smart gamification strategy is working.
The library offers a tote bag as a prize for completing its Summer Stride program — which challenges residents to complete 20 hours of reading from June through August.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Original article: View source
#20YearOlds #2025 #America #Bars #Books #California #Drinking #Education #HangingOut #History #Libraries #Library #Opinion #Reading #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoChronicle #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #UnitedStates
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Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle Opinion // Emily HoevenYoung San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist, Aug 16, 2025San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
It’s no secret that young people in San Francisco don’t frequent bars and nightclubs the way they once did.
This has left many perplexed. If the city’s dwindling population of 20-somethings isn’t drinking and dancing, what are they doing?
This 20-something has spent much of her time this summer at the San Francisco Public Library. And based on my observations, plenty of other young adults have, too.
No, we aren’t geeks. The library is cool.
To start, it’s a free third space — a perk that cannot be overstated in this ridiculously expensive city.
I recently visited the Chinatown library shortly before it closed at 8 p.m. There was barely an empty seat in the house. And it was impossible not to notice the sizable number of young adults.
Is it any surprise we’d forgo a moody bar when a glass of wine can set you back $20 these days?
Meanwhile, the library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Their smart gamification strategy is working.
The library offers a tote bag as a prize for completing its Summer Stride program — which challenges residents to complete 20 hours of reading from June through August.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
#20YearOlds #2025 #America #Bars #Books #California #Drinking #Education #HangingOut #History #Libraries #Library #Opinion #Reading #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoChronicle #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #UnitedStates
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Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Opinion // Emily HoevenYoung San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library
Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist, Aug 16, 2025San Francisco Main Library, photographed in 2023. The library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
It’s no secret that young people in San Francisco don’t frequent bars and nightclubs the way they once did.
This has left many perplexed. If the city’s dwindling population of 20-somethings isn’t drinking and dancing, what are they doing?
This 20-something has spent much of her time this summer at the San Francisco Public Library. And based on my observations, plenty of other young adults have, too.
No, we aren’t geeks. The library is cool.
To start, it’s a free third space — a perk that cannot be overstated in this ridiculously expensive city.
I recently visited the Chinatown library shortly before it closed at 8 p.m. There was barely an empty seat in the house. And it was impossible not to notice the sizable number of young adults.
Is it any surprise we’d forgo a moody bar when a glass of wine can set you back $20 these days?
Meanwhile, the library’s marketing and community engagement teams have made concerted efforts to capture the attention of millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Their smart gamification strategy is working.
The library offers a tote bag as a prize for completing its Summer Stride program — which challenges residents to complete 20 hours of reading from June through August.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Young San Franciscans aren’t drinking at bars. They’re at the library
Original article: View source
#20YearOlds #2025 #America #Bars #Books #California #Drinking #Education #HangingOut #History #Libraries #Library #Opinion #Reading #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoChronicle #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #UnitedStates
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Flickr Blog: Flickr Commons: More New Members! More Achievable Goals!. “Two more Flickr Commons members have joined us in time for the Flickr Commons 17th birthday! We’d love for you to meet them.” The two new Flickr Commons members are the San Francisco Public Library and the Marshall Public Library.
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/flickr-commons-more-new-members-more-achievable-goals-flickr-blog/
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Flickr Blog: Flickr Commons: More New Members! More Achievable Goals!. “Two more Flickr Commons members have joined us in time for the Flickr Commons 17th birthday! We’d love for you to meet them.” The two new Flickr Commons members are the San Francisco Public Library and the Marshall Public Library.
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/flickr-commons-more-new-members-more-achievable-goals-flickr-blog/
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Flickr Blog: Flickr Commons: More New Members! More Achievable Goals!. “Two more Flickr Commons members have joined us in time for the Flickr Commons 17th birthday! We’d love for you to meet them.” The two new Flickr Commons members are the San Francisco Public Library and the Marshall Public Library.
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/flickr-commons-more-new-members-more-achievable-goals-flickr-blog/
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Flickr Blog: Flickr Commons: More New Members! More Achievable Goals!. “Two more Flickr Commons members have joined us in time for the Flickr Commons 17th birthday! We’d love for you to meet them.” The two new Flickr Commons members are the San Francisco Public Library and the Marshall Public Library.
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/flickr-commons-more-new-members-more-achievable-goals-flickr-blog/
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Flickr Blog: Flickr Commons: More New Members! More Achievable Goals!. “Two more Flickr Commons members have joined us in time for the Flickr Commons 17th birthday! We’d love for you to meet them.” The two new Flickr Commons members are the San Francisco Public Library and the Marshall Public Library.
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/flickr-commons-more-new-members-more-achievable-goals-flickr-blog/
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I really enjoyed "The Eight Mountains". It's a beautiful story of a bourgeois Italian kid who, while on a family trip to the mountains, meets and bonds with the "last" child from a small mountain town. Their friendship spans decades as they both attempt to find the meaning in their lives. Via Kanopy and San Francisco Public Library.
#NowPlaying #TheEightMountains #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #Kanopy
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I really enjoyed "The Eight Mountains". It's a beautiful story of a bourgeois Italian kid who, while on a family trip to the mountains, meets and bonds with the "last" child from a small mountain town. Their friendship spans decades as they both attempt to find the meaning in their lives. Via Kanopy and San Francisco Public Library.
#NowPlaying #TheEightMountains #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #Kanopy
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I really enjoyed "The Eight Mountains". It's a beautiful story of a bourgeois Italian kid who, while on a family trip to the mountains, meets and bonds with the "last" child from a small mountain town. Their friendship spans decades as they both attempt to find the meaning in their lives. Via Kanopy and San Francisco Public Library.
#NowPlaying #TheEightMountains #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #Kanopy
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I really enjoyed "The Eight Mountains". It's a beautiful story of a bourgeois Italian kid who, while on a family trip to the mountains, meets and bonds with the "last" child from a small mountain town. Their friendship spans decades as they both attempt to find the meaning in their lives. Via Kanopy and San Francisco Public Library.
#NowPlaying #TheEightMountains #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #Kanopy
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I really enjoyed "The Eight Mountains". It's a beautiful story of a bourgeois Italian kid who, while on a family trip to the mountains, meets and bonds with the "last" child from a small mountain town. Their friendship spans decades as they both attempt to find the meaning in their lives. Via Kanopy and San Francisco Public Library.
#NowPlaying #TheEightMountains #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #Kanopy
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Fascinating guy, great talk. @pluralistic @eff #sfba #sanfrancisco #Books #bookstodon #sfpl #sanfranciscopubliclibrary
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Fascinating guy, great talk. @pluralistic @eff #sfba #sanfrancisco #Books #bookstodon #sfpl #sanfranciscopubliclibrary
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Fascinating guy, great talk. @pluralistic @eff #sfba #sanfrancisco #Books #bookstodon #sfpl #sanfranciscopubliclibrary
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Fascinating guy, great talk. @pluralistic @eff #sfba #sanfrancisco #Books #bookstodon #sfpl #sanfranciscopubliclibrary
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Fascinating guy, great talk. @pluralistic @eff #sfba #sanfrancisco #Books #bookstodon #sfpl #sanfranciscopubliclibrary
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The annual San Francisco Public Library "Night of Ideas" is a fantastic event, highly recommend (unfortunately I will be out of town this year):
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The annual San Francisco Public Library "Night of Ideas" is a fantastic event, highly recommend (unfortunately I will be out of town this year):
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The annual San Francisco Public Library "Night of Ideas" is a fantastic event, highly recommend (unfortunately I will be out of town this year):
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The annual San Francisco Public Library "Night of Ideas" is a fantastic event, highly recommend (unfortunately I will be out of town this year):
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The annual San Francisco Public Library "Night of Ideas" is a fantastic event, highly recommend (unfortunately I will be out of town this year):
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Last night's "slow cinema" feature was Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives". Dream logic guides an aging man and his sister-in-law through his last night in this incarnation on earth. (I swear I watched this before, but I could only remember the opening scene.)
#NowPlaying #Reincarnation #Buddhism #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Movies #Cinema #Kanopy #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
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Last night's "slow cinema" feature was Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives". Dream logic guides an aging man and his sister-in-law through his last night in this incarnation on earth. (I swear I watched this before, but I could only remember the opening scene.)
#NowPlaying #Reincarnation #Buddhism #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Movies #Cinema #Kanopy #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
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Last night's "slow cinema" feature was Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives". Dream logic guides an aging man and his sister-in-law through his last night in this incarnation on earth. (I swear I watched this before, but I could only remember the opening scene.)
#NowPlaying #Reincarnation #Buddhism #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Movies #Cinema #Kanopy #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
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Last night's "slow cinema" feature was Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives". Dream logic guides an aging man and his sister-in-law through his last night in this incarnation on earth. (I swear I watched this before, but I could only remember the opening scene.)
#NowPlaying #Reincarnation #Buddhism #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Movies #Cinema #Kanopy #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
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Last night's "slow cinema" feature was Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives". Dream logic guides an aging man and his sister-in-law through his last night in this incarnation on earth. (I swear I watched this before, but I could only remember the opening scene.)
#NowPlaying #Reincarnation #Buddhism #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Movies #Cinema #Kanopy #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
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Just tried my hand at importing an SFPL recommendation list into BookWyrm and it was surprisingly easy! I was even able to add a deep link to place holds on the SFPL page!
https://sfba.club/list/3/s/sfpl-the-ink-of-identity-rewriting-afghanistan
#Library #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #SFPL #BookWyrm
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Just tried my hand at importing an SFPL recommendation list into BookWyrm and it was surprisingly easy! I was even able to add a deep link to place holds on the SFPL page!
https://sfba.club/list/3/s/sfpl-the-ink-of-identity-rewriting-afghanistan
#Library #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #SFPL #BookWyrm
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Just tried my hand at importing an SFPL recommendation list into BookWyrm and it was surprisingly easy! I was even able to add a deep link to place holds on the SFPL page!
https://sfba.club/list/3/s/sfpl-the-ink-of-identity-rewriting-afghanistan
#Library #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #SFPL #BookWyrm
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Just tried my hand at importing an SFPL recommendation list into BookWyrm and it was surprisingly easy! I was even able to add a deep link to place holds on the SFPL page!
https://sfba.club/list/3/s/sfpl-the-ink-of-identity-rewriting-afghanistan
#Library #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #SFPL #BookWyrm
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Just tried my hand at importing an SFPL recommendation list into BookWyrm and it was surprisingly easy! I was even able to add a deep link to place holds on the SFPL page!
https://sfba.club/list/3/s/sfpl-the-ink-of-identity-rewriting-afghanistan
#Library #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #SFPL #BookWyrm